1. The Girlguiding programme overview
This training session is an overview of the Girlguiding programme. It is to be used as an introduction to the programme, either on its own or at the start of a longer training session using other programme training modules. If you are training new leaders you will also need to cover other important aspects of the Girlguiding programme as you usually would, including the Five Essentials, the Promise etc.
You are welcome to adapt the training session to suit your venue, requirements, learner needs and the context of your training, ensuring you’re retaining the key learning points.
The accompanying training plan contains the key learning points and activities for each slide. In these PowerPoint trainer notes you will find background context and/or suggested delivery ideas to help you as a trainer as appropriate.
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Today’s trainer: 1

2. To give an overview of the programme.
Aim
To give an overview of the programme. 2

3. Objectives By the end of the session participants will have:
Learned about the different elements that make up the programme.
Considered how the programme spans across the different sections and how to support girls to build on what they have done in previous sections.
Explored what the programme might look like practically in a unit.
Discussed what materials are available to support girls and leaders with the programme and what other training is available for leaders. 3

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5. Know Myself Express Myself Be Well Girls getting to know who they are,
and their role in Girlguiding and the wider world.
Express Myself
Girls getting to showcase and explore their creative side.
Be Well
Girls learning to look after themselves and others’ physical and mental wellbeing. 5

6. Have Adventures Take Action Skills For My Future
Girls getting out and about to explore the outdoors and nature.
Take Action
Girls being empowered to make a difference and use their voice to help their local community and the wider world.
Skills For My Future
Providing the building blocks for girls to become independent and successful in life. 6

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8. Delivering the programme8

9. Unit meeting activities
Suggested delivery ideas for trainers
There are lots of creative ways that you can help leaders to remember what girls need to do to achieve a theme award. The card sort activity is one example, below is another example. You may have your own!
Suggested ideas:
get participants up and moving – give each participant an envelope with a part of a theme award in it (an interest badge, skills builder or unit meeting activity hours). Ask participants to find the other parts needed to make a theme award and to make a human chain representing the journey to achieving one! 9

10. Skills builders Six stages per skills builder
Reflect
Network
Innovate
Communicate
Feel good
First aid
Camp
Explore
Make change
Influence
Lead
Live smart
Six stages per skills builder
Five activities per stage 10

11. Skills builder stages 11

12. Interest badges 12 Additional information for trainers
Girls can find out about the badges available to them in their badge or record books.
Badge books: contains information about all the badges and awards available to a girl and how to achieve theme, as well as space to record her achievements. Rainbows, Brownies and Guides each have their own badge book.
Ranger record book: contains space for Rangers to record their achievements and an overview of the badges and awards available to Rangers. The steps Rangers need to take to achieve their badges are available online for the girls. This decision was made following extensive consultation with the girls who wanted the information available online. It also makes the record book more cost effective at a stage when girls frequently start purchasing their own resources. 12

13. Six awards to match the six themes for each section
Theme awards
Six awards to match the six themes for each section 13

14. Section Gold awards 14

15. Anniversary badges A girl receives one for each year she is a member
They are not section specific
These badges celebrate and reward a girl’s commitment to Girlguiding
There is no paper recording for these badges
There are no other requirements other than the time a girl has been a member
Additional information for trainers:
There are 15 badges available, so that a girl who starts aged four in Girlguiding Ulster, or aged five in the rest of the UK, can earn one for every year they are a member. 15

16. Beyond the programme 16

17. This is just the beginning…
This training session is just an overview of the Girlguiding programme.
There is lots more to discover!
Your challenge…
What will you do next? How will you find out more? 17

18. Moment of reflection 18 Suggested delivery ideas for trainers
This is a moment for participants to pause and consider all they’ve heard and discussed during the training. Below are a list of questions that may help participants to reflect:
Write three new things you learnt.
What was the main surprise?
What will you implement first?
What is next for you? Write it down or tell the person next to you?
Write a postcard to yourself with the three key things you learnt.
Take a photo of your favourite activity or resource
Tweet #EveryGirl what you’ve learnt
Share on your local Facebook page your excitement of what you’ve learnt
Think what you would say to another leader about this module. 18

19. More resources and training
E-learning & webinars
Give it a go!
Other local events
Guidance notes for leaders
Chat to other leaders 19