1. Welcome

2. Objectives of Stay Awhile
Aim of Stay Awhile
To enable the sharing of best practice and ideas for encouraging volunteers to stay involved with Girlguiding for longer, enabling the retaining of more volunteers for longer.
Objectives of Stay Awhile
It is hoped that by the end of the day, participants will have
Had the opportunity to share good practice around volunteer retention
Attended a range of interactive and useful sessions on various aspects of volunteer retention
Networked and made connections
Drafted an action plan to take forward in their area

3. Today’s Programme
10:30 Session 1 11:20 Session 2 12:05 networking lunch 12:45 Speed presentations 13:15 Session 3 14:05 Action planning 14:45 Summing up 15:00 Close

4. Housekeeping Refreshments Lunchtime
Please help us to keep the rooms tidy
Assist us and your trainer
First aid and emergencies
Expenses
Feedback and evaluation
Photography

5. Girlguiding Retention report – the story so far (girls)
Initial Findings
Rainbows 40% leave 57% leave at transition
Brownies 70% leave 49% leave at transition
Guides 86% leave 25% leave at transition
Average age of leaving:
Rainbows is 6.9
Brownies is 9.6
Guides is 12.9
Average length of time in guiding for girls is 2.6 years, for adults is 18 months!
38% of girls stay longer than three years
On average we lose 65,000 members every six months.

6. Girlguiding Retention report – the story so far
Girlguiding LaSER adult retention snapshot
Half had an immediate response from Join Us, half waited 3 weeks to one month
Half were parents wanting to join along with daughters, or had been members when they were young
Half said the expectations of them and their role were made clear
Induction could be improved, for example by offering a visit to another unit for experience
A quarter said that a lot of ‘spin’ was put onto roles when signing up and the reality turned out to be different – more time, more paperwork etc
Half were offered training, ranging from first aid to Division section training, some said training locations were too far from their area
A quarter hadn’t received any thanks or recognition
“Bear with the people who have never done it before, and offer them support and advice”

7. Being Our Best
Our commitment to girls By 2020, we will empower more girls to find their voice and be their best through high quality, girl-led programmes delivered by inspirational Leaders. Our vision for the future An equal world where all girls can make a positive difference, be happy, safe and fulfil their potential. Our mission as a charity Through fun, friendship, challenge and adventure we empower girls to find their voice, inspiring them to discover the best in themselves and to make a positive difference in their community. Our shared values Caring, Challenging, Empowering, Fun, Inclusive, Inspiring

8. Closing session

9. Objectives of Stay Awhile
Aim of Stay Awhile
To enable the sharing of best practice and ideas for encouraging volunteers to stay involved with Girlguiding for longer, enabling the retaining of more volunteers for longer.
Objectives of Stay Awhile
It is hoped that by the end of the day, participants will have
Had the opportunity to share good practice around volunteer retention
Attended a range of interactive and useful sessions on various aspects of volunteer retention
Networked and made connections
Drafted an action plan to take forward in their area

10. Think for a minute about what you have done at
Stay Awhile

11. Share this with the person next to you

12. What next?
Think about why you signed up to attend Stay Awhile. Most likely because you care about Girlguiding and what it gives our members. You want to see it grow so that in the future more girls and young women can become engaged with it and learn and grow together.

13. Action planning

14. Look at the action planning sheet
Ensure these are printed and added to member packs on the day!

15. List 3 ideas Take 1 idea Make an action plan Share with the group
Hand in your plan
Participants will be given some time to do this, then will be asked to share with the group. Some participants might want to do this alone, others in pairs or threes or similar. People will work together to come up with an action plan, which will be collected in by the Region office, scanned and ed back to participants. That way, we can keep track of what is happening.
Each group then has 2-3 minutes to feedback to the wider group.

16. Objectives of Stay Awhile
Aim of Stay Awhile
To enable the sharing of best practice and ideas for encouraging volunteers to stay involved with Girlguiding for longer, enabling the retaining of more volunteers for longer.
Objectives of Stay Awhile
It is hoped that by the end of the day, participants will have
Had the opportunity to share good practice around volunteer retention
Attended a range of interactive and useful sessions on various aspects of volunteer retention
Networked and made connections
Drafted an action plan to take forward in their area

17. Thank you Goodbye and good luck Please keep in touch