http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/girlguiding
Presented as part of the IATEFL YLTSIG web conference: Each Child, Every Child & the Whole Child
19th January 2024
2024.01.19 How Girlguiding helps all girls know they can do anything.pptx
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How Girlguiding helps all girls know
they can do anything
Sandy Millin
IATEFL YLTSIG web conference: Each Child, Every Child & the Whole Child
19th January 2024
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/girlguiding
sandymillin@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandymillin/
I’ll talk you through the logos and organisations a little more in a moment, but I’ll start by showing you a video
My involvement with Girlguiding
Lots of answers to this question!
I’m talking about Girlguiding in the UK as that’s what I know about. In the video you saw…
Rainbows = 4-7
Brownies = 7-10
Guides = 10-14
Rangers = 14-18
So Girlguiding is the different age groups that make it up, known as sections
More than 300,000 girls in the UK at the moment - There’s also all the volunteers that make it happen!
It’s the history – started in 1909 as The Guide Association
Extra age groups added over time – these are Brownies uniforms and Promise badges – I’ll talk about the Promise in a moment
It’s being part of an international movement
(my Thai neckerchief for example)
It’s the badges!
(my sash if I can find it!) https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/globalassets/image-library/blog-images/sarah-west.jpeg?preset=image-block_desktop
They tell your story within Girlguiding – what you did, who you met, what you learnt
Whoever you are, wherever you're from – all girls are welcome
An equal sense of belonging – meet girls from many different backgrounds, and trying to expand that – Girlguiding is for everyone. We’re joined through our Promise – three parts all over the world (Guiding and Scouting), including learning about ourselves. In the UK version: ‘to be true to myself and develop my beliefs’
The trefoil and the Promise sign remind us of this
It’s giving girls a voice: Girls speak, then we listen and act
Annual ‘Girls’ Attitudes Survey
Surveys of girls’ opinions – giving girls and women a voice
e.g. Future Girls 76,000 opinions, 4-25 years old
Providing resources to make these things happen
Girls don't stand still, so neither do we
Constantly evolving
2022 – biggest rebrand for a long time, as we know that the message about Girlguiding is old-fashioned and hasn’t kept up with what we do
We help all girls know they can do anything
What I’ve got from Girlguiding
Confidence, especially at Brownies – in who I am, in trying new things
A voice – knowing I could speak up and I would be heard
Leadership experience – both as a girl and a woman
Learning a lot – still!
Meeting all kinds of people
A sense of achievement
And it helped with my teaching!
https://youtu.be/69v3ua7itSo
Leave you with a film with something about what Girlguiding is and what girls participating in it do, and how it develops the whole child