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What is Guiding?Our Mission: To help girls and young women grow into confident, self-respecting, responsible community members. As your daughter joins Guides Australia, she becomes a member of the world guide community, with approximately ten million members in 144 countries. Guiding around the world encourages girls and young women to become community leaders. Guiding offers a balanced, broad-spectrum informal learning program for today's girls and young women. It is quite different from single-interest clubs and organisations. Guiding is an values-based organisation, which provides a non-denominational program based on our Promise and Law. By encouraging each girl to achieve her own personal best, in a non-competitive environment, Guides offers a recipe for personal success, and the ability to make choices. She can learn to shape her own future. Skills learned in guiding help young women to succeed in an increasingly competitive work force. What is the Cost?Guiding is affordable by most and represents great value for money. As with most recreational pursuits there are some initial costs such as uniform and joining fees. Annual membership fees ($72 in 2005) cover the costs of administration and insurance. By paying this membership fee, you ensure that your daughter is covered by insurance for all Guiding events and your daughter will receive her own membership card and number. Weekly or Term fees are levied by each Unit to cover the cost of Unit resources. Donations are always welcome and donations over $2 are tax-deductable - ask your daughter's Leader or the Support Group about this. Who are the Leaders?Leaders are specially trained volunteers who enjoy sharing their time and skills with young people. The guide leadership training helps them to understand the particular needs of girls. They learn to meet the challenge of "leading from behind" as the girls choose activities and design their program. Guide leaders come from all parts of the community. What is the Promise?Your daughter will be required to make the following Promise to become a member.
What is the Guide Law?
What is the Uniform?Generally, your daughter will wear her formal uniform for the first time when she makes her Promise. It comprises:
Your daughter's Unit may also choose to wear from a range of items of informal uniform, to be worn by the members of her Unit for selected occasions or events. Ask your daughter's Leader for details. Uniform items may be purchased from the Region Shop. Ask your daughter's Leader if there is a Unit or District clothing pool. What is the Support Group or District Support Team?The Support Group is a group of parents and interested people which provides practical and financial support to the Units and Leaders. Practical support includes maintaining the guide hall, assisting with badge assessing, providing occasional transport or helping at camps. Support Group people are essential in supporting roles, but they are not actively involved with running the Unit. All parents are encouraged to join the Support Group and to attend meetings. Confused by the Guiding Terminology?Don't be! Check out this page, or ask your daughter's Leader. Want to ask about becoming a member?Please complete this enquiry form. If your daughter is already a member, and you would like to change some details (address, phone number etc), please complete this form. What happens in the holidays?Many optional activities take place during the school holidays: |