Girlguiding (1st Helmdon)

How to Join

In Helmdon we have Rainbows, Brownies and Guides and we meet on a Mondays during term time in the Reading Room:

• 4:15-5:15pm Rainbows (4-7yrs)
• 5:30-6:45pm Brownies (7-10yrs)
• 7:00-8:30pm Guides (10-14yrs)

If your daughter wants to join, please register her on the Girlguiding website
For more information locally please email helmdonguides@gmail.com

Guides

Being a guide is all about learning new skills, making new friends, helping others and having fun. Guides are usually aged between ten and fourteen, although some Guides like to stay until they are older.

Guides provides opportunities for girls and young women to:

• Think for themselves and make decisions
• Undertake teamwork and acquire leadership skills
• Acquire self-awareness, self-respect and self-confidence
• Develop personal values which give their lives meaning and direction
• Do their best according to their abilities
• Seek spiritual development
• Contribute to society
• Live by a simple code – the Guide Law.

Each Guide is encouraged to achieve her own personal goals through a progressive programme with the opportunity to work for a wide variety of badges, allowing her to mature and develop at her own pace.

Brownies

Brownies is for all girls aged seven to ten

Girls in Brownies have incredible experiences together, make brilliant friends and discover the world around them. Every time they meet up, groups of Brownies learn new skills and take on challenges as they work out what they want to be and do in the future.

Rainbows

Any girl aged five or over can be a Rainbow and when they reach seven they are eligible for Brownies.

Rainbows have fun! They take part in indoor and outdoor activities as part of their programme called the Rainbow jigsaw.

The Rainbow Jigsaw is the name for the renewed Rainbow programme, which has been developed for the 21st century Rainbow and is comprised of four areas:

• Rainbows Look
• Rainbows Learn
• Rainbows Laugh
• Rainbows Love

Their meetings are full of games and activities, which provide challenging opportunities for Rainbows to think for themselves and take an active part in unit decision making. Everything a Rainbow does helps her to develop.

A Rainbow is a member of Girlguiding UK, the largest voluntary organisation for girls and young women in this country. It has about 600,000 members.

Rainbows make this simple promise that they share with members around the world; “I promise that I will do my best to think about my beliefs and to be kind and helpful.”