Girlguiding
Association of Scout and Guide Centres’
Conference 2014
What’s been happening at Girlguiding?
• Update of the Walking Scheme and Climbing
and Abseiling Scheme
• Launch of the Going Away With Scheme
• Launch of large-scale event guidance
• Updates to the A-Z of Activities pages
• Joint Guide and Scout events
Walking Scheme
Updates made to the scheme:
- clarification of the Level 2 countryside definition
- clarification of the renewal process for all levels
- amendments to the qualification and renewal
pages
Available to purchase as a paid for download from:
www.girlguidingshop.co.uk/Walking-SchemeBook.aspx
Girlguiding Climbing & Abseiling Scheme
Updates made to the scheme:
• trainers for the scheme must be SPA, MIA or
MIC award holders
• assessors must be MIA or MIC holders
• additional information about peer belaying
• updated forms which are:
- Notification of Training Course Form
- Instructor Assessment Form
- Renewal Form
Also available is an electronic log book.
• All of the forms are available in the scheme and
also to download from:
girlguidesclimbing.wordpress.com/syllabus/
• Available to purchase as a paid for download
from: www.girlguidingshop.co.uk/Climbing-andAbseiling-Scheme-Book.aspx
Going Away With Scheme
• Developed from the existing Camp and Holiday
Scheme
• Minimum licence for all residential events is the
Going Away With Licence (modules 1-4)
• Additional modules include:
- Organise catering arrangements
- Coordinate a programme of activities for
participants (section specific)
- Organise the care and maintenance of facilities
- Organise the care and maintenance of camping
equipment
• Flexible scheme as only the modules for which the
licence holder is responsible for need to be
completed
• Once a module is completed it doesn’t need to be
completed again, with the exception of the
programme module which should be completed
separately for Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and
members of The Senior Section
• Those who held previous Camp and
Holiday Scheme licences are still able
to use these as they map across to the
Going Away With Scheme
The Senior Section Permit
• This enables a member of
The Senior Section to run
a residential event or
expedition lasting two or
more nights for up to
eight Guides or members
of The Senior Section.
Camp and Holiday Scheme
module
Going Away With Scheme module
What is this module needed for?
1. Plan a residential event
1
Plan a residential event
Going away with Licence (minimum requirement)
Minimum duration – over night
2. Administer a residential
event
2
Administer a residential event
Going away with Licence (minimum requirement)
Minimum duration – over night
3. Plan for the safety and
security of yourselves and
others
3
Plan for the safety and security of
yourselves and others
Going away with Licence (minimum requirement)
Minimum duration – over night
4. Organise catering
arrangements
4
Make health and first aid
arrangements
Going away with Licence (minimum requirement)
Minimum duration – over night
5. Make health and first aid
arrangements
5
Organise catering arrangements
Additional module if Leader is responsible for the catering
Minimum duration – 2 nights
6. Coordinate a programme of 6
activities for participants
Coordinate a programme of
activities for participants
Additional module if Leader is responsible for the programme
Minimum duration – 2 nights
7. Organise the care and
maintenance of residential
facilities
7
Organise the care and maintenance
of facilities
Additional module if Leader is responsible for the maintenance
of the facilities of where they are staying
Minimum duration – 2 nights
8. Organise the care and
maintenance of campsite
facilities
8
Organise the care and maintenance
of camping equipment
Additional module if Leader is responsible for the providing,
pitching and striking the tents where they are staying
Minimum duration – 2 nights
9. Travelling Abroad
9
Travelling Abroad
Minimum duration – 2 nights
And must have completed all other relevant modules
• If a centre is able to offer catering, a programme
and accommodation for a residential weekend then
the licence holder would only need to hold the
Going Away With Licence
• The resource Going Away With Guiding which
supports the Going Away With Scheme has been
updated and is available to purchase from local
depots and the Girlguiding Online Shop
Scenario
A Leader wants to take her Brownies to Blackland Farm and
take part in an activity weekend with a pre-planned
programme staying in the tented village. She doesn’t have a
Licence - which modules would she need to complete?
Going Away With Licence and module 5 (catering)
Large-scale events guidance
• Online guidance has been produced to support
Event Coordinators in organising, and
Commissioners in commissioning large-scale events
and joint events
• large-scale events are defined as events with 100 or
more participants in total (participants include
girls, adults and events teams)
• overnight or residential large-scale events will
require holders of the relevant Going Away With
Licence (and additional modules as relevant) to be
present. No licence is required for one day events
Guiding Manual and A-Z of Activities
• This includes guidance and regulations on
Girlguiding members taking part in activities.
www.girlguiding.org.uk/guidingmanual
• Included on this website is a list of prohibited
activities. This includes: bungee jumping, car
washing, hitch-hiking and war games
• However this doesn’t mean that girls can’t take
part in activities such as clay pigeon shooting or
using air rifles when shooting at non-animal or
human-shaped targets. There are just certain age
limits which apply.
Joint events
• Girlguiding does not accept Scout Association
Adventurous Activity Permits. You must ensure that
activities are run by instructors who hold
Girlguiding or recognised NGB qualifications as
listed in the A-Z of Activities.
• Girlguiding prohibited activities cannot take place
at joint events
• At joint residentials both Leaders must hold or be
working towards the appropriate qualification and
both REN and NAN forms must be completed
following the agreed processes for both
organisations
Looking forward
Adventure and the offer of residential events
remain an important part of our strategic plan and
all of the Guide and Scout Activity Centres play an
important part in facilitating this for all of our
members.
Over to you
• What do you have coming up at your centres? For
example are there any new activities you are
planning on offering?
• How do you think these updates might affect what
you do? For example the flexibility of the Going
Away With Scheme
Any questions?
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