The Guiding website has some great ideas on how to get the girls to participate and make their own decisions. The judgin
County Challenge An exciting County challenge for ALL Girlguiding Cambridgeshire West Members The challenge is all about the girls taking the lead and completing 3 different challenges over 9 months. It will take place from 1st September 2017 until 30th April 2018. The winners from each section will be presented with a certificate and a shield or cup (which will be theirs to keep for a year). The 3 challenges are:
Unit challenge Raise the profile of your unit within the local community
Wider Guiding challenge Attend a Girlguiding event with at least one other unit
Local community challenge Give something back to your local community, in a new way that you haven’t done before. It should benefit at least one other person and be something that the girls believe is important.
The girls should lead in every aspect of the challenges, including ● ● ● ●
Choosing what to complete in each of the 3 different categories, Developing the ideas Carrying out the activities Writing up the report afterwards
The activities should be appropriate to the area in which they live and must be within Girlguiding activity guidelines. The Guiding website has some great ideas on how to get the girls to participate and make their own decisions. The judging panel will be made up of a variety of members of the wider Girlguiding community. To help the judges, each unit must create a report showing all aspects of each challenge, highlighting ways in which they fit with the scoring criteria. All reports must be submitted via the County Dropbox ( https://tinyurl.com/ggcwchallenge ) by 5pm on 30th April 2018. The judges decision is, of course, final. Report for the three challenges The report should be clear and brief. It must not exceed 500 words and 6 photographs. Please remember to add your unit’s name and leader's contact details somewhere in the report. Please note that the photos you submit will need relevant photographic permissions, prior to submitting, so they may be used for future County publicity. Scoring criteria The scoring criteria will give special attention to: ● clear evidence that ideas and activities were girl led ● clear evidence that girls were involved in all stages of the challenage ● innovative ideas ● creative presentation of the report ● keeping within 500 words and 6 photographs ● publicity recevied for their initiatives Challenge badge There will be an opportunity for each unit to purchase badges for every person who has taken part. These will be priced at £1 – any profit will go into County funds for future events. Expression of interest Units should register their interest in taking part by the end of December and the expected numbers of badges they will be purchasing by emailing
[email protected] stating your name, unit name, number of badges you require. You will receive a confirmation email to know that you are registered and willing to take part. We look forward to you getting involved in this challenge. If you have any questions or queries please check our webpage at http://ggcw.org.uk/countychallenge or email
[email protected] and Diane Card will try to help
Supporting information Here are some sample ideas to get you going, but be as innovative and creative as you like. You don't have to do any of these. Unit activities ● Ask the girls: What attracted you to guiding? How would you attract others? ● Create something to promote guiding in the local area – this could be ◦ A poster ◦ A story or comic book to share with others ◦ A radio interview ◦ A PR event ◦ A video ◦ An article for a local magazine ● Or: ◦ Get your unit on TV ◦ Get yourselves in the local paper or on a local Website
Wider guiding The event must be one run by Girlguiding at District, Division, County, Region or National level but could be ● Carol service ● Thinking day event ● Fun day ● An outing ● Wellies and wristbands ● Starburst ● I Can DO event ● Event at one of the Girlguiding training centres Local community ● Clear an area of land and plant flowers or vegetables ● Create decorations for a local home, church or community building ● Give time at an event being run locally ● Create gifts and presents to give to local disadvantaged children ● Support a local charity ● Visit a local community and put on a performance ● Go to a local community and cook and prepare a meal for people ● Set up a bring and buy sale and give the money to a local good cause ● Hold a sponsored event to raise money
