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♡Guiding by Section: Brownies!♡

Dear Reader
Does your daughter enjoy adventure?
Would she benefit from the chance to explore new things, and independence?

If so....
Brownies is for girls aged 7-10 and is a chance to earn badges, play games, go on trips, camps and make friends. 

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Since I began volunteering at Brownies, I have been away on a pack holiday to local centre, Patterson Lodge and a Christmas sleepover, completed many badges and activities, and had the joy of taking some of the girls to Butlins for Brownie Starburst 2018. I have enjoyed watching the girls explore different badges, such enjoying the creativity of Toymaker, and increasing their life skills with the Stay Cyber Safe challenge badge. 

When a girl joins the unit, she will complete 'Becoming a Brownie', an activity booklet that enables her to learn about Brownies through drawing, word searches and the Brownie story. After completing, this she can be enrolled into the unit, and the Guiding family. She will then receive her Brownie Adventure book and badge book, meaning she can start gaining interest badges, and working towards the first stage of the Brownie adventure. 

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 "When I was a Brownie, we made our own musical instruments, had a visit from the Owl sanctuary,  talk from a visually impaired lady for our Disability Awareness interest badge and went on a district trip to Africa Alive zoo" - Katie.

All interest badges can be worked towards by the girls in their own time, at home, or at school. Many girls take their badge book to clubs such as swimming or dance, in order to complete the interest badges in those areas, which may be more difficult to do within the unit. Any interest badges she earns can display proudly on her sash, a key part of the Brownie uniform. She may also wish to start a camp blanket, on which she can display all the challenge badges she has earnt, and can continue the camp blanket into Guides and beyond, watching it fill up with badges as she goes.


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Once your daughter is nearing the end of her time at Brownies, we can arrange for her to go to taster meetings at a local Guide unit, so she can see if she wishes to continue her Guiding journey. She can also complete her Go For It - Guides, the final badge you can earn in Brownies. The activities enable her to learn all about Guides, and she may wear the badge on her Guide uniform, to show that she was a Brownie.

Want to register your daughter? https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-for-parents/register-your-daughter/
Want to register to volunteer? https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/get-involved/become-a-volunteer/register-your-interest/

I promise that I will do my best, to be true to myself and develop my beliefs, to serve the Queen and my community, to help other people and to keep the Guide Law,
Yours, 
The 16-Year-Old Brownie

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