Dear Reader,
As well as the safeguarding course, I was able to complete a weekend training at our local centre Hautbois House, in Peer Education. As a Peer Educator, the member can visit any Brownie, Guide or other Senior Section units, to deliver sessions on topics such as Mental Health, Bullying and Body Image, which involved discussion, games and creativity.
In October 2017, I got the opportunity to go on my first international trip with Guiding, and where better than Disneyland Paris! This enabled me to meet other Guides, and members of the Senior Section, as well as beloved Disney characters of course.
Interested in a leadership role? Working towards badges and awards independently? Completing courses such as Peer Education? Interested in international trip opportunities?
The Senior Section offers all of this.. and more!
As a member of The Senior Section I have been able to become a Peer Educator, go on an international trip to Disneyland Paris, complete my Young Leadership Qualification, and begin working towards my octants.
Members of The Senior Section work towards the Look Wider programme - a set of 8 octants that each challenge the member to be creative, active, imaginative and willing to help others. Each octant contains 3 phases that must all be completed, each of which challenge the girl to a new level, and require increasing amounts of time and dedication - such as learning a new language, creating a website, or going on an international camp in the UK - such as a jamboree. 
They may also wish to work towards their Young Leadership Qualification (YLQ), which involves volunteering within another section - such as Brownies - and running activities, developing their leadership skills, observing the girls personal development, and expanding their knowledge of GirlGuiding's fundamental values, including safeguarding and our main aims.
As a Young Leader I have been lucky enough to get involved in a Brownie sleepover, pack holiday and a trip to Butlins for Brownie Starburst. I also planned and ran activities such as book cover designing, and promise jars - to help the Brownies understand and apply their promise, as well as expanding my own CV, by logging my volunteering hours and completing a safeguarding course.
THE SENIOR SECTION IS ABOUT YOU, AS MUCH AS IT IS ABOUT HELPING OTHERS!!
As well as the safeguarding course, I was able to complete a weekend training at our local centre Hautbois House, in Peer Education. As a Peer Educator, the member can visit any Brownie, Guide or other Senior Section units, to deliver sessions on topics such as Mental Health, Bullying and Body Image, which involved discussion, games and creativity.
In October 2017, I got the opportunity to go on my first international trip with Guiding, and where better than Disneyland Paris! This enabled me to meet other Guides, and members of the Senior Section, as well as beloved Disney characters of course.
With my own unit, I have completed badges such as Go for It Chocolate, Go for It Be the Change, and the Keep on Swimming challenge badge, spent many hours geocaching around the local areas, been on a district trip to the zoo, and a visit to London to celebrate 100 years of The Senior Section - where we visited the UK's World Centre - Pax Lodge and our GirlGuiding headquarters, and I made my promise in Madame Tussaud's, with none other, than Captain America!
Currently, we are working towards a 100 years of votes for women challenge badge, and I am working independently towards the Magical Kingdoms challenge badge, alongside my Community Values octant, and Commonwealth Award, and have recently completed my Personal Values octant.
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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