Autumn
time, when the evenings begin to shorten, and the turning leaves herald the
start of a new Guiding year….
It’s hard
to imagine that anything will come close to the excitement of the Brownie
Centenary celebration, especially the 3,500 IGG members partying at the
Brownies’ Brilliant Birthday event in the Phoenix Park and the cutting of the
cake by Ray D’Arcy. When you think of all the Centenary Brownie camps and all
the Regional, Area and District celebrations, it’s unimaginable to think we can
top this. But the Guiding way is to embrace a challenge and we will do our best
to be even bigger and better this year!
The World
Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) / Dove ‘Free Being Me’
programme for 7-10 year-olds and 11-14 year-olds is a new initiative which
challenges young women to stand up and take action to build both body
confidence and self-esteem. Following the programme and doing the Take Action
project will earn you the ‘Free Being Me’ badge, and we all love earning
badges!
Last
weekend saw the launch in a few Units of the pilot stage of the New IGG Programme
. This New Programme will be officially unveiled next March at something else
I’m really looking forward to - TWIGG. Many
of you will already have seen the ‘save the date’ advert in September’s Trefoil News, but for anyone who hasn’t
TWIGG stands for ‘Together We’re IGG’. It is the launch of the New Programme
and the National Conference all rolled into one. In a way a mini type of Branch
Weekend, hence TWIGG.
Ladybirds
have the fun of the Table Quiz to look forward to in October as well as many
exciting adventures in the coming year.
For Senior Branch the coming year holds
exciting changes on the way involving the New Programme, and it’s an Explorer
Belt year too.
Trefoil
Guild are busy looking at new ways in which to fulfill their aim of supporting
those interested in embodying the Guiding ethos whilst not actively involved as
a member or Leader. I hear of the possibility of a Student Guild, a Craft
Guild, a Hill-Walking Guild, and a Theatre Guild to mention just a few. So
these are exciting times indeed!
As you can
see, this Guiding year 2014/15 is sure to be fun-filled and has something to
offer everyone. I, for one, can’t wait to get started.
My first
job is to jet off to the Guide Gold Awards to celebrate with the 86 recipients of
this prestigious award and it’s one I’m really looking forward to.
~ Maureen Dillon, IGG President
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