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World Guiding Goes Tartan World Guiding Goes Tartan © The Guide Association 2010 www.girlguiding.org.uk Introduction Welcome to World Guiding Goes Tartan! This is will have blogs and social networking – as well as your opportunity to get involved in the 34th this activity pack – so members of Girlguiding UK WAGGGS World Conference. can see what’s happening. Girlguiding UK can’t wait to welcome the world to This pack is designed to be fun and challenging, Edinburgh, from 11 to 15 July 2011. The World giving girls and young women an insight into the Conference is the key decision-making event for World Conference and what it means for them WAGGGS, the World Association of Girl Guides and and for guiding throughout the world. I hope you Girl Scouts. Delegates to the Conference vote on enjoy it, and I’m sure that the activities here will policies that stand for the next three years. be used for years to come. The UK last hosted a WAGGGS World Conference in Best wishes, 1975, in Brighton. In those days, most members could find out about the Conference only by reading about the event afterwards. But in 2011, Su Hassall fast communication is at our fingertips, and we International Commissioner, Girlguiding UK How to use the pack Tartan badge There are three main sections in the resource: A distinctive ‘World b Welcome to WAGGGS Guiding Goes Tartan’ b Welcome to Scotland cloth badge is available b Welcome to the World Conference. to go with this resource. In order to gain the Each section includes lots of things to do, from badge, complete one activity crafts and games to more serious activities from each of the sections. Senior Section designed to get girls thinking about the issues members must complete an additional activity connected to the Conference. from the ‘Welcome to the World Conference’ section. The badge can be ordered through At the end is a ‘What’s next?’ section where you Trading Service (www.girlguidingukshop.co.uk or can find ideas for continuing your World Guiding 0161 941 2237), price £1, order code 7672. activities after the Conference. Badges will be available as long as stocks last. Help and support The pack will be available from December 2010 There are lots of people who can help bring World until the end of July 2011, just after the Guiding to life for your unit. If you want to build Conference ends. Then it will be moved to the on the activities in this resource, try inviting Activities section of the website. someone in to speak to your group. Your International Adviser should be able to help you Safety find people with relevant experience, for All guiding activities should take place in a safe example: environment, according to the policies of The Guiding Manual. b Friends of the World Centres, who support the work of the Centres. They may be happy to Make sure members are appropriately supervised come and talk to your group, or to run some and know how to use equipment safely, especially activities from the World Centre activity packs when using craft materials and preparing food. Good hygiene standards should be maintained b young adults who have plunged into another while cooking and eating, for example tying back culture on a GOLD trip long hair and washing hands. b local Leaders who have run international trips or visited other Guiding Associations. 2 World Guiding Goes Tartan © The Guide Association 2010 www.girlguiding.org.uk Wherever you see this prickly thistle symbol, you will find extra safety tips. Be aware of the needs of any member with a special dietary requirement or food allergy. © The Guide Association 2010 Published by Girlguiding UK 17–19 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 0PT Tel: 020 7834 6242 Email: [email protected] Website: www.girlguiding.org.uk Girlguiding UK is an operating name of The Guide Association. Registered charity number 306016. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Project Coordinators: Helen Channa, Harsha Kariawasam Project Editor: Alison Griffiths Designer: Angie Daniel Girlguiding UK would like to thank all the volunteers whose inspiration, ideas and hard work have helped in the creation of this resource. 3 World Guiding Goes Tartan © The Guide Association 2010 www.girlguiding.org.uk Welcome to WAGGGS The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) brings together all the Guiding Associations in different countries around the world. WAGGGS works to deliver high-quality non-formal educational programmes and international opportunities, to give girls and young women training in life skills, leadership and citizenship. Worldwide, there are ten million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, making WAGGGS the largest voluntary movement dedicated to girls and young women in the world. Girlguiding UK is a founder member of WAGGGS. ‹› How WAGGGS began Founder members: Australia WAGGGS was formed in 1928, when Guiding Belgium Associations around the world decided it would be Canada a good idea to have a governing World Czechoslovakia Association. At a conference in Hungary, guiding members from 26 countries agreed on the form Denmark that WAGGGS would take, and elected the first Estonia World Committee. Finland France Since then, WAGGGS has grown steadily, Hungary welcoming more and more Member Iceland Organisations, until it now represents over India ten million girls and women from every part Japan of the world. Latvia Liberia In at the beginning Lithuania Sections: All Luxembourg Time: 20 minutes Netherlands New Zealand You will need Norway b List of WAGGGS founder members (see Poland opposite) South Africa b Inflatable globe (such as the one in the Sweden Rainbow Roundabout: Global Adventure) Switzerland United Kingdom To play the game, the group needs to stand in a United States of America circle. Throw the globe to one girl and call out the Yugoslavia name of one of the WAGGGS founder members. Challenge her to find that country on the globe. Take it further When she has done so, she throws it to another Write the country names (or their modem girl and another country is called out. Keep equivalents) on slips of paper and put them in a playing until everyone has had a turn. hat. Ask each girl to draw one. Challenge her to find out one fact about that country and share it If your are playing this with younger groups, you at the next meeting. could stick to the more familiar countries, or help girls by telling them which part of the world a You can learn about guiding in all the WAGGGS country is in. member nations at www.wagggsworld.org/en/world. Look up the founder member nations – some, such as Poland, have fascinating stories about guiding history. Find some interesting stories and facts to share and discuss with your group. 4 World Guiding Goes Tartan © The Guide Association 2010 www.girlguiding.org.uk ‹› WAGGGS today Shuffle the cards and hand one to each girl. Some girls have the names of countries, others have the WAGGGS is divided into five regions: Africa, Arab, names of Brownies or Rainbows in those Asia Pacific, Europe and Western Hemisphere. The countries. (Help Rainbows to read their cards.) world headquarters of WAGGGS is in Hampstead, Challenge girls to try and find a partner, London. matching the section names to the right This game will help the girls in your group to countries. appreciate just what a big, worldwide organisation they belong to. When everyone has found a partner, ask them to call out their country and section names in turn. WAGGGS’ world Any pairs who have got it right can sit down. The Sections: Rainbows, Brownies, Guides others play again, trying different partners. The Time: 15 minutes game ends when everyone has paired up correctly. You will need b Country and section name cards Here are the answers: (see page 31) Antigua and Barbuda Tweenies Argentina Pimpollitos Cut up the cards on page 31. Use as many cards Bangladesh Yellowbirds as you have members in your group, but make Israel Ofers sure you keep correct pairs in the game (see the Malta Dolphins answers below). You need an even number of Mexico Sunflowers players for this game. The Netherlands Elvitas New Zealand Pippins Ask your group to guess how many countries Philippines Twinklers around the world have Girl Guides or Girl Scouts. Senegal Jeannettes The answer is a huge 145 – does this surprise Sudan Bluebirds them? Explain that different countries have Tanzania Viangzas different names for Rainbows, Brownies and Turkey Smurfs so on. Venezuela Little Fairies ‹› What does WAGGGS do? As a group, talk about what ‘rights’ we all have. WAGGGS helps girls and young women to develop Can the girls come up with some ideas? For their full potential as responsible citizens of the example, they might think ‘I have the right to a world. It creates and delivers global education, clean environment’, ‘I have the right to believe in community and advocacy programmes that help its members to develop as leaders and active whatever I want’, or ‘I have the right not to be citizens. WAGGGS also lobbies on issues relevant to bullied’. girls and young women, such as empowerment, life skills, leadership and the fight against illnesses When you have a list of rights, split the girls into like HIV and AIDS. smaller groups. Give each group a few rights and ask them to think of responsibilities that go with Responsible citizens each right. ‘I have the right to my own beliefs’ Sections: Brownies, Guides, Senior Section could mean ‘I have the responsibility to respect Time: 30 minutes other people’s beliefs’. You will need Now make some concertina girls to display the b Concertina girl template (see page 32) results of your discussions.