Girlguiding Birmingham

Baden-Powell Challenge Award

INFORMATION FOR LEADERS

1. Introduction

This Information for Leaders document has been prepared to introduce the Baden-Powell Challenge Award and explain how Birmingham provides Baden-Powell Adventures for Guides in the county. It includes contact details for people who may be able to help you with queries.

2. About the Baden-Powell Challenge Award

The Baden-Powell Challenge Award is the highest award a Guide can achieve. To start the Baden-Powell Challenge a Guide needs to have:

• made her Promise • gained at least two Guide Challenge Badges • gained at least two interest badges.

This shows her commitment to guiding.

The Baden-Powell Challenge is divided into five zones, each containing lots of different clauses. She needs to complete ten clauses in total. She should do one from each zone, then five more. These can come from any of the zones. Up to two of them can relate to Country/Region or Girlguiding initiatives.

To finish the Award she needs to take part in a Baden-Powell Adventure. These are usually residential events organised by the County or Country/Region for all Guides in the area who are doing the Baden-Powell Challenge.

There is more information about the Baden-Powell Challenge in the G file.

The full syllabus is available in the G file or on the Girlguiding website: http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/guides/gfibadge/badges/badenpowellchallengeaward.html

A copy is provided in Appendix A.

3. The B-P Challenge Award in Girlguiding Birmingham - how it works!

3.1. Registration (Form BP1)

When a Guide starts the B-P Challenge Award, she should complete the B-P Registration Form (Form BP1) and either she or her leader should send the form to the B-P

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Administrator at Girlguiding Birmingham. Details of where to send the form are given on the form. A copy of the form is included in Appendix B.

Please check the Girlguiding Birmingham website, www.girlguidingbirmingham.org.uk for the latest version of the form or email [email protected].

Stopping work on the award After registering and sending in Form BP1, if for any reason a Guide does not want to continue with the B-P Award, please let us know and we can take her off the list. Please email [email protected].

3.2. Acknowledgement

The BP Administrator will acknowledge receipt of the form by sending an email to the Guide and her leader. The Guide is added to the B-P Registration list.

3.3. Nearly ready for Baden-Powell Adventure (Form BP2)

When a Guide has completed seven clauses of the Award, the Guide and her leader should complete the B-P Adventure Form (Form BP2) and send it to the BP Administrator at Girlguiding Birmingham. Details of where to send the form are given on the form. A copy of the form is included in Appendix B. Please note this form has TWO pages.

Please check the Girlguiding Birmingham website, www.girlguidingbirmingham.org.uk, for the latest version of the form or email [email protected].

3.4. Invitation to B-P Adventure

Once Form BP2 is received by the B-P Administrator, the B-P Coordinator will invite the Guide to the next two Adventures and copy the email to the Guide’s leader.

The Guide should reply and let the B-P Administrator know which Adventure she would like to attend.

If a Guide can’t attend either Adventure, as long as she replies to let us know, we will work with her and her leader to work out the best way forward for her to attend an Adventure. This may be another Adventure organised by Girlguiding Birmingham or by joining in another County’s Adventure in Midlands Region, or perhaps attending an Adventure organised by Girlguiding at one of the Training and Activity Centres (eg Blackland Farm, Icando, , Waddow etc).

If we don’t hear from a Guide we will send a second invitation by email, also copied to her leader, giving her a deadline by which to reply. We will say on the email that if we don’t hear back, then we will assume she doesn’t want to attend an Adventure any more and will take her off our registration list. We will send an email to the Guide and her leader to

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NOTE FOR LEADERS: It is important that when leaders receive copies of emails we are sending to Guides, they check with their Guides that they are receiving emails and replying as appropriate. Please encourage your Guides to take responsibility for this themselves and reply.

3.5. The B-P Adventure

What is a Baden-Powell Adventure? To complete the Baden-Powell Challenge Award a Guide takes part in a Baden-Powell Adventure. This is a celebration of all she has achieved in guiding so far and is not subject to any kind of formal assessment. The Baden-Powell Adventure will usually have some kind of residential component eg overnight, weekend, or a midweek residential event. The Adventure will not be part of a unit event – this enables the Guides to take part in something beyond the usual experiences.

For a Guide, the purpose and key elements of the Adventure are

 Trying something new, beyond her previous experiences  Meeting other Guides from outside her own unit  Celebrating completing the clauses of the Baden-Powell Award  Celebrating her time in guiding to date  Discovering what further opportunities are available in Guiding  Gaining a real sense of achievement  Building confidence  Enjoying herself and having fun!  Being enthused to continue in guiding.

Girlguiding Birmingham’s Adventure events At Girlguiding Birmingham, as we receive confirmation from Guides as to which Adventure they would like to attend, we will gradually compile a list of attendees for each forthcoming Adventure event. We will try to keep the number of girls from each unit on each adventure to three to four girls to give a good mix and enable all the participants to have an opportunity to meet Guides from different units. These numbers may vary depending on where the Adventure is taking place.

We generally run two or three Baden-Powell Adventure events a year in Girlguiding Birmingham. These are typically in March, June and October (Sept in 2015). There is a limited number of places on each B-P Adventure, so please encourage your Guides to reply to invitations as soon as possible. We will run additional Adventures if needed.

Adventures are run by Divisions, following the guidance from Girlguiding for organisers of B-P Adventures. The county B-P Adviser liaises with each Division planning team to ensure that the Adventure covers the points listed above.

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REMEMBER – Girls should still be Guides when they attend a B-P Adventure – this is a Guide Award!

Adventure Badge and Certificate Each Guide who completes an Adventure will receive a badge and certificate to celebrate this at the end of the Adventure.

3.6. Completing the Baden-Powell Challenge Award

Following completion of the ten clauses and an Adventure, all that is left for the Guide to do is meet with her Commissioner to discuss what she has done in the course of working on the B-P Challenge Award.

Arrangements should be made at unit level to present the Baden-Powell Challenge Award to the successful Guide, of course consulting with the Guide as to how she’d like to celebrate. You may like to invite your commissioner to present the award, have a celebration party…

Baden-Powell Challenge Award Badge and Certificate Guides will be given a slip to bring back to their leader from the Adventure. This slip should be handed in by the leader to the shop at Trefoil House when she buys a B-P Challenge Award Badge and Certificate for her Guide.

4. Support for leaders

If you would like help or support while your Guides are working on the Baden-Powell Challenge, please contact your Commissioner or other experienced Guide leaders in your own Division, alternatively, please don’t hesitate to contact us at Girlguiding Birmingham. The following people may be able to help you:

Name Role Contact details We can help you with: Sarah B-P Adviser 07979 362752 General queries about B-P Trinder [email protected]. and how it works in the uk county Janet Nunn B-P Administrator 0121 421 5954 Admin queries about B-P bpadventures@btconnect. eg registering, forms BP1 com and BP2, booking onto an Adventure Anne Guide Section Please contact via General queries, advice McGibbon Adviser bpadventures@btconnect. and ideas for the Guide com programme

Or please email the county office [email protected] or our B-P email address [email protected].

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5. We’d like to hear from you

Please let us know:

 When your Guide has completed her B-P Challenge Award and been presented with the Award. For a Guide to complete the B-P Award is a real achievement. It would be great if you could send some photographs with permission to use on the county Girlguiding Birmingham website, www.girlguidingbirmingham.org.uk, too! We’d like to understand in the county how many Guides achieve the award each year.  If there is anything we can do to help you support your Guides who are working towards the Award.  Has this document been helpful to you (which version of the document are you reading? please check the footer)? Is there any further information you would like?  Any feedback you may have about running the B-P Challenge Award with your Guides

We look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you for all you do to support your Guides in attaining this award.

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Appendix A – Baden-Powell Challenge Award Syllabus

The Baden-Powell Challenge Award is the highest award a Guide can achieve. To start the Baden-Powell Challenge you need to have:

 made your Promise  gained at least two Guide Challenge Badges  gained at least two interest badges

This shows your commitment to guiding.

The Baden-Powell Challenge is divided into five zones, each containing lots of different clauses. You need to complete ten clauses in total. You should do one from each zone, then five more. These can come from any of the zones. Up to two of them can relate to Country/Region or Girlguiding initiatives.

To finish the Award you need to take part in a Baden-Powell Adventure. These are usually residential events organised by your County or Country/Region for all Guides in the area who are doing the Baden-Powell Challenge.

You will find more information about the Baden-Powell Challenge in your G file.

Zone 1: Healthy lifestyles Aim: To encourage Guides to lead a healthy lifestyle by promoting physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.

1. Organise and run a Patrol cooking competition. You could provide ingredients and challenge the Patrols to produce dishes in a set time.

2. Set yourself three personal fitness goals and keep a diary for a month to show how you have worked towards them.

3. Run an activity session for your Patrol on an issue which concerns young people today.

4. Help to organise a sports competition with another Patrol or another Guide unit, eg mini-Olympics, fitness trail or team games evening.

5. Complete one of the following badges: Agility, Cook, Healthy Lifestyles, Sports.

6. With your Patrol, plan and carry out a ‘Reflections’ session around a chosen theme. You could include a relaxation or meditation aspect or use mime, readings, music, dance or slides.

7. Organise a sponsored fitness event for a good cause.

8. Produce a cookbook of healthy recipes appropriate for Rainbows, or Guides to use at an event, holiday or camp.

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Zone 2: Global awareness Aim: To increase awareness of global issues and of the contribution each Guide can make.

1. Find out about the life a child from a country in the global south (the developing world) leads. Share your findings with your Patrol.

2. Organise an activity for your Patrol or unit which will help somebody from a country in the global south (the developing world). Let your local International Adviser know what you are doing.

3. Complete one of the following badges: World Cultures, World Guiding, World Issues.

4. With your Patrol, organise an international evening with games, crafts, food or music and dance.

5. Design a poster on a current global issue and use it to make a presentation to your unit.

6. Use the Internet or your local library to find out about fair trade. Survey what fair trade items are available in your area, for example in your local supermarket. Organise an activity about fair trade with your Patrol.

7. Find out about the Guide Friendship Fund or World Thinking Day Fund and hold a fund- raising evening to support its work.

Zone 3: Discovery Aim: To challenge Guides with new experiences and adventure.

1. Make a bivouac and spend the night in it. Make your own breakfast the following morning.

2. Start a new hobby or craft, or extend an existing one, and work on it for at least three months. You could try glass painting, learning a musical instrument, football, candle making, rollerblading or stargazing. Find out about your hobby’s origins, history and rules. Do a presentation on your hobby for your Patrol in a way that is new to you.

3. Attend a residential event somewhere new to you, eg in a youth hostel or on a narrowboat. Your Baden-Powell Adventure cannot count for this clause.

4. Complete the Outdoor Pursuits, Survival or Community Action badge.

5. Visit a city farm, rescue centre or nature reserve. Discuss with your Patrol why it is important to have these and who benefits from them. What could you do to help?

6. With friends, attend an event such as theatre, ballet, an open air concert or a pop concert. Record your thoughts and impressions and share them with your Young Leader or Leader. Stay safe when you are out and about.

7. Use ICT skills to make a new resource for your unit. What about making a ‘Welcome to Guides’ pack, a ‘Guide to camp’ or a songbook? You could use photography, video, computers etc.

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8. Complete the Guide Camp Permit.

Zone 4: Skills and relationships Aim: To develop Guides’ self-confidence and self-worth and to improve their interpersonal and life skills.

1. Organise a party for someone outside your unit, such as your local Brownies, your family, or girls not normally involved in guiding; or hold a bring-a-friend party at Guides.

2. Organise a cooperative games evening for your unit, eg parachute games.

3. Help organise a trip with your Patrol to see something of interest to you. Go on the trip and report back to your unit.

4. Find out what there is available for young people in your area. With your unit, organise a discussion to find out about local issues that affect you and what young people can do to assist. Check out your local Connexions centre or speak to a local councillor.

5. Complete one of the following badges: Communicator, Independent Living or Water Safety.

6. Organise an activity based on today’s clothing. You could do an analysis of what is suitable for certain activities, what’s currently fashionable and what makes you feel good. Present your findings in an interesting way.

7. Raise money to take part in your Baden-Powell Adventure. Could anyone else benefit from your fund-raising?

8. Complete the Active Response or First Aid badge. Hold a First Aid evening for your unit, including incidents and fake wounds, to demonstrate your new skills.

Zone 5: Celebrating diversity Aim: To promote active citizenship among Guides, developing their awareness of rights and responsibilities for all.

1. With your Patrol or unit, celebrate a festival from a culture other than your own, eg Diwali, harvest festival, Chinese New Year, Thai Festival of Lights.

2. Organise a disability awareness activity evening or invite someone to your unit to talk about disabilities.

3. Find out about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Organise an activity to share what you have found out.

4. Complete one of these badges: Culture or Discovering Faith..

5. Take part in a practical activity to benefit the environment in your local community, such as tree planting, nature conservation or bulb planting.

6. Take part in a WAGGGS initiative. Check out www.wagggsworld.org .

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7. What is ‘being you’ all about? Make a collage to reflect your culture and lifestyle. Share this with your Leader.

8. Look at guiding in your area and think about units that may not be as fortunate as yours. Think of ways you could offer them assistance. Carry out your ideas and tell your Commissioner how you were able to make a difference.

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Appendix B – Forms BP1 and BP2

 Baden-Powell Challenge Registration Form - FORM BP1  Baden-Powell Adventure Form - FORM BP2 – NB this form has two pages!

Please check the Girlguiding Birmingham website, www.girlguidingbirmingham.org.uk, or contact [email protected] for the latest version of the forms.

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