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March 2013 Volume No: 616 W O M E N W O R L D Trefoil News March 2013 Issue No: 616 Published by: Irish Girl Guides, Trefoil House, 27 Pembroke Park, Dublin 4. Printed by: Richardson and Watts, 36 Thornville Park, Raheny, Dublin 5. The Editorial Team of Trefoil News reserves the right to edit material submitted. Publications Officer: Katherine Ryan. Contact : [email protected] Message from the Chief Commissioner Page 1 Noticeboard Pages 2-3 Executive News, NPT Update, Dates for your Diary Page 4 Stitch’s Diary Pages 5 Finance Forms — Special Needs Grant, First Aid Grant Page 6-7 Staff Changes Page 7 Membership Committee— Calling all Senior Branchers Page 8 ATOC - Guide Outdoor Cookery Competition Page 9 An Óige and EcoAdventure Ireland Special Offers Pages 8-9 Who’s Who in IGG? - E.D.I. Page 10 E.D.I.— Branch Day Activities Page 11 Volunteer Opportunities—FETAC Page 12 International Women’s Day / Seachtain na Gaeilge Page 13 Charity Collaborations— World Down Syndrome Day, Fair-trade Fortnight, Pages 14-15 Temple Street Great Irish Bake Public Relations—Skip into Summer! Page 16 Out and About Pages 17-18 Ladybirds Pages 19-22 Includes lots of great Irish themed and Easter themed activities Brownies Pages 23-28 Includes a look at First Aid for Brownies and packed full of ideas to help you through Easter, St. Patrick’s Day and Mother’s Day Guides Pages 29-31 Includes a reminder about the Gold Awards, an appeal for recipes for our new Patrol cookbook, some fun games and activities and a focus on the Gaelic Emblem. Senior Branch Pages 32-34 Includes application forms for the Lightweight Weekend and Chief Commissioner’s Award International Pages 35-36 Includes international opportunities and application form for International Permit training Cover photo: Celebrating International Women’s Day — see page 13 Inserts Included: • An Taisce Spring Clean Flyer • Tara’s Palace—Museum of Childhood Flyer Message from the Chief Commissioner Hi everyone, It was great to see many of you at Branch Day in Newbridge recently. Thank you for giving up your Saturday. I know Branch Day is a very enjoyable day but it’s also a great learning experience and the new skills learned are of great benefit to your Unit and to the organisation as a whole. When our Leaders’ skills are up to date, we can better pass on the knowledge to the girls. March of course brings St. Patrick’s Day, a great opportunity for us to be seen in our communities. Many of you take part in parades with your Unit. The girls really enjoy being in the parades, particularly the younger ones, and very often it’s the only time we’re really seen out and about. Let’s make a special effort to join in this year. In this issue of Trefoil News you’ll find lots of craft and activity ideas for St. Patrick’s Day, Mother’s Day and for Easter. Don’t forget to send in your World Thinking Day Fund collection. If you haven’t already done so, please complete your census form and return it, together with your membership fees, to your District Commissioner as soon as possible. Seachtain na Gaeilge takes place from 4th – 17th March. We could all challenge ourselves – Our Promise is translated to Irish in the Just For A Guide book and on our website. Why not learn it with your girls? For those who like more of a challenge, the Guide Laws and Taps are also in Irish in the book. Most of us have the “cúpla focail”, why not try to use a word or two here and there in our meetings. It is our native language, and it would be a shame to see it die out. By now you are probably thinking about your summer outings and activities. Hopefully you will have been enthused by last year’s International Camp and some of you may be thinking of camping again, or even going abroad with your girls, to follow up on the international experiences. Maybe the Brownies who went to camp or the Ladybirds who visited might consider a camp themed meeting or day out. Please be sure to let us know what you’re doing. We’d love to put your photos and articles in Trefoil News and on the website. If you remember last September we launched IGG’s Strategic Plan. At that stage we asked you to let us know what you’re doing in your Unit that fits in to the Strategic Plan. It would be great if you’d take out the insert you received in October Trefoil News and look at it again and let us know how the things you’re doing in your Unit fit into IGG’s Strategic Plan. Our membership is continuing to grow. It has increased year on year for the last number of years. Last year our final census figure was 11,907. Your enthusiasm and hard work keep this movement vibrant and growing. Thank you for giving your time and making this happen. Yours in Guiding, Emer Contact: Emer O’Sullivan, Chief Commissioner, c/o I.G.G.,27 Pembroke Park, Dublin 4 Email: [email protected] Trefoil News March 2013 Page 1 Notice Board Notice BoardIGG National Hi Leaders, Don’t forget if you have Fun Day any question big or small, please contact me. As your Support Officer, I’m here 2014 to help! Looking forward to helping you with your questions, Jemma. Join the Team Email me on - [email protected] IGG are planning to run a large-scale Fun Day in 2014 to coincide with the launch of our new programme and we need YOU to help organise it! After a great centenary year and the amazing successes of Bailiú and CAMP 101, this is set to be the next amazing event for members of IGG!!! REMINDER National Memorial If you have experience of running large events, if you are involved in the Cottage Enniskerry is programme review task and finish groups, if you have fundraising skills, open and taking or if you simply have the time and enthusiasm to dedicate to this project we would love to have you on board, so please email bookings. [email protected] for further details or to register your interest. Fun Day 2014 - Be Part of It! Planned renovation works WORLD THINKING DAY FUND have not begun and are not scheduled for any time Just a reminder, when you have collected your World Thinking Day soon. Please continue to donations, please forward them on to: book as normal. Rosemary Wokocha, Irish Girl Guides, Visit National Memorial 27 Pembroke Park, Dublin 4. Cottage at Enniskerry and enjoy some of the local Cheques should be made payable to Irish attractions, such as Girl Guides World Thinking Day Fund. Tara’s Palace Museum of Childhood. Thank You! Page 2 Trefoil News March 2013 Notice Board Notice BoardEnrolment Trefoils & 10 Year Woggles It was brought to my attention at the Branch Day recently that a Leader with a long number of years’ service wasn’t sure if she could still wear her “10 Year Woggle” which is in the shape of the old trefoil. The answer is yes, you can still use this woggle. In the same way you can still wear the old Promise Badge that you may have received when you were enrolled as a Guide or Leader many years ago. These two items along with other “earned” badges like the long service award badges, can continue to be worn by our members on the new uniform. Yours in Guiding, Emer If you take part in National Spring Clean in April, do let us IRISH GIRL GUIDES know about it, via email or Facebook— ONLINE we’d love to see your pictures and stories! Trefoil News March 2013 Page 3 EXECUTIVE NEWS The Executive Committee of the Irish Girl Guides meets to discuss policy issues and to ensure the smooth running of the organisation for all its members. Here are some of the decisions made at the last Executive Committee meeting: Garda Vetting Volunteer Ireland awards It was pointed out that anyone considering going on an Congratulations were expressed to Celestine Fennessy who overnight in the summer should start applying for Garda received a Volunteer Ireland award in the Children and Youth Vetting now, if they haven’t already done so. Particular category. attention should be paid to those who turn 18 this summer. Forthcoming Dates for Executive: 13th April 2013 NPT UPDATE - A meeting of the National Programme and Training Committee was held at National Office on January 26th 2013. Here are some of the decisions from that meeting. Branch Day Senior Branch The numbers are high for people attending Branch Day and It was confirmed that Senior Branch members are allowed to all of the Branch Chairs are working hard to make sure the wear the uniform blouse and also navy skirts rather than day runs smoothly. trousers at international events, if they wish. This information will be included in the International Handbook or briefing IGG Website notes for participants. It has been decided that the update of the database is the immediate priority for IGG and the website upgrade has International been postponed. A joint IGG-CGI International Expo event will take place on February 23rd. Seachtain na Gaeilge March is a great time to try out some Irish-themed badges Support Officer and there are a number of articles in this month’s edition to As Ireland is one of the focus countries for World Thinking give Leaders ideas.