Version: July 2019 1 Girlguiding Identity guidelines Girlguiding identity guidelines 2 Introduction These guidelines have been developed to ensure that Girlguiding has a consistent identity across the organisation. They include how to use our logos, colours, fonts and brand elements correctly so we can retain our Girlguiding look and feel across everything we create. If you have any questions at all please contact the Girlguiding Marketing team at [email protected]. For any questions, please contact the Girlguiding Marketing team at [email protected]. Girlguiding identity guidelines 3 Contents 1.0 Our message 4 6.0 Sections 40 6.5.0 Rangers 68 1.1 Who we are 5 6.1.0 Rainbows 41 6.5.1 Our Ranger logo 69 1.2 Our brand proposition 6 6.1.1 Our Rainbow logo 42 6.5.2 Positioning the Ranger logo 70 1.3 Our strapline 7 6.1.2 Positioning the Rainbow logo 43 6.5.3 Localising the Ranger logo 71 6.5.4 Clear space and minimum size 72 1.4 Our key messages 8 6.1.3 Localising the Rainbow logo 44 6.5.5 Our Ranger colours 73 6.1.4 Clear space and minimum size 45 2.0 Our logo 9 6.5.6 Our Ranger brand elements 74 6.1.5 Our Rainbow colours 46 2.1 Our logo design 10 6.5.7 Rules about our Ranger 6.1.6 Our Rainbow brand elements 47 brand elements 75 2.2 Our logo colours 11 6.1.7 Rules about our Rainbow 2.3 Clear space and minimum size 12 brand elements 48 7.0 The Trefoil Guild 77 2.4 Positioning our logo 13 6.2.0 Brownies 50 7.1 The Trefoil Guild logo 78 2.5 Rules about our logo 14 6.2.1 Our Brownie logo 51 7.2 Positioning the Trefoil Guild logo 79 2.6 Localising our logo 16 6.2.2 Positioning the Brownie logo 52 7.3 Localising the Trefoil Guild logo 80 3.0 Our colours 22 6.2.3 Localising the Brownie logo 53 7.4 Clear space and minimum size 81 3.1 Our colour palette 23 6.2.4 Clear space and minimum size 54 7.5 The Trefoil Guild colours 82 3.2 Using tints of the primary colours 24 6.2.5 Our Brownie colours 55 7.6 The Trefoil Guild brand elements 83 6.2.6 Our Brownie brand elements 3.3 Using tints of the secondary colours 25 56 7.7 Rules about the Trefoil Guild 6.2.7 Rules about our Brownie 3.4 Section colours 26 brand elements 84 brand elements 57 3.5 Using tints of the section colours 27 3.6 Colour proportions 29 6.3.0 Guides 59 3.7 Colour gradients 30 6.3.1 Our Guide logo 60 6.3.2 Positioning the Guide logo 61 4.0 Our fonts 31 6.3.3 Localising the Guide logo 62 4.1 Main typeface 32 6.3.4 Clear space and minimum size 63 4.2 Alternative typeface 33 6.3.5 Our Guide colours 64 4.3 Script typeface 34 6.3.6 Our Guide brand elements 65 5.0 Brand elements 35 6.3.7 Rules about the Guide brand elements 66 5.1 Our Girlguiding brand elements 36 5.2 Rules about our brand elements 37 For any questions, please contact the Girlguiding Marketing team at [email protected]. Girlguiding identity guidelines 4 1.0 Our message Girlguiding identity guidelines 5 1.0 Our message 1.1 Who we are We have three versions of text summarising who One-sentence version we are and what we do – a one-sentence version, a short version and a full version. They are templates for the standard way we describe who are we and Girlguiding is the leading charity for what we do. This ensures there is a consistency in the way we express ourselves across the entire girls and young women in the UK. organisation. These can be cut and pasted directly into documents, publications and guidelines, or Short version adapted to fit local needs. Girlguiding is the leading charity for girls and young women in the UK. We build girls’ confidence and raise their aspirations. We give them the chance to discover their full potential and encourage them to be a powerful force for good. We give them a space to have fun. Full version Girlguiding is the leading charity for girls and young women in the UK. Thanks to the dedication and support of 100,000 amazing volunteers, we are active in every part of the UK, giving girls and young women a space where they can be themselves, have fun, build brilliant friendships, gain valuable life skills and make a positive difference to their lives and their communities. We build girls’ confidence and raise their aspirations. We give them the chance to discover their full potential and encourage them to be a powerful force for good. For any questions, please contact the Girlguiding Marketing team at [email protected]. Girlguiding identity guidelines 6 1.0 Our message 1.2 Our brand proposition ‘We are, we can, we do’ is our brand proposition. We are Girlguiding. It sets out the key idea, message and thinking behind our brand – who we are, what we enable We are Rainbows/Brownies/Guides/Rangers/volunteers. and what we do. We use the brand proposition to inform our work when communicating on behalf of We are Broneirion Training and Activity Centre. the charity. We are 4th Anytown Brownie Unit. The phrase ‘we are, we can, we do’ is not self- explanatory, which is why it is not our strapline or a key message, and should never appear as is in We can achieve anything. any of our communications. ‘We are, we can, we do’ is instead a starting point we build from to We (can) help girls reach their potential. create strong, positive messages about Girlguiding. On the right are some examples of our brand We (can) give members a world of new experiences and friends. proposition in action. They can work as headings We (can) provide outdoor adventure for young people. and captions on banners, posters and leaflets, soundbites in video and audio broadcasts, We (can) provide fun activities for seven- to ten-year-old girls. headlines in press releases, and so on. We do fun things. We (do) make a difference to our communities. We (do) let girls make their own decisions. We (do) let girls discover new things. We (do) help girls gain confidence. For any questions, please contact the Girlguiding Marketing team at [email protected]. Girlguiding identity guidelines 7 1.0 Our message 1.3 Our strapline ‘WE DISCOVER, WE GROW’ is our strapline, and appears on our Girlguiding logo (see Section 2.0 Our logo). Our strapline is an example of our brand proposition ‘we are, we can, we do’ in action. It WE DISCOVER captures what we offer our members – an opportunity to discover and try new things in order to grow and reach their potential. Our strapline can be used outside of our logo but our corporate font Trebuchet must be used to create the wording. WE GROW For any questions, please contact the Girlguiding Marketing team at [email protected]. Girlguiding identity guidelines 8 1.0 Our message 1.4 Our key messages Brand Key message Examples proposition We are We are for all girls • We are open to all girls – of all faiths and none. • We employ outreach workers to encourage membership in hard-to-reach We are for all girls and young women, whatever their communities. background and circumstances. We offer them fun, • We keep our subscriptions as low as possible and our grants offers financial support exciting activities and the chance to make lifelong friends. to ensure that costs never prevent girls from joining us. You’ll find us in many communities, helping to give girls a • Our groups are fully integrated to include girls with disabilities, and we offer grants head start in life and encouraging them to be happy, to ensure that they and their carers can join us on camps and trips. self-confident and curious about the world they live in and the difference they can make. We can We give girls their own space • We know from our research that being girl-only is one of the things our young We give girls a place where they can really be themselves members value most about guiding. with other girls and share the experience of growing up as • Our Peer Education programme and specialist resources support hundreds of girls a girl in today’s world. We provide a safe, non- each year to talk about sensitive subjects like eating disorders, binge drinking, drugs judgemental environment where girls can explore the and sexual health. issues they care about while having lots of fun, enjoying new experiences and learning vital skills. We do We give girls a voice • We produce the UK’s largest annual survey of girls’ opinions – Girls’ Attitudes – on We give girls the confidence, skills and information to issues from role models and equality to university fees and plastic surgery. make informed decisions. We offer a supportive, inclusive • We have a dedicated youth advocacy panel to help girls speak out publicly about and exciting environment where they can reach their own issues they care about. conclusions about the world. We show them how they can speak out and take positive action to improve their lives and the lives of others.