Winter 2016 No: 640 Making CONNECTions for IGGNITE 2017 Fun activities for arts and a Happy Christmas Get ready for your National Good Turn Week Trefoil News Winter 2016 Page 1 Page 2 Trefoil News Winter 2016 Winter 2016 No: 640 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. Contacts : Submit your articles, photos or queries to: [email protected] Advertising queries to: [email protected] Contents IGG in the Media . Page 4 Message from the Chief Commissioner . Page 5 Executive Committee and NPT reports . Pages 6-7 National Good Turn Week for 84,000 good turns . Pages 8-9 Notices and dates for your diary. Page 10-11 Ladybirds Some great ideas for different arts including suggested activities, crafts and games. Pages 12-15 Brownies Includes some really fun teamwork and Arts Appreciation activities. Pages 16-19 Guides Includes lots of great suggestions around Arts Appreciation interest badges . Pages 20-23 Senior Branch. Pages 24-25 Out and About - photos from the Chief Commissioner's Aware and CONNECT . Pages 26-27 Out and Abroad - Guides in Prague and more Guides in Switzerland... Page 28 An IGG member volunteers in Syria; a shoebox gift from Brownies brings hope . Page 29 Viking Invasion at Ventact. Page 30 Guides from England link up with IGG. Page 31 What you need to know on OGM for the new Guiding year. Page 32 What is Lámh? . Page 33 First Aid grants application form - 15 November deadline . Page 34 International. Pages 35-37 Ladybird and Brownie Postcard Competition and Journey the World with Timpeall an Domhain Contingent Management Team needed for Roverway 2018 Financial Assistance for Units - application form - 31 October deadline . Page 38 National Memorial Cottage 2017 booking form. Page 39 Inserts in Trefoil News Winter 2016: Code of Ethics and Good Practice and Team Hope's Christmas Shoebox Appeal Wherever you see the OGM stamp in the Branch pages, you will also find the activities on OGM. The countdown for IGGNITE 2017 has truly begun as hundreds of IGG members turned up for CONNECT Family Fun Day in Rockwell College on 21 August 2016. IGG Leaders and Guides enjoyed the opportunity to explore the site where they will be camping with their Guides for a week next summer. COVER PICTURE All set for IGGNITE 2017, from left, Lorna Finnegan, Emily Nagle of Howth Senior Branch, South West Regional Commissioner Deirdre Henley and Cork Leader, Christine Cronin, in the 2017 international Camp's uniforms. Trefoil News Winter 2016 Page 3 IGG in the Media Making the headlines “We didn’t give up”, Liffey Champion, 10 September. “If you go down to the woods today” , Irish Times Health Plus, 6 September. “Offaly leaders earn highest Guiding achievement award”, Offaly Independent, 3 September. “Top Guiding award for Cork five” , Cork Independent, 1 September. “Get involved with the Guides”, Nenagh Guardian, 27 August. “CONNECT Family Fun Day”, Tipperary Star, 25 August. “Bray girls earn Guiding’s highest award”, Wicklow Times, 23 August. “Bishopstown girls take on Guiding’s toughest outdoor challenge”, Ballincollig News, 19 August. IGG at Claire Byrne Live on RTÉ “Local Girl Guides part of Global Trek”, North County Leader, 16 August. “Girl Guides pack up for gruelling five-day challenge”, Evening Echo, 9 August. Irish Girl Guides @IrishGirlGuides Check out our cool entry for this year's #btogether2016 competition & VOTE for it! >> http://bit.ly/2d8P4Mo #givinggirlsconfidence Cllr Karen Furlong @karenffurlong Sep 17 Cllr Karen Furlong Retweeted Jillian van Turnhout Great organisation. My little one becomes a 'ladybird' on Monday. I know she will be in safe hands @IrishGirlGuides Jillian van Turnhout @JillianvT Great atmosphere at @IrishGirlGuides Eastern Region conf #givinggirlsconfidence So many fab leaders in 1 place You Tube - Centenary Guides’ Harry Potter camp video Lucan Gazette www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxJEb70UIoM Chief Commissioner’s Award 2016 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AcZHHZFhfg IGG Mini-figs on Tour www.youtube.com/watch?v=VweZOfA8Gy8 Bray People Irish Independent Evening Echo Irish Mountain Log Follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook and watch us on YouTube. Get posting to see yourself here next month! Page 4 Trefoil News Winter 2016 >>> IGG at Claire Byrne Live on RTÉ From the Chief Commissioner Dear Fellow Leader, Do you like the vibrancy of the new full colour Trefoil News? I love it because that’s exactly what we are – a vibrant organisation full of life and technicolour! I was delighted to see the bright uniforms of our girls shining out from the pages in Autumn’s edition of our trusty Trefoil News. And we hope that the colour enables you to show the magazine to the parents of girls featured and make them proud of the organisation their daughter belongs to. Many thanks to all who contributed and to those involved in bringing this new version to fruition. This autumn you will have received a number of resources: • Firstly, the new Leading the Way which replaces the Welcome to Guiding publication. This has been expanded to include more information on qualifications and unit management. Míle buíochas to Jenny Gannon, Evelyn Hayes and Linda Peters for working with me on this resource. We hope it will entice you to travel along your leadership journey in IGG. • Secondly, the new look Code of Ethics and Good Practice which has been reprinted due to the changes in Garda Vetting and enclosed with Trefoil News. Many thanks to Lisa Challoner for her work in keeping this important document up to date. • You will also receive materials to enable your Unit to join in our first National Good Turn Week. I am delighted that this initiaitive is happening and even more excited that every member in the country can take part helping to showcase our Guiding ethos. • And finally, your Unit Contact Person (UCP) will receive a copy of the Surf Smart resource produced by WAGGGS and Symantec. We are grateful to Symantec Ireland for printing this useful booklet. I encourage you to read the book – I learned a lot from it for my own personal use and for my work in Guiding. And WAGGGS has produced a badge for all Units who complete the relevant activities! Check out wagggs.org for more details or to download further copies. Often we don’t realise the skills we gain for ourselves in Guiding and we don’t promote the benefits of volunteering enough. Check out IGG’s new video on YouTube which shows how Guide Skills = Life Skills and see how all your volunteering can add to your skills, CVs and employability (https://youtu.be/OKrXSt_AxvU). It’s been a busy Guiding year so far and I would like to thank all those involved in the seven Regional Conferences. To all who arranged the various strands of their life so that they could attend and become more knowledgeable; to those who planned and organised high quality training sessions; to the behind-the-scenes people who ensured the events were a success for close on 1,000 leaders; I thank you on behalf of Irish Girl Guides. It feels much too early to send Christmas greetings, so instead I will send you all wishes for continued health and happiness, and the energy to fulfil your Guiding commitments. In 2017, let’s make sure everyone knows we are a vibrant fun-loving movement of girls and women! Yours in Guiding, Helen Concannon [email protected] Trefoil News Winter 2016 Page 5 EXECUTIVE NEWS The Executive Committee of the Irish Girl Guides meets to Membership and EDI Committees discuss policy issues and to ensure the successful running of The decision was made that both the Membership Committee and the organisation for our members. Below are some of the the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee would decisions made at the September 2016 Executive Committee remain merged and would be known as MEDI in future and that meeting. the Chair of MEDI would sit on Programme and Training rather than on Executive. The merger of these two committees will be Congratulations were expressed to the following: trialled for three years before it is reviewed by Programme and • Emer O’Sullivan who was elected as Chair of IGG’s Trust Training Committee. Corporation • Linda Kerins who was elected to the Board of the National Youth Representation of Trefoil Guild on Executive Council of Ireland and will represent NYCI on IGG’s Executive It was decided that it would be more appropriate for the Irish Committee Trefoil Guild National Council representative to sit on Programme • Lorna Finnegan who was re-elected for a second term of office as and Training Committee rather than on Executive, as Trefoil Guild International Commissioner is regarded as a Branch of IGG. The following were thanked for their hard work during their New Regional Development Officer term of office: Congratulations were expressed to Josephine Cronin who had • Claire Colfer as Chair of Trust Corporation started work as the new RDO for South West Region. • Mary T. Hally on NYCI Review of Code of Ethics Change from “Chairman” to Chair” The current edition of the Code of Ethics has been reviewed and The Executive Committee voted in favour of changing IGG’s approved by Executive. Several proposed amendments were as a terminology from ‘Chairman’ to ‘Chair’ in line with WAGGGS policy. result of the introduction of eVetting. A copy of the new edition of IGG’s Constitution will have to be amended.