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Could you be a Guider?
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[Portsmouth South Division] [The
Guide Association]
Over 60,000 women are Guiders - you could be one too!
Many women who are adult leaders have discovered that being a Guider
gives them the opportunity to play an active role in a caring environment
by helping, encouraging and promoting young people today. It also allows
them to use their talents, learn new skills, develop existing skills and
make new friends! Guiding today means working with girls and young women
- it demands time and energy, but it's very rewarding and great fun.
Guiders are volunteer leaders trained to help girls and young women
to achieve their full potential. Any woman between her 18th and 65th birthdays
can become a Guider, as long as she is willing and able to make the Guide
Promise and undertake the necessary training. Guiding offers its leaders
the chance of making a personal contribution to the future and, at the
same time, of widening their own horizons and friendships. Together with
the hard work and commitment there is lots of fun!
What does it take to be a Guider?
A Guider has to enjoy working alongside girls and young women. You need
energy, enthusiasm, a big heart - and an even bigger sense of humour. While
being a Guide is not always easy, you do not have to be a Superwoman. Help,
support and advice are always at hand. You should enjoy Guiding as much
as the girls or young women you work with.
A Guider also needs to have time to give. This will be primarily for
the unit meeting, in most cases one evening a week, but also for planning,
preparation and administration, plus occasional diary dates like District
meetings and training sessions.
Guiders spend alot of time building up relationships with young people
- helping them with new challenges and to live their lives to the full.
So getting on well with people is a very necessary talent. A good relationship
with her Guider will foster a girl or young woman's self esteem and her
ability to relate to others.
How to get in touch
If you would like to become a Guider in Portsmouth, please contact lesley.adams@port.ac.uk
and I will pass your name onto the local District.
[Portsmouth South Division Guides]
[The Guide Association]
This page is maintained by Lesley Adams
Email: lesley.adams@port.ac.uk
Page Last updated: 23 Mar 1999
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