Queen's Guide Award

About the award

Developing Skills

The award is based on the concepts of personal challenge and participation. Your mentor or coordinator will be able to help you decide if something is a challenge for you or not. Over the award you will work in developing a range of skills, the core skills being:

Resilience: Dealing with and overcoming problems
Teamwork: Working well with others to achieve a goal together
Leadership: Inspiring, encouraging and motivating others
Communication: Expressing yourself with confidence
Independence: Being responsible for your own choices
Reflection: Thinking about what you’ve discovered on your journey

Award Mentor: Fiona H (2nd Kendal Brownies)

About the Award

The Queen's Guide Award was updated alongside the new Girlguiding brand update. The new Queen's Guide Award was launched March 27th 2023 with a change to some of the previous challenges.

The Queen’s Guide award is the highest award you can work towards in Girlguiding. It gives you the chance to develop your skills while contributing to guiding at a range of levels! It is open to members aged 16 to 30 and must be completed within three years from the start date or before your 31st birthday, whichever is sooner.

The Award Sections

Personal Development

Aim: Develop a skill in or outside of Girlguiding to enhance your

Time commitment: Minimum of 50 hours.

This challenge is all about developing a skill of your choice, setting goals and reflecting on your progress along the way. It’s not just the end result that’s important, it’s the journey!

At the end of your challenge, you’ll get to share your new skill with others in guiding, show what you’ve achieved and inspire others.

You need to think about:

How are you going to use this skill in the future?
How can you make it impactful?
Why do you want to develop it?

The Guiding Challenge

Aim: Take an active part in guiding at a variety of levels.

This challenge is your chance to make a difference to guiding. You need to choose 4 projects, each with a different theme:

Girl: Working directly with Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and/or Rangers
Growth and retention: Helping people join Girlguiding/supporting transitions between sections/supporting new volunteers
Volunteer: Supporting other volunteers or taking on a new volunteer role
Inclusion: Finding ways to improve accessibility, diversity and inclusion within Girlguiding

You should work at a different level of guiding for each project (unit, district, division, county, country/region, Girlguiding UK or World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS).

One of your projects must show how you’ve continued and evolved your involvement and commitment over time. You’ll need to commit a minimum of 50 hours or a 12-month period to this part of the challenge.

Community Action Challenge

Aim: Encourage active participation in the world we live in.

Time commitment: Minimum of 25 hours.

Through this challenge you’ll have the opportunity to increase your knowledge of an issue outside of Girlguiding. You’ll develop a greater understanding of the world around you, become more involved, make a difference and inspire others.

You’ll need to choose a cause you feel passionate about and want to make a difference in. Make sure to pick a topic you can get involved in practically!

You’ll have the chance to make an impact at a local, UK-wide or international level. This might involve working with others to achieve something together!

Lead the Way Challenge

Aim: Take on a leadership role in an outdoor environment.

In this section you’ll try something new and adventurous! You’ll also improve your leadership and teamwork skills. There are different options on who you do this with: Your unit or your peers (guiding or non-guiding).

Social Experience Challenge

Aim: Challenge yourself in a new setting and focus on building new relationships.

The focus of this section is to challenge yourself in a new setting and do something you have never done before. You will develop your interpersonal skills by meeting new people, trying a new activity, attending a new event, or visiting a new place. You can do these things through Girlguiding or another organisation.