Girlguiding in the 21st Century
- Dec 31, 2021
- 3 min read
2000
Girlguiding began the new Millennium with more celebrations, as well as the rest of the U.K. Up and down the country Girlguiding held special celebrations in counties alongside units forming their own celebrations. Along with the celebrations and new uniform was brought out.
2002
The parties continued with the Queens Golden Jubilee. Girls around the country celebrated with royal parties and badges as well as other celebrations.
2003
Brownies celebrated another birthday, alongside brownies the Rainbows introduced new badges.
2008
The Rainbow division celebrated its 'coming of age' birthday, 21. The celebrations were held around the country marked with a special sunflower themed event.
2010
2010 was a momentous year for the Girl Guides with the organisation turning 100. All around the country parties were held, with a special celebration being held on the weekend of 20th October.
The idea of the 20th October, the 20th date of the 10th month, was for their to be a huge promise renewal for all Girl Guiding members around the country. The promise was to be made on the 20th date of the 10th month at exactly the 20th hour of the day at 10 minutes past the house, form 20:10pm on 20/10/2010.
Across the countries Rainbows were seen having princess parties, Brownies celebrated nationwide and Guides, along with Rangers went on pack holidays and getaways.
2012
More celebrations were thrown, again, not just across Girl Guiding, but throughout the U.K. with the Queens Diamond Jubilee along with the U.K. hosting the Olympics in London.
2013
Girlguides decides its time for a rebrand, removing U.K from its official name. A new speech-bubble shaped logo was launched along with the streamline changing from 'Girls in the Lead' to 'We Discover, We Grow'. Updated logos from all branched, Rainbows through to the Trefoil Guild were given updated logos.
2014
With the rebrand of the company a year prior, a new uniform was officially launched. The newest uniform was designed to help girls feel both comfortable and confident in what they wore.
2018
2018 saw one of the biggest changes to Guiding in modern day with a complete shift in the program. The new program saw the end of the GO interest badges, all the previous interest badges and challenge badges along with the Baden Powell Challenge.
The new program, and current programme, Units are united by 6 themes which all girls can work towards in their specific section.
The 6 themes include;
Know Myself,
Skills for my Future,
Take Action,
Have Adventures
Be Well
Express Myself
Rainbows complete Stages 1 and 2 of each theme,
Brownies Complete Stages 3 and 4 each theme,
Guides Completing Stages 5 of each theme,
Rangers completing Stage 5 and 6 of each theme.
To complete a theme girls much complete 1 interest badge from each theme, 1 Skills builder and at least 200 minutes of Unit minute Activities.
As the Girls progress through the stages of the Innovate skills builder, girls learn about design, construction, experimenting and a whole range of skills. It introduces them to science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) in a fun and relatable way.
Once a girl has completed 2 theme badges she will be presented with her Bronze programme award, once 4 have been completed, her Silver award will be presented and finally, once all 6 have been completed, her Gold award, which completed all 6 themes. Once completed all 6 themes she will need to move up to the next division, once they have reached the age, any proceed onto the next stage.
Countries who joined the Girl Guides and Girl Scouting movement in the 21st Centaury;
2002
Niger
2016
Albania
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