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Description

For girls and young women, aged 5-18 years old. Also seeking adult volunteers.
Meeting in Guide Hall, Melton.

Courageous, caring, smart, sassy, creative, determined, daring. There are lots of ways to be a girl. And the world needs all of us. If you’re a girl who likes to do things the way girls do, Girl Guides is for you.

We have a host of events that we run throughout the year for girls, young women, and adults to get involved in. Whether on a local or international level, our events offer exciting opportunities to learn, celebrate, and come together.

Our Child Safe Framework supports us to foster a culture of child safety throughout the organisation. This is characterised by openness, awareness and learning. It is designed to signal our ‘zero tolerance’ approach to child abuse and embed measures that protect children from harm.

History
In the early 1900s in England, Robert Baden-Powell (known as B-P), a famous army general, developed a scheme for training boys. He tried out his ideas at a camp on Brownsea Island in 1907 and the following year, published them in a book, Scouting for Boys.
The book was an instant success and boys throughout the country enthusiastically took up ‘scouting’. As a result, B-P soon found himself organising the Boy Scout Movement.

At the Scouts’ first rally, at Crystal Palace in 1909, B-P was faced with a small group of girls, representing hundreds of others, who insisted they wanted to be Scouts too. In an age when skirts were ankle length and young ladies never ran, the idea of girls being involved in camping, hiking and similar activities received a mixed response. Angry critics denounced ‘girl scouting’ as a ‘mischievous new development’, a ‘foolish and pernicious movement’, and an ‘idiotic sport’.

If you’re a grownup girl looking for a fulfilling extracurricular activity – part time, full time, or just now and then – we’ve got a volunteer opportunity that’s just right for you. Think that sounds like fun?

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Additional Information

Business contacts Kerry Martin (leader-in-charge)

Australian Business Number (ABN) 59533729847

Parental supervision Drop-off

Type of sessions Group

Gender Female

Kids age groups 7-9 years old, 10-12 years old, 13-15 years old, 15-18 years old

Wheelchair access Yes

Cafeteria on site No

Service location Our location

Disability and special needs facilities Yes

After-hour services available Yes

Costs Per term, Short term contract, Long term contract, Registration fees, Uniform polo top and badge books

Details of these costs There are term fees to cover unit costs and activities, registration fee to Girl Guides Victoria to cover insurance, and a cost when your daughter makes her promise (includes cost for sash to sew badges on, uniform and work-books). Extra costs are if your

Payment options Cash, Direct Deposit, Paypal

Special Offers

3 weeks free trial

We offer three weeks free, for you and your girl to trial Girl Guides.

Girl Guides Australia is one of the largest organisations in Australia for girls and young women. It provides leadership and personal skills development to its 30,000 members, including 22,000 youth members.

Girl Guides Australia is one of the 26 founder member countries of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, founded in 1928. With ten million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from 145 countries across the world, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is the largest voluntary movement dedicated to girls and young women in the world. The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts supports girls and young women to develop their full potential as responsible citizens of the world by focusing on leadership development and active citizenship.

This is delivered through innovative global education and community and advocacy programmes. We deliver a well-established, unique values-based approach to non-formal learning that is international and intergenerational. Girls and young women develop life skills through self-development, challenge and adventure.

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts owns and operates Four World Centres located in England, Switzerland, Mexico and India. Girl Guides and Girl Scouts visit to participate in events, trainings, conferences and often return many times for a unique international experience.

Girl Guides Australia has its own Friends of the World Centres group, which you can join. See here for more info on membership and fees. You will receive four newsletters per year, filled with the latest news from the World Centres, as well as program and fundraising ideas. Your financial contribution is also helping the World Centres to provide life changing international experiences to everyone who visits.

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Awards

Girl Guides Melton District has been selected as one of our Most Popular Kids Activities!

Awards received for 2023:

• #5 Most Popular Kids Activity in Melton

Awards received for 2022:

• #13 Most Popular Kids Activity in Melton

Awards received for 2021:

• #5 Most Popular Kids Activity in Melton

Awards received for 2020:

• #4 Most Popular Kids Activity in Melton
• #21 Most Popular Kids Activity in West Melbourne

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