Senior Section Information

The Senior Section is part of the Guide Association. It caters for girls and young women aged 14 to 26, in 3 sections, Rangers, Young Leaders (14-18) and Younger Guiders (18-26). Guiders serve as adult leaders for all the Guiding sections and Young Leaders assist the Guiders in providing the program to the younger age groups. Senior Section Members make a promise and keep the Guide Law. We wear a uniform too. Meetings are usually informal, but at the end of our meetings we often sing Taps, the Guide and Scout closing song.

Senior Section Members can work towards badges (although there is no uniform item to display them on) and Octants under theLook Wider Program. Other Challenges include The Common wealth Award (for any memeber of WAGGGS in a Commonwealth Country) and the Queen's Guide Award (The highest earnable award in UK Guiding).



The Promise:

I promise that I will do my best;
To love my God,
To serve the Queen and my country,
To help other people,
and to keep the Guide Law.

Rangers and Young Leaders make a further commitment: To be of Service in the Community.
The Guide Law

1. A Guide is honest, reliable and can be trusted.
2. A Guide is helpful and uses her time and abilities wisely.
3. A Guide faces challenge and learns from her experiences.
4. A Guide is a good friend and sister to all other Guides.
5. A Guide is polite and considerate.
6. A Guide respects all living things and takes care of the world around her.


Uniform



What we wear depends on what section we are and which optiond we chose. Broadly, Rangers and YL wear aqua tops and navy bottoms, and Guiders wear navy.


Pin Badges are displayed on the badge tab. This is aqua for Rangers, aqua with white edge stripes for YL's and Navy for Guiders, with the colour of stripe indicating which Section the Guider works with.

Taps

Day is done,
Gone the Sun,
From the seas, from the hills, from the sky.
All is well,
Safely rest,
God is nigh.


Or Daylight taps:

Thanks and praise,
For our days,
'Neath the sun, 'neath the stars, 'neath the skies.
As we go,
This we know,
God is nigh.


At camp we sometimes sing Canadian Taps: (it goes to the tune of "O, Christmas Tree" and originates with the Canadian Mounties)

Softly at the close of day,
As the campfire fades away,
Silently each Guide should ask,
Have I done my daily task?
Have I kept my honour bright?
Can I guiltless sleep tonight?
Have I done and have I dared,
Everything to Be Prepared?


Look Wider Programme



The Look wider Program is for any member of the Guide Association between 14 and 26. It is made up of 8 octants: Creativity, Leadership, International, Service in the Community, Personal Values, Independent Living, Sport and Fit for Life, Out of Doors.

Each octant is made up of 3 phases. Phase 1 is trying things out. A Young woman must complete 3 "taster" activities for this. Phase 2 is about taking things further. This may involve a 3 month commitment, gaining a qualification or intensive planning of a larger event. Phase 3 is about taking things out into the wider world. A young woman may use a Qualification she has gained, teach something to a younger age group, gain a service qualification or plan a project of similar magnitude.

An Octant Certificate is awarded on gaining all 3 phases of that O)ctant. A young woman completeing phases 1 and 2 of all 8 Octants earns the Chief Guides Challenge Badge.


The Commonewalth Award




This Award is open to any member of WAGGGS, aged 13 to 26, who lives in a Commonwealth Country. It is made up of 3 compulsory clauses and then choosing 2 options from 7 or so more clauses.

The compulsory clauses cover the History of Guiding, finding out about another Commonwealth Country and giving service over a 3 to 6 month period. Examples of the optional clauses are: Out of doors, public speaking, healthcare and education.

The testing of the award is arranged by the County Commissioner.


The Queen's Guide Award



This is the highest earnable award in UK Guiding. The Award is open to members of the Guide Association aged 16 to 26. Candidates only have one chance to complete the award and it must be completed within a 3 year period.

The award is currently made up of 7 clauses (although this is being reviewed):
Hold a warrant or have completed the discovery pahse of Look Wider.
Service in the Community
Service in Guiding
Service in the Home
Service as a citizen
Service Overseas
Enterprise

When a candidate has completed all the clauses she has to make a presentation to the County Panel, which includes an representitive from outside Guiding. Sucessful candidates attend an award ceremoiny at Kensington Palace.
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