Unit meeting activities and skills builders Todays trainer

Unit meeting activities and skills builders Today’s trainer: 1 Insert your name here!

Aim To introduce unit meeting activities and skills builders to Girlguiding leaders as part of the programme. 2

Objectives By the end of the session participants will have: 1. Understood what unit meeting activities are and how they fit into the Girlguiding programme. 2. Understood the structure of skills builders and how they fit into the six themes. 3. Discussed how to support young members, in the different sections, in gaining skills builder badges as part of the programme. 4. Discussed how to support girls in selecting the right stage for them and how to support girls on different stages in the same unit. 3

Unit meeting activities • Theme specific • Section specific • Variety of timings and challenge levels • Work in large or small groups • Facilitate girl-led guiding • Discover new topics • Easily adapted 4

Unit meeting activities “We didn’t think girls would want to do this activity – but they loved it and learned a lot. ” Volunteer, on road safety unit meeting activity “They all participated and enjoyed it, building confidence in even the shyest girl. ” Volunteer, on storytelling unit meeting activity 5

Activity Skills builders In groups, you will be given images of: • six theme icons • twelve skills builders and their descriptions. Work together to match the skills builders to the relevant themes and descriptions. 6

Twelve skills builders 7 Reflect Network Innovate Communicate Feel good First aid Camp Explore Make change Influence Lead Live smart

Six stages There are twelve skills builders. Each skills builder has six stages. Each stage has five activities. 8

Which stages for which sections? 9

Five activities per stage Skills builder overview card 10 Skills builder activity card

Activity • What are you thinking now? • Write a scenario or challenge relating to skills builders in your unit on a piece of paper. • Fold into a paper aeroplane and throw! • Problem-solve together. 11

Moment of reflection 12

More resources and training E-learning & webinars Other local events 13 Give it a go! Guidance notes for leaders www. girlguiding. org. uk Chat to other leaders