International News
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On this page we will bring you news of what is happening locally and nationally, bringing you ideas for International activities at home.
Derbyshire County Day 3rd March 2012.
International Activity at County Day will advise on the skills, qualifications, where to start in considering international travel. Discussions and activity ideas for International at Home games for badges and preparation for camps.
International Interest Day
Where : County Office Belper
When: March 11th 2012
Time: 10am - 3pm
With Jailbreak in mind and to try and encourage more girls to travel an International Day will be held at Belper CHQ for girls or leaders to attend to find out more.
‘Are you a Leader or 14 years or over by Aug 2012. Find out more about our international trips, come along to our special INTERNATIONAL INTEREST day. Activities, crafts and games throughout the day to explore more about International Guiding.’ To download the booking form click HERE
"UPDATE" This event is now Free
Taking your unit Abroad?
Want to talk about what is involved? Would you like to discuss the International module of the residential qualifications? Get in touch with Tracey Worth: international@girlguidingderbyshire.org
Can you take one more Guide with you. There is a list of girls waiting for opportunities to go abroad with other units. Applications can be vetted. Please email: office@girlguidingderbyshire.org Go on !! Give one more Guide an adventure she won’t forget.
Learn More about International Guiding
You can learn more about exciting new plans for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts throughout
the world on the WAGGGS website.
Jailbreak
The only International Trip to be organised by Region in 2013.
Sally Illsley, Region County Commissioner is extremely keen to enable as many girls as possible to get away rather than just a few. Therefore the proposal is to encourage all Units and / or groups made up of six Individuals plus leaders to enter a team for the event. Leaders who wish to take their own units can apply as a group. A list for single applications will be kept so that groups can be made up. If anyone is interested please email Tracey Worth. international@girlguidingderbyshire.org
We hope every girl will be energised to make a run for it!
Global conversations - 2012 Olympics
Have you looked at the 'On your Marks' resource and the 'Celebrate' toolkit designed to give local guiding ideas on how they can get together in 2012?
There is also another very exciting international project called Global Conversations.
It's a chance for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts all over the world to get involved in London 2012, and to find out about each other's culture and values,
from Feb - Sept 2012. Focused around a blog site, ideas and discussion topics will be posted each month for members to chat about in their units and feedback
their thoughts, which will then be put up as blog entries. Members will comment on blog entries and interact with each other's posts.
Younger members will also be able to follow the progress of a mascot, who'll be sent around the world meeting Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, and blog about her
adventures.
The conversations will begin on 22 February, with the subject linked to the environment theme of World Thinking Day.
GET INVOLVED NOW BY:
Registering your interest to host the Mascot - email their name and address to programme@girlguiding.org.uk with 'Mascot' as the subject and you will go on the list.
Sign up to the Front Runners mailing list and encourage others to do so too. You'll receive an email once a month with information about Global conversations and the other Olympics projects. Email programme@girlguiding.org.uk
with 'Front Runners' as the subject.
Further details can be requested by contacting
Jenny Giangrande
Project Coordinator
Girlguiding UK
17-19 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 0PT
020 7834 6242 ext 2070 / jennifer.giangrande@girlguiding.org.uk
Check out the great adventures with INTOPS (International Opportunities Selection) and more.
The Girlguiding UK INTOPs selection event will take place at Woodhouse Park (SW) 28th – 30th September 2012 If you are interested in going for GOLD projects in the next couple of years then you need to register your interest by
emailing intops@girlguiding.org.uk.
Places fill early so please act quickly. Girlguiding UK allots a certain number of places at the event to each Region, with more places being allotted to the host County, so this is a great opportunity to get more young women from Derbyshire
onto GOLD Projects.
Other International Opportunities:
Ayrwaves
2012 Ayrshire, Scotland 25th July – 1st Aug 2012
Portugal 2012 – National Jamboree 28th July – 4th August
2012
Eire Together we can change the world – 4-11 July 2012.
Together We Can
In early 2011 an exciting new activity pack was brought out for all sections, based around the UN’s 8 Millennium Development Goals. These goals were agreed in 2000, and will be reviewed in 2015, with the main aim of solving poverty and hunger worldwide. We can all do our part to bring the world nearer to reaching the goals.
Together we can will give girls and young women a clear understanding of the goals and how they can be achieved through engaging activities and ways to take action. There will be a badge available for each section.
Together we can cover's some very important, but sometimes difficult subjects. There will be training offered to those who would like support or to simply find out more about the resource and what it’s about. There will be two training days held, one at CHQ and another in a location in the North of England, yet to be decided. If you are interested in attending one of these sessions, please email programme@girlguiding.org.uk
Trainers will be given priority for training places, so they can conduct training for Leaders in their areas.
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