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Brownies, originally called Rosebuds, [2] were first organised by Lord Baden-Powell in 1914 to complete the range of age groups for girls in Scouting. They were first run as the youngest group in the Guide Association by Agnes Baden-Powell, Lord Baden-Powell's younger sister.
Within the first twenty-five years of Scouting its founder, Robert Baden-Powell, saw that there was a demand to provide the Scouting programme for young people both above and below the core age range. [citation needed] The first section to have a separate programme to the Scouts were the Wolf Cubs. This development allowed the younger brothers ...
Rainbows is the youngest section of Girlguiding in the UK. They are between the ages of 4 and 7 and at the age of about seven, a Rainbow will usually become a Brownie if she wishes to continue Guiding. In the UK, Rainbows started in 1987, [1] with Lynsey Hickling being the first in the UK. [2]
Rangers have a long history in the United Kingdom, but their name was changed to "Senior Section", but has now been changed back. In Girlguiding UK, Rangers is replacing The Senior Section (TSS). Rangers can belong to Units in the same way as Rainbows, Brownies or Guides belong to Units. Rangers is open to girls from 14 to 18 years old.
Free Being Me is run through the Peer Education programme in the UK [10] (Previously known as "4"). Girls aged 16-25 attend Regional or National training where they are trained to deliver sessions on the Free Being Me topic to girls. The sessions are designed to cover Brownies (age 7-10) and Guides (age 10-16).
Girlguiding is the operating name of The Guide Association, previously named The Girl Guides Association.It is the national guiding organisation of the United Kingdom.It is the UK's largest girl-only youth organisation. [3]
The Irish Girl Guides has four different age brackets: Ladybirds are girls aged 5–7; Brownies are girls aged 7–10; Guides are girls aged 10–14; Senior Branch are girls aged 14–30; Leaders are age of 18 onwards; The Ladybird Guides uniform is a red jumper, navy neckerchief, sash and woggle.
In 2008 another reorganization took place. All levels were changed to have Girl Scouts at the start of their name, e.g. "Girl Scout Brownies" instead of "Brownie Girl Scouts", and levels were changed to be by grade only instead of by age or grade. Daisies were expanded to first grade, Brownies were moved up to second grade and Ambassadors were ...