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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.
The Council of Irish Guiding Associations (Irish: Comhairle Bantreoraithe na hÉireann) is the national Guiding federation of the Republic of Ireland. Guiding in Ireland started in 1911, and Ireland became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) in 1932. The council serves 13,837 Guides (as of 2008). [1]
Catholic Guides of Ireland began in 1928 and thus in 2003 celebrated 75 years of Guiding in Ireland. Together with the Irish Girl Guides it forms the Council of Irish Guiding Associations. In total three Guide associations operate on the island of Ireland. The other two are Irish Girl Guides (IGG) and Girlguiding Ulster, part of Girlguiding UK ...
A Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. Robert Baden-Powell chose to name his organization for girls "the Girl Guides". In the United States and several East Asian countries the term "Girl Scout" is used instead.
The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica: Brownie Guide 7 to 11 years Ranger Guide 14 to 20 years Girl Guide 10 to 16 years Girl Scouts of Jamaica: Peenie Wallies 4 to 8 years, Kindergarten-Grade 3 Junior Scouts 10 to 16 years, Grades 7–10 Assistant Leaders, 16+ years Leaders, 18+ years Doctorbirds 7 to 12 years, Grades 3–6 Senior Scouts
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts recognizes at most one Guiding organization per country. Some countries have several organizations combined as a federation, with different component groups divided on the basis of religions (France, Denmark), ethnic identification (Israel) or language (Belgium).
Stopford joined the Guiding movement as a Lone Guide in Branch A aged 15 in Ireland. [7] She started her own Company, 1st Gorey, at the age of 21. [8]In the 1930s she was a member of the executive branch of Buckinghamshire Girl Guides where she and her mother both held a "high rank". [9]
Henderson has been involved with Guiding since childhood, as a Guide and a Ranger. As an adult, she has held numerous positions at both national and international levels. Between 1975 and 1989, she served the Irish Girl Guides as National Trainer, Chairman of the National Training Committee, Member of the National Executive Committee and International Commissioner.