Senior Section

14 to 26th Birthday

The Senior Section is for girls and young women aged 14 to 25.  It offers an exciting and flexible programme with a huge variety of challenges and opportunities for personal development – sure to impress universities and potential employers!
All girls and young women in the movement who are aged 14 to 25 are Senior Section members but it is such a flexible section that there are many options open to them:

  • Senior Section members aged 14–18 can be Young Leaders and assist at the Rainbow, Brownie or Guide units.
  • From the age of 18 they can be adult Leaders with a Rainbow, Brownie or Guide Unit.
  • Or they can join a Ranger Group or Senior Section Group which are groups of their peers, and they can do this at the same time as being a Young Leader or an adult Leader if they wish!

Senior Section members can undertake a wide range of awards and qualifications.  These include the Leadership Qualification, which helps them in running Guiding units for younger girls.  They can work as individuals, supported by their District team, or as a group.  They can choose to work on one particular activity eg Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Queen’s Guide Award etc. or with a wider focus.

There are many international opportunities open to Senior Section members. They range from attending guiding events abroad to volunteering on community projects in developing countries.

Senior Section Programme

In the Senior Section, young women participate in a fun and flexible programme known as Look Wider.  The Look Wider programme offers a range of activities and challenges and motivates members to try out new things — it could be learning a language, playing a musical instrument, running a marathon, camping in the wilds or volunteering overseas.  It is flexible and participants can take their chosen activities as far as they wish, from taster level all the way to gaining a qualification that is recognised outside guiding.

To find out more about this programme and all the opportunities available to you visit Girlguiding UK’s Senior Section website.

Girlguiding, in every section, follows what are known as "The Five Essentials." For the Senior Section, and indeed all adults, these are worded as:

  • Guides work together in small groups
  • Guides are encouraged to govern themselves and make their own decisions
  • Guides have a balanced and varied programme
  • Guides care for the individual
  • Guides share a commitment to a common standard

The last one is embodied in the Promise, which Senior Section members usually take time to consider before making or remaking it to their peers:

“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.”

The Senior Section member makes a further commitment to be of service to her community.

Everything a Senior Section member does, helps her to develop and to think for herself, in a safe girl-only environment.

Enquiries

If you are aged under 16 and wish to apply for information for yourself, please make sure you have permission from your parent or guardian.

If you are interested in joining the Senior Section, you can:

  • Make contact with a volunteer in your County
  • Fill out the Girlguiding Cornwall’s Joining Form
  • Telephone 0800 1 69 59 01

Are you a Senior Section Member?

Then visit Girlguiding UK’s Senior Section website