Guides follow a four-year Journey Programme designed to develop their independence, self-confidence, and teamwork and leadership skills. This is done through meeting activities, outdoor camping, indoor weekends, outdoor activities and international travel.

There are heaps of opportunities to earn badges for your favourite pastime and activities range from camping and adventure sports to sleep overs and pyjama hikes. There is a huge international dimension to being a Guide, and girls have many opportunities to go on trips abroad to various camps and events. They also have the opportunity to participate in home hospitality in foreign countries where they can really get to know the culture and way of life in that country. Many foreign groups visit us here in Ireland as well.

The Guiding programme gives the Guides an all-round education and development.

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How do they do it?

When a girl joins Guides she starts attending a weekly meeting, usually during school terms and are usually 1.5 hours long, the length of time depends on the unit leader’s availability.

Guides are explorers, collecting experiences and treasures as they complete their Journey badges – Pathfinder, Voyager, Innovator and Trail Blazer. Once they complete all four annual badges, Guides are awarded the National Guide Award, the highest award in Guiding, at a national award ceremony.

1. Go to our unit locator to see whether there is a unit in your town or county.
2. Use our “Parent Enquiry Form” to send a request to the National Office
3. The request will be sent to the relevant Regional Development Officer
4. The leader will contact you as you stated in your preference on the form
5. Have a chat with your Leader
6. Bring your daughter to her first Guide meeting and let her journey commence!

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