I’m thinking of becoming a brownie leader…I loved brownies as a child and my mum and her mates were all leaders and had a brilliant time together. I’m very outgoing and love kids/activities/being outdoors etc
Sadly my mum has now died so I can’t ask her what the actual logistics/challenges are….are there any MN brownie leaders who can give me an overview?
Thanks!
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Is anyone a Girlguiding Leader?
Lotsie · 10/12/2023 22:05
Eggybrains · 13/12/2023 17:43
Please don’t do it. It was great when we were girls. It’s now very, very broken and you put yourself at significant risk taking on such a responsibility.
There are lots of other charities that are not so broken that would value your skills and time greatly. Thank you for considering volunteering.
Eggybrains · 19/02/2024 12:30
@AliceK82 I agree it is tricky to find an organisation that set out with aims to help girls and young women. However, with what it has become, I'm not convinced that they do actually do this, even if this is what they set out to do.
There are lots of other youth organisations you can volunteer with which have girls and young women in them. There are a few other organisations which help girls specifically like Girls' Brigade, GVCAC, GFS, but I appreciate that they're smaller. If you really want to do something specifically for girls there's no reason you can't set up something independently although there are a lot of administrative issues involved in this.
I volunteered for Girlguiding for a very long time, and am so sad about what it has become. I wish it was still similar to what it was. Surely you do see, however, that it has significant issues and is rapidly losing support? Without support of volunteers, what will be left of it?
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