Celebrating every member December 17, 2025

We are holding a session focusing on how to be inclusive for all of your members.

In this session, you’ll find out about inclusive decision-making and leadership, and how you can adapt activities and meetings so everyone can have a great guiding experience. You’ll also learn how you can support young members and volunteers and how to report discrimination.

By the end of the session you will:

 

This is an online session that will be taking place Monday 9 February 7:00pm – 8:30pm 

To book your place onto this session, click here

Doing Our Best – Recognising and celebrating quality in your unit December 17, 2025

This webinar will give you a better understanding of the doing our best standards and show you how you can use them as a framework to review, celebrate and improve what you do in your units.

By the end of the session you will:

 

This virtual session will be held on Wednesday 11 February 2026, 7:00pm – 8:30pm.

Book on here

Effective Communication for Leaders December 17, 2025

Join our next Effective Communication for Leaders training to develop your communication skills. This course will encourage leaders to think about the bigger impact of communication whilst exploring which style of communication is the best tool or media for communicating in their circumstances.

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

 

This training will be taking place Monday 23 February 2026, from 7:00pm to 8:30pm

To book onto this training you will need to visit the Learning Platform. Book on here

Celebrating every member December 17, 2025

We are holding a session focusing on how to be inclusive for all of your members.

In this session, you’ll find out about inclusive decision-making and leadership, and how you can adapt activities and meetings so everyone can have a great guiding experience. You’ll also learn how you can support young members and volunteers and how to report discrimination.

By the end of the session you will:

This is an online session that will be taking place Thursday 26 February, 7:00pm – 8:30pm 

To book your place onto this session, click here

Effective Communication for Leaders December 17, 2025

Join our next Effective Communication for Leaders training to develop your communication skills. This course will encourage leaders to think about the bigger impact of communication whilst exploring which style of communication is the best tool or media for communicating in their circumstances.

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

 

This training will be taking place Wednesday 4 March, 7:00pm – 8:30pm

 

To book onto this training you will need to visit the Learning Platform. Book on here

Celebrating every member December 17, 2025

We are holding a session focusing on how to be inclusive for all of your members.

In this session, you’ll find out about inclusive decision-making and leadership, and how you can adapt activities and meetings so everyone can have a great guiding experience. You’ll also learn how you can support young members and volunteers and how to report discrimination.

By the end of the session you will:

 

This is an online session that will be taking place Monday 9 March, 7:00pm – 8:30pm 

To book your place onto this session, click here

Introduction to Managing Unit Accounts December 17, 2025

We are holding a session focusing on how to manage unit accounts.

This webinar will support you to understand your responsibilities in managing unit accounts. We’ll specifically look at the national accounts pack, but the principles and skills are transferable to all ways of recording accounts.

By the end of the session you will have:

This is a one hour interactive virtual session. You do not need to attend every session.

This webinar will be held online Monday 19 January, 7:00pm – 8:30pm

To book your place, click here

Walking Qualification Weekend July 9, 2025

Calling all adult leaders! Do you enjoy walking in beautiful countryside with others? Do you want to develop your own skills in navigation or managing groups of members? Do you want to gain a qualification in walking? Maybe you’ve completed DofE Gold or Queen’s Guide and would like to progress. If you have answered ‘yes’ to any of these then this is the weekend for you.

On offer

Level 1 and 2 Training, and Level 1 and 2 Assessment course. If you wish to attend for Level 2 Assessment you must already have attended a level 2 Training Weekend.

Click here if you want to know more about Girlguiding’s Walking Scheme

Training:

The training will cover the main topics of the practical and theoretical sessions of the walking scheme, including:

· Route planning

· Navigational techniques

· Group management

· Hazards and risk assessment

· Day, micro and low visibility navigation

The course will involve some physical activities and being out in all weather conditions.

For those attending the level 2 training there will be an introductory zoom meeting on Thursday 12th March 7pm.

Grants to support the cost of attending the course may be available from Region, County or Division.

The deadline to book onto this event is Friday 20 February. To book your place, click here.

Please note, this training is available for adult leaders only.

Going Away With Training January 9, 2026

We are holding a Going Away With training session on Saturday 21 March, 9:30am – 2:45pm

The day will provide the opportunity to understand the Going Away With Scheme and to learn about the fantastic opportunities that can be gained through guiding in a residential setting.

The training is for qualified leaders wishing to undertake their Going Away With Qualification to take their unit on a residential, or leaders already qualified who would like a refresher. The training is free to attend but you must have completed your leadership qualification.

This training will take place at Pettypool Activity Centre

If you have any questions, please contact: chris.joyce@girlguidingnwe.org.uk

To book your place and for more information, click here

Effective Communication for Leaders December 17, 2025

Join our next Effective Communication for Leaders training to develop your communication skills. This course will encourage leaders to think about the bigger impact of communication whilst exploring which style of communication is the best tool or media for communicating in their circumstances.

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

 

This training will be taking place Wednesday 23 March, 7:00pm – 8:30pm

 

To book onto this training you will need to visit the Learning Platform. Book on here