Guides
Guides, aged 10.5 to 15 years, not only enjoy active weekly meetings, but also have the challenge of surviving in the outdoors without their parents!
There are heaps of opportunities to earn badges for your favourite pastime and activities range from camping & 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.
Read more about this topic: Irish Girl Guides
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