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The following is taken from the Guide Association Website www.guides.org.uk

Guiding is a game - with a purpose. It provides opportunities for girls and young women to:

• be challenged by new adventures and experiences and achieve a sense of pride in accomplishment
• develop self-awareness, self-respect and self-confidence
• develop a personal faith and values to give life meaning and direction
• think for themselves, govern themselves and make their own decisions
• make friends and have fun in the family of Guiding
• develop a sense of tolerance, justice, kindness and honour
• learn teamwork and acquire leadership skills, working with and for others
• appreciate the environment and how to live in it
• understand and learn about the world, its people and cultures

Guides are usually aged between ten and 14, although some Guides like to stay until they are older. Any girl over the age of ten can become a Guide as long as she is able to understand, and wants to make, the Guide Promise.

The Guide Promise

"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 Guide Law

• A Guide is honest, reliable and can be trusted.
• A Guide is helpful and uses her time and abilities wisely.
• A Guide faces challenge and learns from her experiences.
• A Guide is a good friend and a sister to all Guides.
• A Guide is polite and considerate.
• A Guide respects all living things and takes care of the world around her.

If you want to get involved in Guiding, the following Churches run Guide Units in Ashfield:

Huthwaite Methodist, Sherwood Street, Huthwaite.

St. Andrew's, Mansfield Road, Skegby, Sutton-in-Ashfield.

St. John the Evangelist Church, Nottingham Road, Hucknall.

St. Wilfrid's Church, Church Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield.

If you are not between 10 and 14 then you could join:

• the Rainbow Guides (age 4-7 years)
• the Brownie Guides (age 7-10 years)
• the Senior Section (age 10-26 years)

Or if you are older, you might consider becoming an adult volunteer.