The Baden-Powell Challenge is the ultimate achievement for a Guide. It is for Guides who wish to stretch themselves as individuals to achieve the very best that they can. It is not about achieving a set standard, nor is it about being academically able.
Any Guide who has made her Promise, completed as least two Guide Challenge badges and gained two interest badges, may start the Baden-Powell Challenge.
It is important that she recognises that she will have to be in charge of developing a personal action plan, in discussion with her Leader. This means the Guide will need to be fully committed and confident in her approach to undertake the Challenge. A Guide will aim to do this only once – probably towards the end of her time in the Guide section.

Once the Guide has completed the ten clauses she takes part in a Baden Powell Challenge Adventure and has a discussion with her District Commissioner before she can be awarded the badge and certificate.

When a Guide has completed 8 clauses she should complete page 121 of the G File, get it signed by her Unit Guider and send it to the Guide Advisor so that she can be told of any Adventurers being planned.

A guide must complete ten challenges of her choice, at least one of which should be from each of the programme zones of Discovery, Healthy lifestyles, Celebrating diversity, Global awareness and Skills and relationships. The challenges are listed in the syllabus which appears in the Badge file (Product code 6821, £4.50, available from the online shop or your local depot) and G file (Product code 6628, £6, available from the online shopor your local depot).
For her other five challenges, a Guide can choose from any of the remaining challenges, or she can count participation in an accredited Association or Country/Region initiative. Up to two challenges can relate to a special initiative.

After completing the ten challenges the Guide can participate in a Baden-Powell Adventure. This is normally a residential event organised at Division, County, Country/Region or Association level.
The Baden-Powell Adventure is a special guiding event. It should be the highlight of a Guide’s time in the Guide section, a new guiding experience for her and a link into the Senior Section. All Guides who attend a Baden-Powell Adventure will receive a certificate and badge.

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An Essex West Thanks badge may be awarded to an adult member of the Association or a non-member, who has given exceptional service to Essex West either at County, Division, District or Unit level.

The service may either be over a prolonged period of time or for outstanding help for a specific project.

Any leader can apply for a Thanks badge; your Division Commissioner must endorse the application.

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This is usually given to a non-member to show appreciation for their support over several years or during a special event or activity.

Occasionally a Thanks badge may be given to a Guiding member.

Any member of Girlguiding UK may present a Thanks badge after discussion with her Commissioner.

They are available to purchase through the County Badge Secretary.

The Essex West ‘Good Guiding’ award is designed to recognise those leaders who provide a good guiding programme for the girls in their unit. They will be providing a wide range of activities, out of the meeting experiences (including residential), and get involved at District level attending meetings and events.

Any member may make a nomination, however the District or Division Commissioner must support it.

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The Girlguiding ‘Good Service Brooch’ is awarded to adult members of Girlguiding UK for excellent service to guiding within the County. Nominees should have given good service over a number of years in more than one role. (Not necessarily at County level)

District Commissioners should make the nomination with the Division Commissioners support.

All applications for awards must be made without the knowledge of the nominee or her family.

Nominations for the ‘Good Guiding’ and Good Service’ awards will be considered by the Essex West Awards panel and recommendations made to Jan Knight, County Commissioner.

Once agreed the awards will be presented at one of the ‘Awards & Recognition’ evenings taking place around the County.

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