Welcome to our Leaders’ Resources page. Please feel free to download our resources and ideas and adapt to suit your needs. If re-branding for your Unit, District, Division or County, please remember to credit all the authors listed.
This website will be updated in line with the new Girlguiding branding over the next few weeks; all resources will be updated gradually but within the 2-year transition period!
A table listing all our adaptions and resources can be downloaded here. Each resource can be downloaded separately below.
These resources are FREE but if you would like to show your appreciation and make a small donation to our Unit, please do so via the Unit’s PayPal account here. If everyone donated just £5 this would be a welcome source of income for our Unit. Thank you.
Who is this strange Daffodil who seems to have so much time on her hands? Well, check out our Leaders’ bios here!!
Girlguiding New Branding – Help Guide
Daffodil has created this handy step-by-step guide to be used in conjunction with the new Girlguiding brand guidelines. This guide includes instructions on using the logo generator, adding background colour and correct spacing to logos, downloading the new font, and how to create a theme. The theme will incorporate all the new colours, fonts etc. so Leaders don’t have to recreate everything each time they need a new resource. If there are any errors or inconsistencies in this guide, the official Girlguiding brand guidelines take precedence. Download from here
Girlguiding GO – Step by Step Guides
Daffodil has created 8 handy step-by-step guides for using GO to be used in conjunction with the Girlguiding GO Help Files. These will be rebranded gradually.
No 1 – Processing Join Us Queries – download from here
No 2 – Creating Individual Reports for Checking – download from here
No 3 – Creating an Emergency Contact Report – download from here
No 4 – Adding & Editing Individual Details – download from here
No 5 – Adding Programme Elements & Badges – download from here
No 6 – Adding a Brownie Role, New Girl & Adding a Rainbow or Brownie Helper – download from here
No 7 – Updating Your Profile & Preferences (now includes the Learning Platform) – download from here
No 8 – What Do Parents Actually See on GO – download from here
Girlguiding – LDP Mentor Pack-Up
Girlguiding are currently in a transition year before the Leadership Qualification (LQ) is fully phased out in September 2023. In August 2022, Daffodil created a LQ mentor pack-up, this has now been updated to be used alongside the new Leadership Development Programme (LDP). All contents belong to Girlguiding, this pack-up simply explains what is available and how and where to find everything a mentor needs. Download this new version for the LDP here. If you would like a copy of the previous LQ version, please contact her via this website. This will be rebranded gradually.
Planning Residentials Guidance
In her role as Girlguiding Lincolnshire South County Secretary, Daffodil has written a step-by-step guide to planning a residential to take girls away. This is a suggested list of things to do, though they do not necessarily have to be completed in the order listed. Further links for official guidance are also included. This does not include international trips. This is available to download from our County website here. This will be rebranded gradually.
Risk Assessments
The following are our Risk Assessments for a variety of specific events. Edit/adapt to suit your Unit’s needs. Note, all (bar *) are on the official Girlguiding Risk Assessment template . Seagull House and the Beach Walk will be updated soon ready for our visit to Seagull House in June 2023! Rebranding will be done gradually.
Virtual Meetings. Download it here . | Outdoor F2F Meetings. Download it here. | Indoor F2F Meetings. Download it here.
Bag Packing | Beach Walk* | Ten Pin Bowling | Bouncy Castle | Lincoln Castle Trip | Colour Dash/Fun Run | Museum & Observatory Trip | Nature Walk | Panto | School Fayre | Sparklers | Town Centre Treasure Trail | Water & Kayaking Activities |
Brownie Holidays/Weekends: Residential – Kitchen | Residential Building – Parva House | Residential Building – Seagull House*
World Thinking Day – Pick Up & Go Pack
Daffodil created this activity plan for our World Thinking Day 2022 meeting. A round robin of 8 stations with different activities themed around World Thinking Day, WAGGGS and the 5 World Centres. Includes 8 station posters, instructions and other resources needed for the night. Just provide the Brownies, scissors, paper, colouring pens and food if doing the food tasting! As always, edit to suit your Unit’s needs but don’t forget to credit the original sources. This will be rebranded gradually. The pack up can be downloaded from here.
**EDIT – the original pack-up uploaded to the Facebook groups is missing the cards for Our Chalet. This can be downloaded separately from here. They are included in the PDF version on this website.
Brownies – Getting Ready for Guides
Does anyone else miss the old Brownies Go for It! badge? The perfect resource for helping Brownies prepare for the transition up to Guides. If so, this new pack-up is for you! Daffodil has revamped and updated 6 of the 13 challenges from the Go for It badge (contained in the old Brownie adventure book). To save paper, the pack-up is designed to be printed as a PDF 4-page booklet. It also contains the Guide Life game board (designed to be printed as 2 A4 pages and stuck (and laminated) together. All references to the old Guide programme, G files, Go for Its and Senior Section have been removed. Download the pack-up from here. Rebranding will be done gradually.
Brownies – A Pre-Promise Programme
Our Tweenies have a dedicated session one with one of our Leaders every week to work through our pre-promise/Tweenie programme. Daffodil has created this new, revamped and improved pre-promise programme for 2022. It has replaced our previous version taking out references to the Mission Promise Challenge and the old Becoming a Brownie book – though we have re-used a couple of activities from the old book. This pack-up includes everything needed: a 4-page booklet for the Tweenies to work through, 3 other activity resources plus a programme/progress chart for Leaders. Download the new version here. Rebranding will be done gradually.
Team Building “Wide Games” Themed Nights
Rebranding of all these resources will be done gradually
50/50 Game. Daffodil did not create this game. Source Unknown! We don’t know why its called “50/50” but it is based on the old 1968 Brownie programme before it changed to the Brownie Adventure (You, Community & World) prog in 2002. The pack-up includes 8 games and a score board. Downloaded it from here.
Bandaged Up. Again, source unknown but we’ve been playing this since 2010. Five games all with a hospital theme. Instructions booklet, quiz answer sheets, word searches, corner posters and score board included. Can be downloaded from here.
Observant & Alert. Original source unknown but the animal pictures are all courtesy of Carol Pike. Four games with a theme of being observant and alert! Instructions, score boards plus all the pictures and answers for the “What do you see game?” included. Can be downloaded from here
Hands Free! Created by our Unit in 2015. Six games with a theme of being “hands free”. Instructions, equipment lists and score board included. Can be downloaded from here.
Dexterity Challenges. Created by Daffodil, it’s a mixture of games from our Hands Free! team building night and our fundraising Record Breakers Night (Dexterity Zone). The theme is “dexterity” with fun games set to challenge the girls’ motor skills. Instructions, equipment list & score board included. Can be downloaded from here.
Brownies – Other Useful Unit Documents
The following are a variety of other useful documents we use at our Unit. Some have been created by Daffodil, some created by authors unknown. As always, edit/adapt to suit your Unit’s needs; however, if re-branding for your unit, please remember to credit all the authors listed. Rebranding will be done gradually.
Brownie Awards Progress Chart – to give out to parents highlighting any missing Interest badges that are needed to complete a theme award and hopefully a Bronze, Silver or even Gold Award. Aimed to just encourage and inform parents of what is possible. Download from here.
Brownie Buddy System – list of clauses for a Brownie Buddy to complete. Created by Daffodil. Download from here.
Six/Seconds Guide – booklet/guide for new Six/Seconds. Original author unknown. Designed to be printed as an A5 booklet. Download from here.
Six Registers – a Register for Sixer to complete, making sure everyone brings everything needed. Created by Daffodil. Points towards the Best Six League table with end of term winners being the Six with the most points. Designed to be printed 2-sided with Register on one side and Brownie rules on the other. Download from here.
Main Meeting Register – the template we use. Not just a Register! Created by Daffodil. It is a one stop document to track birthdays, anniversary, pre-promise/Tweenie programme progress, subs, Brownie Buddies, weekly programme and future trips out. Download from here.
Brownies – Record Breakers Fundraising Plan
Daffodil created this the Record Breakers night fundraising plan. We raised nearly £500 for the unit with only £20 expenditure for event supplies. Contains everything needed on the night including list of zones & events, A5 choosing lists for Brownies, parents letter & sponsorship form, zone posters and certificates. It also covers the Brownies’ Know Myself UMA “The Great Guiding Record Challenge”. Download it here. As this is an “old” resource, it will not be rebranded.
Brownies Interest Badge Programmes
Daffodil has created a programme covering all 18 Interest badges, in her own words, for Brownies to follow if they don’t have a badge book. The programme also includes 15 other fun activities to do for those who don’t want to complete the badges. Badges awarded for completing 3 matching coloured boxes (not white boxes) on one page. Download from here. Our Brownies are still encouraged to buy the badge book but for those struggling financial, this is another option. Rebranding will be done gradually.
As requested by Rainbow Leaders, Daffodil has also created a programme covering all 12 Interest badges, in her own words, for Rainbows to follow if they don’t have a badge book. Badges awarded for completing 3 matching coloured boxes on one page. Download from here . Rebranding will be done gradually.
Virtual Pick Up & Go Programmes
These were our virtual Guiding programmes from Sept 20 to July 21. Daffodil’s programmes contain 6 week’s worth of activities. Each pack-up includes everything needed: a mini-prog booklet to send out to the Brownies, A4 activity sheets for each meeting, A4 instruction sheets for Leaders and accompanying PowerPoint slides:
Part 1 – No theme as such but a spread of UMAs from the programme. Includes several UMA adaptions written by other Leaders. Download it here
Part 2 – Theme: Know Myself Skills Builder Reflect Stage 3 plus Express Myself & Skills for My Future UMAs. Every week includes a virtually adapted Skills Builder or UMA. Download it here. PowerPoint slides from here.
Part 3 – We took a break from the Brownie programme to complete the Girlguiding Lincolnshire South 60th birthday challenge by celebrating a decade each week. Download it from here. PowerPoint slides from here.
As these are all “old” resources, they will not be rebranded.
Remote Pick Up & Go (or F2F) Programmes
These are the non-virtual version of our Virtual Guiding Programmes above. Daffodil created them specifically for those Units not meeting face to face or virtually. They cover 12-13 weeks and are designed for Brownies to do at home on their own in lieu of face to face meetings. It includes a resources list for Leaders, covering letter for parents and 12 sets of A4 instruction sheets for Brownies. These could also be easily adapted for face-to-face Unit meetings:
Part 1 – No theme as such but a spread of UMAs from the programme. Includes several UMA adaptions written by other Leaders. Download it here
Part 2 – Theme: Know Myself Skills Builder Reflect Stage 3 plus Express Myself & Skills for My Future UMAs. Every week includes a virtually adapted (by Daffodil) Skills Builder or UMA. Download it here
Part 3 – Adapted by Daffodil from the Girlguiding Lincolnshire South 60th Birthday Challenge badge, it is perfect for any other birthday or anniversary as it celebrates a decade every 2 weeks. Download it here.
As these are all “old” resources, they will not be rebranded.
Gift Aid Guide
Written (and updated in 2021) by Jenni @ St Little Paxton Brownies. It is a step by step guide on how to claim gift aid on subs. Download it here . This is not our resource so we will not be rebranding it.
Brownie Programme – Adaptions & Resources
Daffodil has adapted over 60 UMA and Skills Builders to be completed by Brownies at home on their own or virtually with the Unit as well as other resources to supplement these programme elements. A table listing all adaptions and resources can be downloaded here. Each resources can be downloaded separately below. Rebranding will be done gradually.
These resources are FREE but if you would like to show your appreciation and make a small donation to our Unit, please do so via the Unit’s PayPal account here. If everyone donated just a £5 this would be a welcomed source of income for our Unit. Thank you.
 | Brownie Skills Builder – A5 Choosing Cards & Voting Slips |
 | Clowning Around UMA – Virtual Guiding Adaption |
 | Bottle Mansions UMA – Brownies at Home Adaption Cosmic Clues UMA – Virtual Guiding Adaption Cosmic Clues UMA – Brownies at Home Adaption Fox Frog Flea UMA – Virtual Guiding Adaption Hedgehog Home UMA – Brownies at Home Adaption Life Cycle Survival UMA – Virtual Adaption Night Sky Observers UMA – Virtual Guiding Adaption Night Sky Observers UMA – Brownies at Home Adaption Planetary Puzzles UMA – Planetary Puzzle – Pictures of Planets. Planetary Puzzles UMA – Planetary Puzzles – Cards & Clues. Start with a Bang UMA – Virtual Guiding Adaption Torchlit Tour UMA – Brownies at Home Adaption Skills Builder Stage 2 – Explore. A Country Walk – Countryside Signs Skills Builder Stage 2 – Explore. A Country Walk. Brownies at Home Adaption Skills Builder Stage 2 – Explore. NESW – Alternative Compass Skills Builder Stage 2 – Explore. Custom of Customs – Prohibited Items Skills Builder Stage 2 – Explore. Happy Feet – Healthy Feet Info & Tips Skills Builder Stage 3 – Explore. Travel Tickets. Virtual Guiding Adaption |
 | Brownie Buddy UMA – Labels Lend a Hand UMA – Virtual Guiding Adaption Pocket Challenges UMA – Virtual Guiding Adaption Pocket Challenges UMA – Brownies at Home Adaption Reflect on Your Reflection UMA – Brownies at Home Adaption Skills Builder Stage 2 – Reflect. Flag Your Flag. Brownies at Home Adaption Skills Builder Stage 2 – Reflect. Stop that Bus. Virtual Guiding Adaption Skills Builder Stage 3 – Reflect. Virtual Guiding Adaption – All 5 Cards Skills Builder Stage 3 – Reflect. DNA-Mazing. Brownies at Home Adaption |
 | Room in a Box UMA – Brownies at Home Adaption |
 | Skills Builder Stage 2 – Make Change. Changing Minds – Statements. |
