Get Involved
There are lots of ways you can participate in or support guiding. It depends what you are looking for and how much time you have available, what ever way you choose to help, it will make an important contribution to the lives of girls and young women. You can work with girls and young women or improve your skills, build a better world or simply give something back.
As an adult
Guides provides girls and young women with fantastic opportunities to meet personal challenges, to learn team building and leadership skills and to make new friends.
As an adult may choose to be involved at a local or Region level by supporting Guiding as a member of the local Support Group, assisting with financial management, property management, catering for events or simply helping the Leaders with program activities or administration tasks.
Alternatively, you may like to explore the option of providing administrative assistance at the SGGO office or working in one of our retail outlets.
In addition, there is an opportunity to support Guiding in governance and management roles at state and national levels.
The list below illustrates some areas in which our volunteers choose to contribute:
- Activities and Program expertise – share your skills or knowledge with our youth members, teach a skill or be a guest speaker
- Administrative
- Auditing/bookkeeping
- Catering
- Committee member
- Desktop publishing/graphics
- Event management
- Fundraising
- Leadership – requires membership
- Olave Program – requires membership
- Maintenance/gardening
- Outdoor recreation
- Presentation and facilitation
- Promotion/public relations
- Shopping for activities and events
- Supporting a camp or sleepover activity
- Supporting a Leader
- Special projects
Contact your State Girl Guiding Organisation to begin your Guiding Journey today.
As a girl
As a Guide you are a member of an organisation with over 10 million members and you can become involved in a wide range of exciting activities, from outdoor challenges and camping, learning new skills, to community action projects and international travel.
But there’s more to being a Guide than just having a good time. Guiding provides opportunities for you to:
- Be challenged by new experiences.
- Think for yourself and make decisions.
- Undertake teamwork and acquire leadership skills.
- Develop self-awareness, self-respect and self-confidence.
- Develop personal values.
- Do your best.
- Contribute to society.
Being a Guide is all about learning new skills, making new friends and helping others. You will be encouraged to achieve your own personal goals through a flexible program with support from your Leader. You will also have the opportunity to work for a wide variety of badges and perhaps gain a Peak achievement award. If you are not able to join with a Unit near your home we have a group of Guides known as Lone Guides who meet via mail and email.
Contact your State Girl Guiding Organisation to begin your Guiding Journey today.
As a Supporter
As a volunteer organisation, Girl Guides Australia values community support. This support can come in many different forms.
Please click on any of the links below for further information on ways you can support Girl Guides Australia.
- Trefoil Guild
- Sponsors - coming soon
- Donations - coming soon