Recognition of Girls
The Australian Guide Program (AGP) focuses on leadership and personal development, empowering girls to do their best. The process helps girls to plan, implement and evaluate their own activities to help overcome challenges and set goals for themselves.
This can be done by Girl Guides themselves or with their Patrol or Unit and the Girl Recognition System provides opportunities to complete challenges and activities while also earning badges and Awards to recognise those achievements.
The Look Wide Suite of books (Look Wide, Look Wider Still and Aim High) contain details on how to earn badges, certificates and Awards.
The five Girl Guide Handbooks contain age-appropriate information on Girl Guiding in Australia.
All resources can be purchased from Girl Guide Retail Shops to start planning.
Awards for Guides to work towards and gain a great sense of achievement:
Junior BP Award
To achieve the Junior BP Award, two challenges must be completed from the Look Wide Suite’s Aim High book.
The topics covered are:
- Promise and Law
- Outdoors
- Patrol System
- Service
- Guiding Traditions
- World Guiding
Bronze Endeavour Award
Girl Guides can achieve the Bronze Endeavour Award by completing half of the required activities (six) while working towards the Junior BP Award (halfway).
BP Award
To achieve the Baden-Powell or BP Award, 3 challenges are completed from the Look Wide Suite’s Aim High book.
The topics covered are:
- Promise and Law
- Outdoors
- Service
- Guiding Traditions
- World Guiding
- Patrol Systems
Silver Endeavour Award
Girl Guides can achieve the Silver Endeavour Award by completing half (nine) of the required activities while working towards the BP Award.
Once the remaining 9 activities are completed, the BP Award may be presented at a special ceremony.
Queen's Guide Award (Including Gold Endeavour)
The Queen’s Guide Award is the peak achievement for Youth Members of Girl Guides Australia.
The Queen’s Guide Award provides an opportunity for extraordinary personal development and greater self-awareness and is recognised in the education system in South Australia, Northern Territory, Western Australia and Tasmania.
The Queen’s Guide Award has two parts:
- the challenges for the Gold Endeavour Award which focus on participating and learning
- the additional challenges for the Queen’s Guide Award which focus on organising and leading
Girl Guides age 13+ can commence working on the Gold Endeavour Award.
Click here to read more about the Queen’s Guide Award.
Duke of Edinburgh International Award
The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award has three levels of Award – Bronze, Silver and Gold. Any girl 14 years and over can join Guides to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. She can register through your State Girl Guides organisation and join a local Unit of girls their age.
External Assessors
An external Assessor may be needed to assess challenge work for the below:
- Queen’s Guide Award (including Focus and interest assessments if needed)
- BP Award
- Junior BP Award
- Endeavours
- all ‘Look Wide’ and ‘Look Wider Still’ challenges.
Guides can use the External Assessment Protocol for Guides to help them understand what is required of them when using an external assessor.
Leaders can use the External Assessment Protocol for Leaders to assist Guides in completing their challenges when external assessment is required.