Participation on a Plate revised

We've waited a while for an update on this resource which aims to assist Leaders in providing girl-led guiding and decision making. It's been around since 2013, the new version attempts to be inclusive & takes account of the new programme with lots of references to UMA's, as well as the Doing our Best Poster and Checklists. Sections include:

• Making decisions
• Coming up with activity ideas - aimed at programme planning to help the girls choose
• Girls leading themselves
• Evaluation
• Outside the unit - aimed at Commissioners, Advisers or Event Coordinator

Lovely to see tools like Survey Monkey, and Doodle getting a mention as part of girl led guiding, even if it does appear to be at the more mature end of the guiding family!

I particularly like the Top tips for girl-led guiding from leaders on page 10:

• Be persistent
• Try new things
• Trust in the girls
• Set ground rules
• Connect
• Influence
• Explain
• Show 

Appendix 2 gives tips for running focus groups on page 12.

The updated version can be found here: https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/globalassets/docs-and-resources/programme-and-activities/participation-on-a-plate.pdf 

All leaders should have a copy available to remind them its the girls, no matter what the age, who choose the programme.