Trainers Support Groups

Travelled to Cricklade to attend the annual tri county trainers support group. We were a small select group with all 3 counties represented including 2 prospective trainers. The date provided us with the opportunity to share the output from the National Trainers Conference with some leaders who hadn't attended, and to hear how those who had been there, felt about it. We covered a lot of ground including:

• Mentoring training
•  Programme Training a year on
•  Impact of local by-laws on Training
•  Safe Space Training
•  Start-up Kit which can be ordered by trainers to show at trainings order here: https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/making-guiding-happen/running-your-unit/starting-a-new-unit/unit-start-up-kit/
•  Inclusive unit timeline cards which are being revised.

I was most impressed by Wiltshire North's new training booklet which they have launched in the last 3 weeks. It's an A5 paper booklet with spaces for leaders to record their trainings attended, e-learning counts, and the inside cover gives the points value for each type of training. Points mean badges. Fabulous idea and been really well received by Leaders who are distraught that not everyone has been issued with one yet. There is no e-version (yet), this is the 3rd county I have seen this approach and for the cost of a badge run it seems to be proving effective in encouraging leaders to get to trainings.

First time I cooked my own steak at the table!