Glossary
ALQP | Australian Leadership and Qualification Program |
AGP | Australian Guide Program |
BP | Lord Baden-Powell, our Founder |
Code of Conduct | Requirements to which all adult members must adhere |
District Support Team | Team of adults in a District, including Leaders and non-members who wish to support Guiding |
District Meeting | Meeting of Unit Leaders with the District Manager |
District Team Gathering | Gathering of all adult members of the District Team plus Junior Leaders |
Founder | Lord Baden-Powell |
Guide | Any girl or woman who has made the Guide Promise |
Guide Lines | Policy, organisation and rules of Girl Guides Australia |
Junior Leader | Financial youth member, aged fourteen to seventeen years, developing their leadership skills through a commitment to a Unit of younger Guides. |
Lady BP | Lady Baden-Powell, World Chief Guide |
Leader | Woman aged eighteen years or over committed to the principles of Guiding, who has completed a GGA Leadership qualification and is appointed to a leadership role. |
Leadership Qualification | GGA qualification for Unit Leaders and Assistant Unit Leaders and Outdoors Leaders. |
Learning Partner | An experienced Leader or Manager specially trained to assist new Leaders or Managers become qualified. |
LIC | Leader-in-Charge of a Guiding event or activity |
Management Qualification | GGA Management Qualification for District Managers, Assistant District Managers, Region Managers and Assistant Region Managers. |
NO | National Office |
Olave Program | Framework for members aged eighteen to thirty years to engage in opportunities for personal challenge through a flexible network, with a focus on service |
Outdoors Leader | Leader appointed to a District or Region to assist others to provide outdoor activities for Guides following completion of the Outdoors Leadership Qualification. |
Passport | abbreviated form of Qualification Passport – the learning workbook for completing a Leadership, Management or Learning & Development Qualification. |
Patrol | Group of Guides formed within a Unit, usually with four to six girls |
Promise and Law | Principles of Guiding |
Promise Ceremony | Ceremony at which a girl, Leader or other adult female member makes her Promise. |
Region gathering | Meeting of Region members |
Region meeting | Meeting of District Managers and other members of the Region team with the Region Manager |
Resource Leader | Qualified Leader specialising in one or more areas of the program |
State Commissioner | Responsible for all Guiding in the State |
Subs/Unit subscription | Monetary contribution to Unit funds |
Support Group | Team of adults within a District who wish to support Guiding but are not members |
Thinking Day Fund | Established to support and promote Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting throughout the world wherever the need is greatest; administered by the World Bureau |
Trainer | Leader holding a GGA Learning & Development Qualification and appointed as a Trainer. |
Trefoil Guild | An adult section of the organisation that links female members of Guiding and Scouting who have made their Promise and that gives support to Guiding and the community |
Unit | Group of Guides of varying age groups/interests |
Unit Helper | Female member who assists the Unit Leader in a part time capacity |
Unit Leader | Adult working in a leadership role within a Unit and holding the Unit Leadership Qualification |
WAGGGS | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts |
World Chief Guide | Lady Baden-Powell |
World Thinking Day | 22 February – special day world-wide in Guiding to celebrate the joint birthdays of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell |
Youth member | Guides aged five up to eighteen years |
Last Modified: 17/10/21 at 10:13 PM