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