Surprise Yourself Challenge – from the Chief Guide
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Surprise Yourself Challenge – from the Chief Guide

In June’s Guiding Magazine there was an article and poster about the ‘Surprise Yourself Challenge’ that the Chief Guide has challenged all members of Girlguiding UK to take part in.

You have until July 2004 to do the four parts of the challenge, as a unit, small group or individual;

  • Something you haven’t done before
  • Something for your local community
  • Something to benefit Guiding
  • Tell or show others what they are missing
    • Everyone who completes the fours parts can wear the Surprise Yourself badge.

    Here are some suggestions for challenges from AMSAG –

    • Come to AMSAG Conference for the first time. Click here
    • Go to Potsdam for the European Methodist Festival at the end of July this year - http://www.wesley2003.org.uk/events_europe.htm
    • Run an evening on spirituality – check out some of the other areas on the website for ideas.
    • Encourage your young leaders and Guiders under 25 to take part in Millennium Volunteers http://www.millenniumvolunteers.gov.uk
    • Work as a unit on an unusual or more difficult interest badge eg. Discovering Faith/World Badges/Star gazer/Speaker (this could be achieved through taking part in church parade)
    • Have a litter pick around the area you meet.
    • Encourage your girls to take part in Take our Daughters to Work – or invite local women to visit your meeting and share what their job is. http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/daughters/
    • Take your Guide unit to AMSAG camp. Click here
    • Try some activities from Timetravellers http://www.methodist.org.uk/information/timetravellers.htm
    • Use the New Eyes initiative to bet your girls to express their opinions and encourage the church to listen to them (This is a new initiative just being launched – keep your eyes peeled for more information and check the Methodist Church website) http://www.methodist.org.uk/index.htm
    • Teach yourself or learn some new computer skills and use this new skill to encourage your unit/individuals to work towards the Computer Badge.
    • Run an evening about John Wesley/Methodism for the 300 year anniversary - http://www.wesley2003.org.uk/index2.htm
    • Have a science evening
    • Run an evening on religion – focus on one or compare different ones – invite a visitor or visit a place of worship.
    • Get your districkt to have a stall a the local university http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/uk.map.html fresher week to recruit Guiders, or make links with The Student Scout and Guide Organisation (SSAGO) http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/jump/?url=http://www.ssago.org.uk/
    • Design a poster to display outside your meeting place to recruit girls and leaders.
    • Use church parade to tell the congregation what modern/current Guiding is like and what you get up to.
    • Take your unit or send a patrol or Rangers to Breakout – the Methodist Association of Youth Club’s (MAYC) annual weekend http://www.breakoutonline.org.uk/

    Let us know what you do (and how it goes) or if you have any other suggestions and we’ll post them on the site to share with others.
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