Girlguiding Scotland
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Girlguiding Scotland is part of the worldwide Guiding movement. It is currently Scotland's largest voluntary organisation for girls and young women with 70,000 members in 3,500 units throughout Scotland.
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[edit] Administrative Structure
Girlguiding Scotland has active units in six regions that cover all of Scotland:
Lothian & Borders
Ayrshire & South West
Central
Grampian
Strathclyde
Highland & Islands
The six regions are further subdivided into a total of 38 counties.
[edit] Membership Statistics
There are currently 11,000 Rainbows, 30,000 Brownies, 16,000 Guides, 2000 Senior Section young women, and 40 Lones. More than one in three eight year old girls in Scotland is a Brownie, and half the women born in Scotland have belonged to Girlguiding Scotland at some point in their lives. [2]
[edit] Charitable Status
Girlguiding Scotland is a charity recognised by the Inland Revenue in Scotland and is funded by membership subscriptions and a trading arm. [3]
[edit] Scottish Headquarters
Girlguiding Scotland’s headquarters is based at Coates Crescent, Edinburgh. [4]
[edit] Scottish Chief Commissioner
Dinah Faulds became Scottish Chief Commissioner on 1st September 2007. [5]
[edit] Netherurd House
Netherurd House is Girlguiding Scotland’s training and activity centre. It is a Georgian Mansion in grounds amid the Border Hills of Peeblesshire. The Centre is located 25 miles south of Edinburgh and 42 miles from Glasgow. [6]
[edit] Blueprint
Blueprint is Girlguiding Scotland’s newsletter magazine. Published four times a year it contains news for members, events listings, and an “Around the Region” section.
