Baden-Powell Challenge Award

Baden-Powell Challenge Award

The Baden-Powell Challenge Award is the highest award a Guide can gain in the Guide section. It is personally challenging and involves sustained effort over a period of time.
The award has two parts: the ten challenges and the Baden-Powell Challenge Adventure.

Ten challenges

A Guide should complete ten challenges of her choice, at least one of which should be from each of the programme zones of Discovery, Healthy lifestyles, Celebrating diversity, Global awareness and Skills and relationships.
For her other five challenges, a Guide can choose from any of the remaining challenges, or she can count participation in an accredited Association or Country/Region initiative. Up to two challenges can relate to a special initiative.

The syllabus & helpful guide are both available from Girlguiding UK Onlineshop.co.uk

Baden-Powell Adventure

After completing the ten challenges the Guide can participate in a Baden-Powell Adventure. This is normally a residential event organised at Division, County, Country/Region or Association level.

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Emma's personal experience

"I started my Baden-Powell award in a group of around 6 other girls. However over time the group size gradually seemed to decrease in size and I ended up being the only person carrying on with trying to achieve it. This award took a lot of time and perseverance however I was so proud to achieve it. Through this award I learnt many new skills including learning about leadership and having to meet new people. I completed all 10 of the challenges over a period of time in and out of the guide meeting. The weekend away I completed to go with it was called Rags to Riches, down at Blackland Farm.

This was one the hardest weekends for me as the whole weekend was spent sewing and making clothes something I really hate however I learned to have a go and try my best. My end result was nowhere as good as some of the other girls however inside of me I felt so proud of what I had achieved. I was presented my award at the Christingale service in 2008 and this was the last time my Guide Leader did anything to do with Guiding before passing away so to achieve such a high award as a guide and for it to be the last main thing she did in guiding will never leave my mind and will be something I treasure forever.

For any girls who are considering taking on the challenge I would definitely recommend it. I know many people who started and gave up but if you finish it you will feel so proud of what you have achieved and what else you can do in guiding. You will face many new challenges to you however what you are feeling at the end will inspire you to go on and learn and do new things."

Emma Penn

Young Leader