


| Welcome Guides, parents, family, friends, future Guides and supporters. |
| Guides on this website you will find information on Go For It’s or GFI's (you need to complete at least 2 of these a year as a Guide to achieve your challenge badge), Badges, making your Promise, our uniform, and the fun stuff we like to get up to. We are part of Ashton Girlguiding which is in Manchester County. Manchester County is in the North West Region of England. Each of these parts of Guiding have their own website too. Girlguiding UK has a Parents Section which has fantastic information. Subs are payable in advance. termly (£25) or half termly (£15). Subs can also be paid weekly at £3.00 a week but weekly subs are payable whether you attend or not. Cash or Cheques to 12th Ashton Guides please, or by online banking with the reference of your daughters name so we know who has paid! Please see Snowy for the account number and sort code. Subs include half the yearly subscription which is currently £18.50 per member. Uniform is chosen by yourselves from this range and can be worn immediately. 12th Ashton Guides like to wear AWD varsity hoodies which we have especially made, you can even have your nickname printed on the back these cost £20 each. 12th Ashton Guides designed their own neckerchiefs these can only be bought from the unit as they are embroidered with our unit name & logo. Hoodies & neckerchiefs along with all other uniform/gift orders can be ordered via a leader at the unit meeting place. Please make payment when ordering. We endeavor to have all orders the following week, with the exception of hoodies which can take up to 3 weeks. You have your own Unit Guidelines, which need signing yearly these Guidelines must be signed by all Guides and Leaders alike. It is the rules of how our Unit is run and only Guides and Leaders who feel able to keep these rules can sign them and be a member of 12th Ashton Guide Unit. Notices are e-mailed/texted to be economically friendly, to save administration costs, and to ensure they are received and not mislaid in bags or left behind. Please make sure you give us a Parent and a Guide e- mail address either via the contact us section or at the next meeting. As a unit member you will be given a copy of the Programme at the start of every term you are expected to bring this every week in case we need to make any amendments. A calendar can be found in the foyer if parents are unsure what is happening when! From September 2011 a welcome sling bag will be issued to new Guides on their 3rd consecutive visit upon payment of advanced subs which will include information to be returned by Parent/Guardian the sling bag can be used to keep your Guide items in. |