IGG Press Releases
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2010 Press Releases
Irish Girl Guides Get a New Look!
Thinking Day 2010
February 22nd is a very special day for the Irish Girl Guides. On this day 10,000 IGG members around the country will celebrate their annual 'Thinking Day', along with 10 million other girls around the world. This special day marks the joint birthdays of Lord and Lady Baden- Powell who founded the Guiding and Scouting Movement. Read more...
The Irish Girl Guides were presented with a Gold Standard Health Quality Award at a recent training weekend for 150 Leaders in All Hallows College, Dublin. IGG is the only youth organisation in Ireland to receive a National Gold level Award. The award was presented by Deiniol Jones, Assistant Director of the NYCI. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Emer Costello, was their special guest on the day. Read more...
2009 Press Releases
IGG Taster DaysFor two weeks in September the Irish Girl Guides ran ‘Give Guiding a Go’, Taster Days around Ireland from Ballybay, Co. Monaghan right down to Cork City, stopping in a different town each day. They ran free, fun-filled workshops which gave girls from throughout the community a chance to come and try out some Guiding activities. Read more...
Chief Commissioner's Award
As the Leaving Cert results arrived last week and future options began to unfold, 2 students were receiving their points in slightly more unusual circumstances than many of their friends. In various misty muddy fields or laneways around the Dingle Way walking trail, Orla Keady from Galway and Tracy Chambers from Cork and 12 other members of the Irish Girl Guides from Donegal, Dublin, Galway & Cork taking part in the Chief Commissioners Award 2009 expedition around the Dingle Peninsula. Read more...
IGG Road Safety Syllabus
The Irish Girl Guides Road Safety syllabus was shortlisted in the final 10 for the national ‘Connecting Communities’ awards scheme run by the Ombudsman for Children. It also received the title of ‘Category Winner’ in the Safer Communities category. The syllabus, which was launched in February 2009 was developed for Ladybirds, Guides and Senior Branch. Read more...
Gold Awards
Teens Glitter with Gold: 85 Guides from all across Ireland were honoured at a special ceremony in Dublin recently where they received their prestigious Gold Awards. The Gold Award is the highest award a Guide can receive and they put many months of hard work into completing the award. Read more...
IGG Supports Irish Cancer Society
Irish Girl Guides support Irish Cancer Society in push for cigarette taxation increase. With rapidly deteriorating public finances, major window of opportunity should be exploited and will yield €420 million to State. The Irish Girl Guides is the largest youth organisation for women in Ireland and health promotion is a large part of what the organisation is about. Read more...
World Thinking DayBarry Andrews celebrates World Thinking Day
Barry Andrews, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, visited his local Girl Guides on Sunday to help them celebrate World Thinking Day. This event takes place every year on February 22nd which is the birthday of our founders, Lord and Lady Baden-Powell. Ladybirds, Brownies and Guides from Ballybrack took part in fun activities and introduced Minister Andrews to their special Guiding ceremony. Read more...
World Thinking Day, February 22nd 2009.
What's so important about February 22nd? Well for most people it may just be an ordinary day, but for 10 million girls and women worldwide, it is a day for celebration. Each year on February 22nd, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts all over the world celebrate World Thinking Day. Read more...
