Facts & Figures
- Girlguiding Scotland is Scotland's largest voluntary organisation for girls and young women and is part of an international organisation with over 10 million members worldwide.
- Girlguiding Scotland has over 60,000 members and supporters in Scotland. In the UK there are about 600,000 members and supporters.
- Our vision is to be recognised as the leading organisation for girls and young women and to widen and increase our membership.
- Girlguiding Scotland has been around for 95 years (then called The Girl Guides). Read more about the history of Girlguiding.
- We are a charity recognised by the Inland Revenue in Scotland and are funded by membership subscriptions and through our trading arm.
- There are over 9,000 trained adult volunteers in Scotland. There are over 4000 girls wanting to join Units on waiting lists because we need more adult volunteers.
- The adult members and helpers in Scotland give 1 million voluntary hours a year – that's equivalent to 550 full-time jobs.
- There are nearly 3,500 Units all over Scotland. The chart shows how they are divided.
- Half of the women born in Scotland have belonged to Girlguiding Scotland at some point in their lives. Read about the Successful and well known women who were in Girlguding.
- There are 11,000 Rainbows (age 5+), 26,000 Brownies (age 7+), 14,000 Guides (age 10+) and 2000 Senior Section young women ( age 14+) and 40 Lones in Scotland.
- About one in three eight-year-old girls in Scotland is a Brownie.
- Girls and Young Women today participate in a wide-range of activities such as DJ-ing, water sports, singing, dancing, arts & crafts and much more.
- Former Brownies and Guides from Scotland include: JK Rowling, Sharleen Spiteri, Lulu, Edith Bowman, and Lorraine Kelly. Read their inspirational interviews.
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