Good Guiding Fund support for international trips
This strand of the Good Guiding Fund exists to supports units, districts, divisions or counties to take part in trips that involve travelling abroad with young member.
Grants of up to £500 are available to to help with to 3 of the following:
- Official Girlguiding uniform (1 item per person only)
- Travel costs including airport transfers
- Accommodation
- Catering
- Activities while abroad
Eligibility criteria
- The fund is open to Scottish units, districts, divisions and counties.
- Funding can only be used to support trips taking place after 1 January 2026.
- You can apply for funding if you already have permission to plan and REN part one signed off when your application is submitted. If you only have permission to plan, your application will be refused.
- You can only reapply for funding if your last Good Guiding Fund grant was offered before 1 March 2024 and you completed the associated evaluation form.
- Adult only trips are ineligible for funding.
- We will only consider 1 application per trip. If multiple units are taking part in the trip, please work together to coordinate your application. This helps to ensure we aren’t double-funding anyone.
- You can apply for up to £500 spread across up to 3 categories of support.
- Successful applicants will need to return an evaluation form within 6 weeks of the trip taking place. If you fail to complete the evaluation form, you will need to return the funding to Girlguiding Scotland.
Guidance – how to maximise your chances of success
Your application should include when, where and how you will be travelling. Is should also give us an idea of the benefits girls will get from taking part in the trip.
If applying for accommodation, travel costs, catering or activities, give as much detail as you can and include a per head costs. If applying for uniform costs please tell us what items you plan to use the funding for.
Please don’t apply for trip-specific wear as we will only fund official Girlguiding uniform.
The most common reason for refusing an application is that it’s been submitted too early. You can only apply once REN part one has been authorised by the international commissioner and Scottish and Scottish chief commissioner. This is the stage after permission to plan.
How to apply
To help you prepare your application, we’ve provided a sample application and a blank template.
Click the link below to apply. Once you’ve successfully submitted your application form, you’ll receive a confirmation email. We can’t accept late applications.
We’ll aim to let you know the outcome of your application by 21 November.
If you need any help to complete the application from or have any questions not answered here, please contact us.