Guides overhaul includes mindfulness and vlogging badges

Members reshape movement in £3m update that offers 100 new badges and 700 activities

After almost 110 years of badges, three-finger salutes and “I promise I will do my best” pledges, the girl guide movement is undergoing what it describes as the most sweeping overhaul in its long and illustrious history.

Gone are the traditional hostess, craft and home skills badges that for decades encouraged young girls to learn the art of folding a napkin and making a cup of tea; in their place come badges for vlogging, mindfulness, upcycling and craftivism, seen as more relevant to today’s young women.

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