SWOT General for:Camping or overnight stays

Strengths

• Years of experience of us
• Trainings
• Interests
• Ability of adults
• Knowing Guidelines (updates included)
• Network.
• Helpers and District Team assistance
• Complementary learning
• Leasers know know what’s in the training book
• Qualifications : Guiding, First aid, food safety, After school coaching program.

Weakness

Lack of girls

Lack of other experienced leaders

• Time to train other leaders
• Lack of parental involvement
• Parents lack of what’s expected of them (assistance, police check, working with Children)
• Transport.
• Finances
• Dietary requirements
• Opportunities
• Public relations.
• Support through ‘Networking’
• Advertising-Word of mouth, posters, being seen out and about.
• Increase of skills levels.
• Recognition levels.

Threats

• Seasonal illnesses and asthma.
• Environment danger
• Boredom and temper tantrums.
• Other organisations.
• Non-communication of what they want
• Objectives and actions for all the District Outdoor activities
• Increase mental stimulation
• Encourage practical activities that fulfil the need for achievement and recognition.

• Badge work, peer acceptance at school and guides,

1. Achievement of badges

• Expanding tunnel vision and sharing information.
• Presentation night.
  • Charts and displays
  • badges

1. Acceptance of change.
2. Keeping the programs interesting

• Back up systems
• integrated learning and sharing

1. Increase numbers in guide units.

• Being seen participating in community activities / service.
• Girl/ leader/ parent participation.
• Public Relations being positive.
• Advertising
  • In Newspaper with region.
  • Posters
  • Word of mouth
  • Radio

5. Training of leaders.

• Active participation
• Support network
• Encourage trainee leaders to bring there personalties into guiding.

6. Encourage outdoor activities

• follow up and included prelim training during program
• Open to District these events
• Included Gipps Guides and parents to participate.
• Participate in Region and State activities

7. Record of events.

• Photo evidence.
• Journals

8. Finances

9. Transport

• Car Shuffle

10. Adequate clothing for event.

11.Food preparation.

• Food safety
• Making sure that everyone to be fed and watered in group.

12. Job descriptions given.

13. Communication links to be function able.

14.       Occupational Health and Safety

Outcomes

1. Increase mental stimulation
   1. Having calendar of all events from Unit to State.
   2. Girls in meetings programming their own calendar around their interests and known events, service and activities.

• Encourage practical activities that fulfil the need for achievement and recognition.
  • Walk around Churchill planned and carried out.
    • Assisted by Unit Helper, Gipps Guides, trainee leader and Parents.

1. 1. Badge work, peer acceptance at school and guides.

• 1 x bronze endeavour aimed for and achieved.
• New girls realized that there were people there that they knew therefore – not so frightening being included.
  • Expanding tunnel vision and sharing information.
  • Having the Gipps Guides and parents involved on day builds up the self worth, service times and sharing of knowledge of all participants.

1. Achievement of badges

1. Qualifications and life skills knowledge is shared and passed on.

• Remember that all active participants need food and drink. Especially when directly cooking and not getting fed.
• Presentation night.

1. Charts and displays.
   1. i.      Older ones used as training aids.
   2. ii.      Recognition of past peoples efforts in the creation of these charts.
   3. badges
   4. Back up systems
   5. Integrated learning and sharing

1. Acceptance of change / transformation process .
2. Keeping the programs interesting

1. Increase numbers in Guide units.

• Being seen participating in community activities / service.
• Girl/ leader/ parent participation.
• Public Relations being positive.
• Advertising

1. In Newspaper with region.
   1. i.      Churchill News will have an article on the Walk around Churchill- 19th Feb 2008.
   2. Posters.
      1. i.      Guides had posters up in schools and hall. They felt good.
      2. Word of mouth
         1. i.      Parent has asked to have updated A4 posters that have our Guides photos included so that the prep parents have something updated to send their girls to.  There is a conscious note by prep parents there is nothing advertised for preps to attend after school.
         2. ii.      2 x (10 yr olds) girls attended before Walk around Churchill activity.  One Girl on the day (7 year old).

5. Training of leaders.

• Active participation
  • Walk around Churchill (preparation to evaluation, then next years one) organised by current trainee leaders,  unit helpers, Gipps Guides and Guides.
• Support network
• Encourage trainee leaders to bring there personalties into guiding.

6. Encourage outdoor activities

• follow up and included prelim training during program
• Open to District these events.
  • All levels participated.
  • Included Gipps Guides and parents to participate.
  • Participate in Region and State activities

7. Record of events.

• Photo evidence.
  • Used Camera.
  • To be added to what the ‘Gipps Guides do’ CD.
  • Stored on Computers in hall and office.
  • Part of the history of activities re youth badges.
  • Journals

8. Finances

• The expectation of ‘Free’.,
• Donation from Business.
  • A selection of changeable protides letters for donations to be kept and used.
  • Copy of receipts kept in camp folder.

9. Transport

• Car Shuffle
  • Licensed driver for car shuffle so that all cars arrived at departing time.
  • Parents who have access to a drivable car that they use regularly for their family actives need to realise that car pooling (by assumption) does not work. They need to get to activity by themselves.  Parents to read and note what’s on the Activity form.

10. Adequate clothing for event.

• Hats and footwear still a concern.

11. Food preparation.

• Food safety
  • Purchased just before the event and kept cool until used.
  • Food preparation certificates held by cooks.
  • Making sure that everyone to be fed and watered in group.
    • Note taken that all adults who participate are the first ones to be fed. Suggestion is that food for cooks and active adult participants is kept separately covered and warmed until participant is ready to consume in their rest period.
    • Have adequate fuel for stand by
    • Menu planned by Guides.
    • Overeager food orientated participants/adults are to be fielded away from the table holding/ cooking preparation areas.  Unless given a recognised job with a job description. This may be games coordinator rubbish removalist, Occ Health and Safety person etc.

12. Job descriptions

• Adult assistances and parents not knowing where there assistance and skills boundaries lie. Job taken by one person then they are moved on by another.

13. Communication links to be function able.

14. Occupational health and safety.

• Evaluation of Outdoor activities and events
• Camping or overnight stays
• Report s