By Southern Region | September 26, 2025
There are many different Girl Guide badges that can be earned as part of the Girl Recognition System. Some allow for the selection of preferred clauses and others require a certain skill level. Some can be completed in the unit, and others as personal challenges.
Explore a Challenge
The Explore a challenge badges have a defined set of clauses with suggested activity ideas related to the focus of the badge.
You choose FOUR which clauses you would like to complete. You can work on these challenges as a patrol.
You can work on them within your Unit meetings or by yourself, either way remember to tell your Unit Leader about the challenges you have set for yourself and the plans you have made to complete the challenges.
These badges are semi circled shaped - see the image showing the badges.
Further information is available in the Badge Book, which is available from the Girl Guide Shop There is a free downloadable version available.
There are 11 badges you can investigate and try:
Advocacy
Be Prepared
Faith Awareness
Friendship
Guiding
Health & Fitness
Life Skills
Outdoors
Science and Technology
The Arts
World
These badges are peer assessed so you will need to share your work with your Leaders as well as your Guide unit.
Create a challenge
The Create a challenge badges have the most flexibility and encourage you to create your own challenges to earn the badge.
Use the Australian Guide Program process when creating the challenges:
DISCOVER and explore ideas
DECIDE on the challenges
PLAN how you will accomplish the challenges, write down the steps and discuss them with others
DO your best and enjoy working on the challenges
EVALUATE the outcome and share the results with your Guide unit
Remember to discuss your plans with your Leaders first. Tell them about the challenges you have set for yourself and the plans you have made to complete the challenges.
Achieve a Challenge
The Achieve a Challenge badges recognise the attainment of specific skills and abilities.
Assessment needs to be carried out by an adult (Unit Leader) with equivalent or greater knowledge in the relevant skills area.
The badges are available as three progressive skill levels:
Trefoil 1 - beginning skill
Trefoil 2 - intermediate skill
Trefoil 3 - advanced skill (limited to Guides aged 14+)
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