LIPHOOK DISTRICT GUIDES

Joining Rainbows

Rainbows is for girls aged from 5 to 7+.

There are two Rainbow Units in Liphook with up to 18 girls in each pack.

Policy

Liphook Rainbow Units will accept girls aged from 5 to 6 who are resident in the Parish of Bramshott and Liphook, subject to a space being available. Girls from other Parishes are not usually accepted unless there are special circumstances (eg. if there is no Rainbow Unit in their own village and Liphook Units have space). An offer of a place in a Unit is in all cases at the discretion of the Unit Guider.

Your daughter's name can be added to the waiting list at any time from birth onwards, and you will be contacted when you daughter reaches 5+ when there is a space available.

Rainbows go up to Brownies when the Rainbow Leader feels they are ready after their 7th birthday, providing that the Brownie Units have space. If there are no spaces in Brownies at the time, and the Rainbow Units have a waiting list, the prospective Brownie will be placed on a Brownie waiting list, and the Brownie Guider will contact her parents as soon as there is a place available.

If you have moved into Liphook and your 5 or 6 year old daughter was a Rainbow elsewhere, her previous Guider should be asked to fill out a transfer form. This will give your daughter precedence over other girls if there is a waiting list for the Unit she wishes to join. Tell the Guider who administers the waiting list that you have a transfer form.

There is the option of getting your daughter to the top of the waiting list by volunteering to help in the Units, as priority is given to those whose parents are willing to contribute their time!

It is expected as a matter of courtesy that the parents will inform the Unit leader if their daughter wishes to leave Rainbows at any stage.

Leaders will assume a girl has left if she has not attended meetings for three weeks without explanation.

If you would like to volunteer to help with your daughter's Rainbow Unit or in other ways further information can be found by clicking on one of the following:
Adult Leaders | Unit Helpers and Other Volunteers | Becoming a Friends of Guiding member