FacebookFrequently asked questions
How can my daughter join your unit?
On our Homepage there is a link to registering your daughter with Girlguiding UK. During the process, you select your local desired unit/s. Those units are then notified and will contact you. Be aware that most local units currently have waiting lists.
When does the unit meet and where?
1st Emerson Valley Rainbows meet every Thursday, 4:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. at, River Valley Community Centre, Whitehorse Drive, Emerson Valley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK4 2AS.
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How much does it cost and how do I pay?
Visit our subscriptions for details.
When do I need to buy a uniform?
We recommend that you wait and see if your daughter settles and wishes to be in guiding. Discuss this with the Unit Leader before purchasing uniform. When your daughter decides to stay,
the unit will arrange a
Promise ceremony.
Uniform items
All girls should have the following items:
Polo shirt
Hooded jacket
Jog pants
Cycle shorts - * optional for outdoor events on a warm day.
Rainbow Cap - * optional for outdoor events on a sunny day. Alternatively, any suitable Baseball Cap will do, with no offensive logo or, slogan
Neckerchiefs
You do not need to buy a Neckerchief. This unit will loan a Neckerchief during events and collect them back after. Worn for large events.
Where can I buy a uniform?
Heron's Lodge Shop
Heron's Lodge Guide Centre, Bradwell Road, Loughton Lodge, Milton Keynes, MK8 9AA (please use MK8 9LA for SatNav, which takes you to the Badminton Centre opposite).
John Lewis also stock all guiding uniform, including Rainbows uniform.
Maisies, Wolverton - also stock all Rainbow uniform. Type ‘rainbows’ in to their website search bar.
My daughter is a member, how does this unit keep in touch with parents?
Either by email, our Facebook group or, our WhatsApp group. During your registration with Girlguiding UK you would have given an email address. We will use these to keep you informed of activities and events.
We also post urgent announcements from time to time. Things like, unit closures due to poor weather, etc.
We also have a Facebook group, should anyone not use email. We also share some of the activities that we have done with the girls.
www.facebook.com/groups/EmersonValleyRainbows/
WhatsApp group
Please email the Admin Team, admin_team@1stemersonvalleyrainbows.org.uk if you wish to be added and include your mobile number.
What is a Promise ceremony?
Our Promise links us to other Girlguiding members and the ten million people involved in guiding across the world. Although we may have different languages, cultures and beliefs, each member makes a commitment to do her best:
to be an active citizen of her community and the wider world
to help others
to develop her spiritual side - whatever she believes or cares about, and to respect the beliefs of others.
When arranged, we would normally hold a Promise ceremony at the end of a meeting. In uniform, the participants would say and sign (Makaton) the Rainbows Guide promise. See our resources page for a download handout.
Visit the Girl Guiding UK’s Rainbow page for further information.
