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Girlguiding is the operating name of The Guide Association, previously named The Girl Guides Association. It is the national guiding organisation of the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest girl-only youth organisation. Girlguiding is a charitable organisation.

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Girls and boys ages 11 to 17 can join Scouts BSA, where they have the opportunity to eventually become Eagle Scouts.

Girl Guides (known as Girl Scouts in the United States and some other countries) is a worldwide movement, originally and largely still designed for girls and women only. The movement began in 1909 when girls requested to join the then-grassroots Boy Scout Movement.

Girls can join Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers and learn the life skills they need to succeed. In fact, over 25% of young people who take part in scouting in the UK are female!

Girls first joined the Scout Movement in 1976 as Venture Scouts, the section which previously catered for 15-20 year olds. In 1991, UK Scouts became fully mixed. On 1 January 2007, it became compulsory for all groups to ensure provisions were in place to accept girls into all sections.