This report is for the financial year from I st September 2022 to
31 st August 2023 for I st Carryduff Guides. Our Northern
Ireland charity number is 104272.
The I st Carryduff Guides are a faction of the wider charity,
Girlguiding Ulster. We typically hold a meeting every Tuesday
night during tenn time (September to May) at St. Ignatius
Church, 700 Saintfield Road, Carryduff, BclfasL B T8 8BU for
an hour and 15 minutes.
The aim of Girlguiding Ulster, and I st Carryduff Guides, is to
promote the education of girls and young women, in order to
help them develop emotionally, mentally, physically and
spiritually. so that they can make a positive contribution to their
community and the wider world and develop their full potential.
The wider benefit to the community at large is enhanced social
education and reS￿)nSIble citizenship that flows from the
purpose.
The charity's beneficiaries are the girls who join Girlguiding and
attend the weekly meetings, where activities are carried out in
order to achieve thc objectives of I st Carryduff Guides and
Girlguiding Ulster. W¢ are a girl-led charity and take direction
from the ever-evolving needs of our members. The young
people attending the meetings are actively involved in shaping
their own programme, and the benefit is increased confidence,
new skills including leadership skRlls. and working as a team.
During the charity's weekly meetings, activities are carried OUL
chosen by the leader and approved by the girls. A balance is
struck for these activities so that they meet the five essentials of
Girlguiding: working together in small groups, encourdging self-
government and decision makin& a balanced and varied
prowme, caring for the individual, and sharing a commitment
to a common standard.
The running of Guides this year w&s severely impacted by lack
of uptake brought on initially by lockdown and subscquently by
a lack of Brownies moving their way up to Guide4 and therefore
Guides went on hiatus this year. However I maintsined a
presence at Brownie meetings in the hopes that girls who are old
enough next year will be interested in joining the Guidcs. I
closed our associated bank account near the start of the year as

there ￿ere no incomings to cover the bank chargeg, but opencd
ne￿ onc towards the end of July in preparntion for the new
financial l'ear.
There is no harm flowing from the purpose of I st Carryduff
Guides.
Membership of I si Carryduff Guides is open to gyirls in Northern
Ireland aged 10-14 from all sections of societv. accordingy to
Girlguiding Ulster's infonnal education programme which runs
from ages 4 to 25.
There is no private benefit from our charity.
In setting our objectives and planning our activities for the year,
the trustees (Jennifer Fleming and Fiona Ellis) have given
careful considcrdtion to the Charity Commission for Northern
Ireland's guidance on public benefit to ensure that the activities
have helped to achieve the charity's purposes and provide a
benefit to th¢ bcneficiaries.
Jennifer Fleming