Irish Trefoil Guild

About Membership

Why join the Trefoil Guild?

The Trefoil Guild is for you if you have given up active Guiding, or you haven't the time to help run an unit due to training for a career, or if you're rearing a family. Membership enables you to widen your horizons, have fun and fellowship, enjoy a range of group activities, and make international contacts.

If you were in Guiding and enjoyed the camaraderie that you had, enjoyed meeting friends with a similar outlook, then why not seek out a Trefoil Guild near you? If you are having a break from Guiding, then the Trefoil Guild is the place to be: it'll keep your connections with the movement and keep you in touch. If you are presently a Guider with all the responsibility that that entails, then join the Trefoil Guild for yourself. Enjoy the companionship of people who understand and support what you are trying to do with young people. The Trefoil Guild has a warm welcome for any Guide or Guider who has retired from the active movement, but who likes the idea of learning something new, travelling, meeting new people or getting involved in local projects. We also welcome women who have had no previous involvement in the movement.

Who can join the Irish Trefoil Guild?

The only essential requirements are that you are over 18 and that you are in sympathy with our core values. Read on for more information on the different types of membership:

Full membership is open to former members of the Irish Girl Guides.
Associate membership is open to active members of IGG.
Lone membership is open to those who, for whatever reason, e.g. owing to distance, are unable to attend meetings.
Non-Guide membership is open to those who didn't have the opportunity to join IGG as a Brownie, Guide or Ranger. As a mature person, you can still make the Promise and join the Trefoil Guild as a mature person, subject to certain conditions.

Whichever option suits you, or if you have any questions, contact us and we'll help you get started!