The Girl Guides have ditched traditional badges for 72 new ones including meditation, making smoothies and vlogging

GIRL Guides are axing traditional badges and swapping them for new skills such as vlogging, mixology and meditation.

Generations have historically earned patches operating radios and learning to hostess.

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But Girlguiding is now launching the biggest shake-up in the charity’s history and replacing them with 72 new ones. They are designed to prepare kids for the modern world. Badges for girls aged ten to 14 include vlogging for websites, drinks mixology, human rights and personal branding.

Brownies — seven to ten-year-olds — will be tasked with archaeology, aviation and mindfulness.

And Rangers, 14 to 18-year-olds, could study for badges in women’s rights, festival going and entrepreneurial skills.

Traditional activities such as hostess are being ditched. But some old-school elements like event planning will remain in some form. More than 50,000 members were involved in testing new activities over 18 months.

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They will be fully rolled out by September 2019.

Volunteer Jess Bond, who helped develop the programme, said: “We want girls to feel equipped to take on the world.”

Survival expert Megan Hine added: “It is refreshing to see the association embracing the evolution of gender roles.”