What am I paying for?
Membership subscriptions (Subs) are used to help pay for activities, resources, badges, running costs, insurance and our annual scout group membership. Our objective is always to keep our subs as low as possible whilst ensuring that we are able to provide the leaders with the facilities and equipment to offer exciting programmes.
The membership subscription does not include costs for camps and special activities.
How much are the leaders paid?
Nothing at all, it is a general misconception that leaders are getting paid. In Scouting leaders all volunteer their time and skills without payment.
How much do I pay?
Our subscription fee is charged at the beginning of each combined term (one Scout term is equal to 2 school terms and runs as follows: Autumn-Winter (school term 1 and 2) charged in October, Winter-Spring (school term 3 and 4) charged in January and Spring-Summer (school term 5 and 6) charged in April. We follow the South Gloucester Council terms dates for an academic year. A discount is giving for each subsequent child in the group.
| Section | First Child | Each Subsequent Child | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Total | Term | Total | |
| Beavers | £31 | £93 | £29 | £87 |
| Cubs | £33 | £99 | £31 | £93 |
| Scouts | £35 | £105 | £33 | £99 |
How do I pay?
We prefer payment via our online payment option (OSM), but payments can be made in person by cheque or cash.
Gift Aid
We also ask you to ensure you have completed a Gift Aid declaration as it will increases our income by 25p in each pound paid.