Dear Parents,
Please can I kindly bring your attention to the upcoming year’s subs & capitation fees. The following fees apply to all Scouts, Cubs & Beavers. Please note that Osprey Explorers Subs are organised separately.
3x Per-Term fee £30 (to be paid by May 1, Oct 1, Feb 1)
These charges go towards covering subs & capitation/membership fees. This includes each child’s insurance, the running costs of the hut, badges and materials used for their activities.
If your child has just started with us you will not be asked to pay until they have attended for 3-4 weeks to give your child time to decide whether they wish to join. Payment will then become due for the term they have joined us in.
When a new member first joins us and becomes invested for the first time, we provide them with an investiture package which includes group badges, scarf and group T-shirt and is covered by a £20 investiture fee. This is only paid once at their first investiture unless you decide that you would like another set of badges, etc when moving up through the sections.
You will need to buy the jumper separately, which can be found online at the Scout shop https://shop.scouts.org.uk and also on ebay and many other good quality used options.
Whether you choose to pay per-term or yearly, you can pay with either of the following methods. Please use Parent Portal if you are at all able.
Parent Portal
We are now using Online Scout Manager Parent Portal to organise all of our subscriptions. This gives several new features for parents, such as being able to see payments made, and those due, and being able to automate as much or as little as you like. You are also free to ignore these, and continue to use the payment options below.
You should have received an email inviting you to sign up with the parent portal, if you have not or would like it re-sent, please email [email protected] .
There are two modes that the payment system operates in:
- Subscription – Your direct debit will automatically be debited whenever there are payments needed. This is set up by clicking ‘Create Subscription’ in the top right.
- Pay Now – You have to approve each payment on an event by event basis by logging onto Parent Portal. This is done by clicking on ‘Pay Now’ next to an event
Whether or not you choose to authorise each payment individually, or subscribe to them all, you will be emailed each time a payment is needed and you’ll be able to cancel it if you want. All payments are protected by the Direct Debit Guarantee.
Online Scout Manager can be accessed here.
Bank transfer
The group’s bank account details are as follows, please mark the payment with your child’s name (surname first). If you have 2 children in the group, please put both first names after their surname (18 character limit imposed by bank – first initials are fine).
Bank details are
Sort Code: 53-61-24
Account Number: 72265272
Account Name: 1st Kirton Scouts
Cash / Cheques
Please place the money in an envelope (cheques payable to 1st Kirton Scouts) clearly marked with your child’s name & the amount enclosed and give it to your child’s Leader.
Paypal
PayPal payment option also possible to paypal id: [email protected]
If your child moves up to cubs, scouts, explorers during the year; any fees already paid will be transferred with them.
If your child is new to the group. Please could you complete a Gift Aid form. You can download it here: Gift Aid Form or you can ask at [email protected], or your Leader for a gift aid form as this enables us to claim the tax back on the money you pay, helps to keep the fees you pay down and it costs you nothing. We do not need a Gift Aid form every year but we do need a new one if you have changed address.
If you having financial difficulties and need to talk about breaking the payment down into smaller regular amounts or need other help with the payment please contact your leader.
Alex Winterbone – 1st Kirton Group Scout Leader
Kevin Shepherd – Treasurer [email protected]
