Membership & Fees

Membership & Fees


  • Your first 2 sessions are a free trial;

  • When you make your promise you need to pay a £10 joining fee (which includes your scarf and badges)

  • After that membership will cost £10 / month and will be collected through the Online Scout Manager system;

  • Membership must still be paid even if you don't attend (just the same as with Netflix or the gym.)

Camps, trips & other activities

For activities run outside of our normal meeting place there may be additional costs (e.g. for instructors / equipment / venue hire.) These need to be paid through online Scout Manager before the trip.

Uniforms

Beavers

Beavers wear a bright blue jumper available to buy from Scout Stores and other retailers for approx. £14

They also wear a group scarf and a coloured woggle (given when they make their promise)

Cubs

Cubs wear a dark green jumper available to buy from Scout Stores and other retailers for approx. £14.50

They also wear a group scarf and a coloured woggle (given when they make their promise)

Other Expectations

The 6th Hackney is a community, and everyone must contribute to it in some way:

  • We will review each term whether families are volunteering their time to help run the group (at least two each term)

  • Exceptions must be agreed with the Group's Executive Committee beforehand.

  • One reminder will be given before a space in the group is withdrawn

Our group is heavily over-subscribed with a large waiting list:

  • We will assume that anyone missing 2 meetings (4 weeks) without contacting their section leader has left the group, and call up another young person to take their space;

  • Consistently poor / disruptive behaviour will not be allowed and a "three strikes and you're out" policy is in effect;

  • Young people leaving and then wanting to return will return to the end of the waiting list.

Some young people will be given priority on the waiting list:

  • Young people living in the London Borough of Hackney take priority over those who don't;

  • Brothers and sisters of existing members take priority over new members;

  • Scouts whose families have just moved to Hackney may be given priority (at the committee's discretion);

  • Any other case agreed by the Executive Committee to be in-line with our Scout Promise, Law or Values;