If you choose to join the world Scouting movement, your child will start on a journey of adventure, challenge and excitement. Through the coming years, Scouting will offer your child many opportunities to learn by doing and to develop and use the skills of leadership, initiative, self-reliance and independence. We seek to encourage a sense of responsibility and an understanding of what it means to commit to a code of living expressed in the Scout Law and Promise.

 

 

 

General Information and FEES

1st Strathmore Scout Group welcomes all boys and girls aged 8 to 15 to become part of our Cub Pack or Scout Troop.

 

The fees are presently set as follows:

Category		Cost
Group fee - per family per year
Scout members:	$200.00
Cub members:	$180.00
Scout Association fees* - per child per year:		$116.00
District camp levy:		$ 8.00
Membership Costs An annual membership fee is payable on the 30th June each year to the Scout Association. For those joining the Movement during a financial year, this fee is pro-rated from the time of joining to the following annual due date. Public liability and personal accident insurance is included in this fee. Each Scout Group is responsible for its own Scouting financial program. Please note: only one family fee per family is payable, regardless of the number of children enrolled. if a cub member and scout member are in the same family, the Scout family Fee is payable

        All fees are due on July 1. The Group fee is pro-rata (by school term) for children joining after this date. These fees cover the general running of the hall (insurance, light and power etc) and the activities that are held at the hall. Additional costs for camps and other activities outside the hall will apply if you child takes part.

 

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Meeting Times

Cub Scouts	8 – 11 year old boys and girls	Monday	7.00 – 8.30pm
Scouts	11 – 15 year old boys and girls	Wednesday	7.00 – 9.00pm
Venturers	14-18 year old boys and girls	Tuesday	7.30-9.30

                                

                               

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Joining Scouts, Cubs or Venturers (boys and girls)

 

New cubs and scouts generally are asked to attend for four to six weeks before they are invested. We ask that the new chums do this so that they can see what it is like before they make a firm commitment to joining. However, for insurance purposes, an application for membership must be completed as soon as possible. For investiture a scouting uniform will have to be purchased and scouting fees paid. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                              

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helping Out

Ours is a voluntary organisation and we do rely heavily on parent support. If you are not prepared to give this support, you should reconsider you decision to have your child join.

It is expected that every family that joins the Scout group will contribute in some way to its smooth and continued operation.

 

The support given will depend on the individual circumstances of each family. The group needs to produce scout leaders and assistants, parent committee members and lots of helpers for fundraisers and working bees. (We are particularly keen to get additional leaders for both the scout and cub groups, so if this interests you, please talk to the group leader). 

 

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Cubs Information

  ·        We require parents to sign the attendance book each night when dropping off and picking up the Cubs.

 

·        We require parents to assist the Cub Pack by supplying supper once per term and we also ask parents to participate in Pack activities and the parents committee.

 

·        Our program follows the school terms and we publish term programs and newsletters.

 

·        New Cubs (New Chums) aged between  7 to 10½ wear a white scarf for 6 weeks and generally on the seventh week they will need their uniform (sold at Snowgum) so they can be invested and presented with their badges, group scarf and woggle.

 

Our AIM is to encourage the PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL and SPIRITUAL development of young people,

 

And we do it through:

☺ADVENTURE    ☺OUTDOORS    ☺CHALLENGE    ☺SERVICE ☺GAMES    ☺ACTION    ☺FUN    ☺HIKES    ☺CAMPS    ☺FRIENDS

                                                                       

 

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