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- The Scout Association is overhauling its safeguarding procedures following a campaign by abuse survivors - with a membership fee rise to cover the costs. A new inspection team will check if UK Scout groups are following national policies, while an independent panel of abuse survivors will make sure victims get the right support and counselling.
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The UK HQ membership fee for 2025-26 will be increasing by £5 to £43 per youth member. There will continue to be a 50p prompt payment discount if we receive payment by 23 April 2025, making the amount paid per youth member £42.50.
The UK HQ membership fee for 2024-25 will be increased by £2 to £38 per youth member. Half of this increase is to cover the increased cost of our annual operating costs, and the other half will be used to invest in our ongoing safeguarding and safety functions and provision for local assurance.
In the last year (2022-23), we reduced the UK HQ membership fee, however given the financial outlook and uncertainty around cost pressures we’re having to increase the fee slightly to £36. This is significantly less than inflation, but helps towards those operational pressures.
Nov 24, 2023 · The membership fee that every group - including beavers, cub scouts and scouts - pays per member is to increase by £2 from 2024, to £38 a year, with £1 of that helping to fund the changes.
1. Why is a membership fee paid to ScoutsCymru and UKHQ? The ScoutsCymru & UKHQ membership fee is paid annually to contribute to the costs of supporting Scouting in Wales and UK-wide. 2. Financial detail around paying membership fees. How do we raise funds to cover costs of the membership fee?
Despite the associations efforts, membership in the early years of the 2020s did not rise as quickly as they had expected, requiring further staff redundancies in April 2024 to cover missing membership fees.
In March, face -to-face Scouting and meetings were suspended in the UK. That included several national events that were scheduled to take place in the spring and the summer. We shouldn’t underestimate the financial impact of the current crisis on local Scouting and UK headquarters: the suspension of Scouting meant an immediate curtailing
