Fee Policies Explained

Membership of Scouts NSW involves two separate payments:
  • A Brookvale Curl Curl Group fee is payable each school term. The group fee covers our hall, services such as electricity, water, council rates, insurance, equipment such as tents, canoes, camping gear, trailer registration, building and equipment maintenance, leader training and most weekly meetings.
  • A Scouts NSW State Membership fee that covers member’s insurance, training, member and property services, communications, promotions, etc, which is invoiced by, and paid directly to Scouts NSW.

New Members

 Brookvale Curl Curl Group Joining Fee

Payment of a one off joining fee is required prior to your investiture and covers the remainder of the initial term. Payment details will be on our Operoo invoice sent to you.

$70  Group joining fee comprised of:
Scarf
Badges
Group Fee
Section Subs
Total
$15
$5
$40
$10
$70

Scouts NSW Joining Fee

Scouts NSW Joining fees are invoiced direct to you by Scouts NSW.
$250 for 12 months or part thereof, depending on when you start.
Plus $55 New member administration joining fee.

Existing Members

Previously the Group collected a quarterly fee from every member. A set portion of this was paid to Scouts NSW by the group. Now membership of Scouts NSW involves two separate payments.

Brookvale Curl Curl  Group  Fee

You will receive an invoice from our Group which covers the group membership fees for the school term. Additional events such as camps, trips, and so on may have an additional charge.

These fees will be invoiced via Operoo, the system used for notifications and messages from the Group.
Standard youth member
Leader's Children
Committee Member's Children
$90.00
$55.00
$72.50
$70 Group fee plus $20 for the section
Calculated as a 50% discount on the $70 Group component
Calculated as a 25% discount on the $70 Group component

 Scouts NSW Annual  Fee

The Scouts NSW State Membership fee is invoiced annually in April and covers through to 31 March the following year. Members will receive an email with payment details. You can use one or both of the NSW Government Active Kids Voucher towards this fee. See this page for more information: https://nsw.scouts.com.au/membership-payments/