Fee Policies Explained

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:

• an annual State Membership fee that covers member’s insurance, training, member and property services, communications and more which is invoiced by, and paid directly to Scouts NSW.
• a local Group charge which is payable each 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.
  

Brookvale Curl Curl Scout Group Quarterly Fee

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

These fees will be billed via Operoo, the system used for notifications and messages from the Group. The invoice includes a link for payment through the Operoo secure payment gateway. The amounts to be paid each term are:

Standard youth member
Leader's Children Discount Group Term Fee
Committee Member's Children Discount Group Term Fee

$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 Membership fee

This is an additional fee invoiced annually by Scouts NSW. The State Membership fee is invoiced annually in April and covers through to 31 March the following year. It is paid through an online payments portal. Members will receive a fees email with a secure link to use for payment. You can use the NSW Government Active Kids Voucher towards this fee. See this page for more information: https://nsw.scouts.com.au/membership-payments/

Joining Fee

Payment of a one off joining fee is required prior to your investiture and covers the remainder of the initial quarter.

$70  Group joining fee comprised of:

Cost of Scarf       $15
Cost of badges    $5
Group Fee           $40         (4 weeks at $10 per week)
Section Subs       $8           (4 weeks at $2 per week)
Prorata Total      $68         rounded up to $70

We prefer this fee to be paid by direct deposit to the group's Westpac Bank account, however will accept payment by cash and cheque.

Westpac Brookvale Branch
Account Name: Brookvale Scout Group
BSB:                    032-191
Account:             180177
Please write your family name and the reason for payment in the payment description.