2025-2026
Your Scout Group fee is made up of a portion that is paid to Scouts Australia (Victoria Branch) for registration and insurances, a District levy and a Group levy.
The Group levy contributes to the maintenance of our equipment, hall and boats.
It also pays utilities, registrations, program supplies and leader training.
Fundraising throughout the year helps to reduce the annual fees – please ensure you contribute to fundraising activities so that others are not carrying your load.
The Membership Fee does not include camping fees and some activity fees. Camping fees are usually dependant on the duration of the camp (2-4 days); where the camp is; the number of members attending. These are typically paid in cash or TryBooking, to the Leader and vary from $40 – $80 and include food.
There are other camps and events that are run by Scouts Victoria or a Region; they will set their own fees for those camps.
Fee Structure
Fees are paid annually in advance.
Equivalent to $12 per week
Scouting is still one of the cheapest youth activities available at approximately $12 per week (paid annually).
Current as at 1st Feb 2025.
| Fee | Amount |
| Total Annual (Membership Fee) | 480.00 |
We offer discounts for multiple children or for children of Leaders.
If you join the Scouting movement mid census year, Scouts Victoria offers a pro-rata scale as shown below. All pro-rata fees are rounded up to a whole dollar.
Membership Currency
Invoices will be sent in February and are due March 24th of the same year.
Please pay promptly; and as always contact the the group treasurer if you need a payment plan or some sort of fee relief.
IF FEES ARE NOT PAID BY 31 MARCH, THE YOUTH MEMBER WILL NOT HAVE SCOUTS VICTORIA REGISTRATION, AND THEREFORE CANNOT ATTEND.
Payment Methods
All payments are via Bank Transfer. The BSB and Account number are on the invoice.
We have no Credit/Debit Card facility. No cheques.
Of course cash is good too, but you need to place it in an envelope and write who the fees are for and how much is inside and give it to a leader. The leaders do not have receipt books to write you a receipt on the spot. One can be emailed to you if requested. Please email the treasurer to advise you have handed cash to leader <name>, so we can ensure it is allocated correctly.
Pro-Rata Fee Structure
Leaders
As enticement and recognition of the effort of being a leader, the Scout Group pays all leader’s membership fees, and subsidises the fees for their children too.
What a great way to get a reduction of fees for your children attending the Scout Group.
Register your interest to become a Leader here.
Joey Scout / Cub Scout / Scout Members
| Membership Starting between these dates | Pro-rata Discount % | Total Fee $ | Per Child, Family Fee $ ^ | Per Child, of Leader Fee $ ^^ |
| 1 Apr – 30 June | 0% | 480 | 432 | 256 |
| 1 Jul – 30 Sep | 25% | 360 | 324 | 192 |
| 1 Oct– 31 Dec | 50% | 240 | 216 | 128 |
| 1 Jan – 28 Feb | 75% | 120 | 108 | 64 |
| 1 Mar – 31 Mar | 100% | – | – | – |
^ 10% off if you have multiple children attending concurrently at the time of payment.
^^ Children of Leaders are subsidised.
Get Active Vouchers
From time to time there are Government Get Active vouchers for $200 available. Scouts Victoria is an eligible organisation. There are two options for payment:
- pay our invoice in full and request the payment go to you, or
- pay our invoice less $200 and request the payment go to the organisation.
In case #2, Scouts Victoria will pass the $200 to us and we can attribute it to your invoice. You will need to forward to us the advisory email sent to you from the GetActive system that includes the GA Voucher number, so we can request the funds via Scouts Victoria.
Venturer Scout Members
Venturers are typically in District based units, however they are still registered via their home Group.
They use different hall and so the unit will collect a fee ($80) towards the cost of operating the hall they use. The fee we collect is therefore reduced, and covers everything else, including the Scouts Victoria fee and District levy.
The annual Venturer fee is $400
^ Multiple Child discount and Subsidy for ^^ Child, of Leader also applies here.
Rover Scout Members
Rovers are typically in District based units, however they are still registered via their home Group.
Therefore the Scouts Victoria fee and District levy are collected via the Group. The unit is responsible for setting and collecting any other fees.
The annual Rover fee is $290.
Subsidy for ^^ Child, of Leader also applies here.
Membership Currency
Invoices will be sent in February and are due March 24th of the same year.
Please pay promptly; and as always contact the the group treasurer if you need a payment plan or some sort of fee relief.
We would rather your child experience Scouting than not, due to financial hardship.
IF FEES ARE NOT PAID BY 31 MARCH, THE YOUTH MEMBER WILL NOT HAVE SCOUTS VICTORIA REGISTRATION, AND THEREFORE CANNOT ATTEND.
Thank you,
Group Support Committee
15th Essendon Sea Scouts.