About 3W

We are a voluntary organisation; no one in 3W receives payment for the time that they contribute to the Group. We can only continue and thrive with your help. We therefore ask, and expect, every set of parents to contribute at least three half-days each year of their time to the running of the Group.  Opportunities will be made available throughout the year.

If your child decides to join 3W, parents/carers are welcome to attend the short investiture ceremony, held during the section meeting.

Please discuss any special needs of your child with your section leader, on a confidential basis, so that we may work together to enable all of our members to get the most out of Scouting.

Where we meet

We meet at Pepperpots HQ (corner of Mapperley Plains Rd & Arnold Lane), although some sections use Mark's Church Hall, De Vere Gardens, Woodthorpe during part of the year (see programme details).

St. Marks Church is our Sponsor within the Scout Movement and members of the Church provide important resources, both physically and spiritually, to assist us. There are three family services each year at which we ask members to attend St Marks on Sunday mornings in addition to our own Remembrance Service in November. Parents are very welcome to attend these services as well.

We are an Open Group; this means that we accept members of any faith or denomination.

What we pay: Subscriptions etc.

Subscriptions are payable at the start of each term. You will receive notification of the amount of the subscription from your section leader. The level of subscriptions is set each year by the Executive Committee and is usually increased for each calendar year. We prefer that subscriptions are paid by cheque made payable to '3rd Woodthorpe Scout Group'.

Subscriptions are used to pay the many expenses of providing our activities:

About one-third of the subscriptions are used to pay annual fees to District, County and National Headquarters for insurance, leader training and national membership fees.

Another third cover the Group's costs of hiring the church hall, maintaining Pepperpots, our tents and equipment and to subsidise certain group events.

The final third pays for the cost of running the weekly section meetings such as materials, badges and books etc. 

Some additional section activities, such as camping weekends, theatre visits and rock-climbing may involve the payment of additional amounts towards the cost of the visit.

It is group policy that the additional fund-raising that is carried out is used to develop group activities and provide improved resources for scouting activities. Fund-raising is NOT used to subsidise the level of subscriptions.

We appreciate that money can sometimes be tight. Please have a confidential talk with your section leader if you need a bit of help with the cost of a camp or if you want to spread the payment of your subscription. We would never want to see anyone having to leave the Group because of the cost of subscriptions.

The Group has adopted a policy in recent years of providing a discount of 50% off the subscriptions for the children of warranted, uniformed leaders in the Group. If you wish to become a uniformed leader then please contact the GSL.

Gift Aid

The Group is now able to recover income tax on any donation, including subscriptions. The only criterion is that the individual making the donation has to pay income tax or capital gains tax of at least the amount to be recovered by the Group. We would very much appreciate it if parents could assist us in this way as it provides us with some useful extra income.

3W is a registered charity No. 507206

 

Useful Documents

Anti-bullying policy

Your commitment (parents & members)

Health & safety matters

 

Annual report

A copy is available upon request - contact the GSL or website manager