Fundraising

The scout group is a registered charity and as such relies on fundraising to cover many of its costs.

While subscriptions from members cover the running costs of the sections, we need additional income to cover things like the following:

Maintenance of the scout hut (e.g. replacement of the leaky roof, new flooring and renovations to the stores)
Running the scout hut (principally utility costs)
Purchase of new equipment (both new items and replacement of worn out items)
Activity training for leaders, to provide a greater range of opportunities for the members
Ensuring larger activities are affordable for all members

This page contains some fundraising events and activities that the group is participating in or running. It also shows how much income these have provided. Finally, it gives you a place to pur forward your ideas for future fundraising events or activities that you think would work for us.

Fundraising Events & Activities

Tesco Vouchers for Schools and Clubs 2011 & Sainsbury's Active Kids Vouchers 2011 - New!

A big thank you to all of you who brought in both Tesco & Sainsbury's vouchers this year, we have had a record number in!

We managed to collect 493 Sainsbury's Active Kids Vouchers which with the 630 we had banked from last year gave us a grand total of 1590 to spend.

We also manged to collect 6858 Tesco Vouchers which with the 3038 from last year gave us a grand total of 9896 to spend.

This is a fantastic amount which has let us buy some great new equipment for the hut. Click here to see all the things that you have helped us buy!

Grassroots Grant

The group has recently been awarded a Grassroots Grant totalling £2,231.17 to spend on new camping equipment for use by all sections. Note that this is not on the totaliser to the right.

Greetings Cards

Thank you to all those who purchased cards through our Phoenix Cards promotion (which raised £10 for the group) and the Christmas Card promotion (which raised £42 for the group).

Bag Packing at St. Peter's Tesco

Members of the Scout Troop, Executive Committee and the Leadership Team went bag packing at Tesco in St. Peter's on Friday 3rd December, together we raised £285.74.

Bag2School Collection

We recently had a record sized collection for this, and will have another collection in the new year so keep collecting those unwanted textiles! For more information about this scheme, see the Bag2School website: www.bag2school.com.

Subpages (1): Tesco & Sainsbury's Order 2011