Re: Leaders paying own capitation?


"K" <mek@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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says...
I don't support the idea of the Leaders children being free. When it
comes to subscriptions, Leaders yes their children no, they should pay
the same as everyone else.

Although there's no reason in principle that Leaders' children should be
covered, it might be worth considering for pragmatic reasons - it might
encourage more parents to become Leaders - not so much because they'd
save the money, but because they'd feel that it was appreciated. I know
that although I enjoy being a Leader, I do often feel that what I do is
taken for granted - and I definitely object to having to pay for myself
to go on activities, especially when I'm paying for my children to go
*and* I'm giving up a day of my weekend, for example.


It is a fine line really.

I have been involved with Scouting since I was 8 and mostly enjoy it. I
cannot afford to be too much out of pocket financially, but whilst I do have
my AMS paid and I do claim many not all my expenses I do pay to go on camps
etc.

How much depends on many things - but we do budget. We aim as adults to
cover the cost of food we will eat plus a bit.

If we went totally free then themoney would have to come from other sources.
As we do not fund raise we would have to increase subs further or increas
the cost of camps thus possibly lowering the number of Scouts attending.

For instance we usually charge £25 for an indoor weekend for Christams Camp
and Leaders pay a smaller amount. Recently we have had to subsidise the camp
from funds so this year we increased the fee to £35 and we had all but 3
Scouts go (better than when it was cheaper) as adults we paid £15 and
charged the YLs the same as us as they were there for a purpose.

It is likely that we will make on this and that will go towards our summer
event that is likely to be nearer £200.

We have to be careful not to price ourselves out of the market. Schools for
instance will charge £3 to 400 pounds for a week camp and many now are not
going as they see this as too expensive. I guess that they are covering the
cost of teachers as well as more expensive activity costs.

DaveB
West Yorks


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