2nd Exeter Hardship Support

The increases in cost of living will have a direct impact on our Scout Group. We want Scouting to continue to grow and deliver skills for life for more young people, even during this uncertain time. This is when our young people and their families need us most.  When compared to other extracurricular activities, Scouting still offers excellent value at a cost in the region of just £3 per week.

Research with parents earlier in 2022 showed that…

• 59% of parents who send their children to extracurricular activities say the cost of living crisis has impacted what they can afford to send their children to – with their children now attending less, fewer or stopping activities
• 7% of parents are now unable to afford to extracurricular activities at all, which means that across the UK, more than 500,000 young people may be affected

(information taken from Scout Headquarters)

We don’t want the current cost of living crisis to stop our children from Scouting and so we would like to put together a fund to assist Families who are genuinely struggling.  If a family passes a certain criteria we aim to subsidise the cost of their termly subs by 25% using everything in our new pot until the pot is empty. For those of you who may consider claiming from the pot, we will share information in due course.

As a small Charity, we have limited funds and so cannot cover this cost on our own so we are hoping you may consider helping us?  We plan to create a Hardship fund which we hope that you will consider donating to. The group will then fund-match your kind donation to top up the pot. 

If those of us who are able to donate a few pounds do so, then we can support local families that are struggling and may have to explain to their children why they can’t come to Squirrels/Beavers/Cubs/Scouts anymore.  This new “Hardship Fund” will be ringfenced away from all other activities and used solely to support local families. 

W hope you can donate

Jim Taylor

Group Scout Leader

To make a one-off donation to the Hardship fund please use the following links:

To make a donation of £20 please click here!

To make a donation of £15 please click here!

To make a donation of £10 please click here!

To make a donation of £5 please click here!