Beaver subs double Brownies

coxy07

dizziblonde wrote: »

Oh it's driving me up the wall - got as far as county HQ, it goes down the line to the next level and gets lost. Have a family member who works in the London HQ archives so about fit to get her to pull strings and get me a local contact (or ring Derbyshire in the hope of getting more sense - at the cost of a longer journey for myself). Can't find out when local meetings are and pass details on that way, as they keep them hidden for child protection purposes (then revealed them all in the list of snow cancellations back in Feb which made me laugh slightly).

Could we Guiders on here help? If you could let us know whereabouts you are I am sure someone will know someone who knows someone in that area!!

Lunar_Eclipse

I pay £33 for a short 10 week Brownie term, so I wouldn't feel too hard done by. No discount for siblings either; I have two girls who both go. They always have a long waiting list, so I can understand why they don't offer sibling discounts.

ETA: just seen camps mentioned; ours is £70 for a 2 night stay. Not cheap, but £140 for a child free weekend is worth it!

Spendless

hangers wrote: »

Hi, the day camp is from 10am till 4pm. The boys have not shown any interest in going (1 said he doesn't want to go away all day without me), they are only 6. Can't really afford it anyway, what with all the other costs we have at the minute. We now have a family party anyway on that day.

Have come to the conclusion from when I 1st posted that the subs are good value and fairly similar to what other parents pay (its just the volume of cash I need to find - obviously with having 3 kids attending groups it is more) and I know the kids get so much from the groups.

I need to start to put away money each week/month for the beavers x 2, brownies x 1, swimming lessons x 2, recorder lessons x 2, violin lessons x 1, guitar lessons x 1, salsacise x 2, sports sessions x 2 and eldest starting high school...so new uniform needed etc!

My husband is self employed in the building industry, we as a family have seen a major change in our income and this is all relevant to my current situation.

Glad this post has reminded many of you of the fun you had at these groups, many of you have said how fantastic the volunteers are and I think a few more volunteers will soon be helping out! x

Mine have never done a day camp, so considering I don't pay much more for an overnight stay and nowhere near what Lunar Eclipse does, I think mine are a bargain. Our day-time activities are around £8ish. DS did his water sport badge last weekend. 3 hours at local marina using a canoe/kayak and sail boat. This week he can go to an Athletics evening that is free. My dd (just joined Beavers) does a 1 night sleepover next weekend cost £20 for 4pm -1pm. She's 6 and will be her first time away.

My sister has twins a year younger than my son,so I know she has more cost than I do at a particular event eg swimming lessons but she also doesn't have it for as long iyswim as as my eldest stops attending x my youngest starts.

If you are feeling the pinch with activities, have you looked to see what if anything is free. My eldest started at 'Junior Rangers' this week. It's a monthly group that does pond dipping etc and costs nothing.:money: