Payments & Refunds

Overview

Basilisk Explorers is a not-for-profit group that sits under Waltham Forest District Scouts Charity. All costs are entirely funded by members of the unit through membership fees (subs) and fundraising.

When a young person is booked in to an event or being a member for a term, it removes a space that would otherwise be available to other young people, and impacts the organisation and costs. 

When you confirm your young person is attending, you are committing to pay for that space even if your young person ultimately doesn’t attend. If your young person is excluded from attending by the leaders, the cost can be applied as a credit towards future payments

Payment Details

When paying any money to Basilisks, it should be done via OSM. If we ask you to make a manual payment, these are the details. We aren't able to take cash or cheques.

Our payment details are:

Bank name: Lloyds Bank

Payee name: Basilisk Explorers

Sort code: 30-99-50

Account number: 71764263

Membership Payments (Subs)

Membership fees (subs) need to paid monthly. Please note that although payments are monthly, commitments are still termly, and that the payments for terms are:

For those who join half way through a term, 2 months are payable (so March/April, July/August, or November/December).

We understand financial difficulties can arise, just let the Leaders know and we can review on a case by case basis.

You can find details of the current membership fees here. Membership fees go towards Scouting costs like capitation and insurance, as well as rent for the hall as well as any costs involved on normal meeting nights.

Event Payments

All events need to be paid at least 3 days in advance (commitment to payment will be required sooner so we can account for numbers) for a member to be able able to attend. Should a payment not be made, your young person won't be able to attend. Because events usually involve costs that we don't have as much control of (things like venue hire, cost of new equipment, activity costs etc), we typically aren't able to offer discounts. If you do have any concerns, let us know and we'll do our best to find a solution.

For events that have a higher cost, where possible we'll offer the option of payment instalments. The due date of these instalments would be the same for anyone paying in instalments, as it's not possible to co-ordinate different dates for each person.

Refunds

Due to the nature of Scouting, it isn't possible to give refunds to membership fees, events or camps. This is due to the costs involved running evenings, with booking venues and activities, as well as any supplies needed for the event.