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Want to join 219th Birmingham Scout Group in Hall Green? Sign up for more information on joining from our team. Our website has lots of information about the group, feel free to explore and find out more!

Is Scouts open to everyone?
Yes! Scouts is open to all children, regardless of their gender, race, religion, ethnicity or their ability. If your child has any specific needs, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate those needs.

How old does my child need to be to join?
219th Birmingham provides weekly activities, trips and residentials for young people between 6 and 18 years of age:

  • Beavers for young people between 6 and 8 years of age
  • Cubs for young people between 8 and 10½ years of age
  • Scouts for young people between 10½ and 14 years of age
  • Explorers for young people between 14 and 18 years of age

How safe will my Child be?
Scouting is an extremely safe activity, all of our volunteer leaders undergo a vetting process on joining including a DBS (Police) check and are required to undergo initial training including Safeguarding, Safety and GDPR. First Aid trained leaders are also always on site. Read more about Safety and Safeguarding in Scouting here.

How can I contact the leader team?

To get in touch with the team, please contact us on info@219scouts.org.uk.

Where do you meet?
We meet on Tuesday evenings term times at Gospel Oak Community centre, 17 Redstone Farm Rd, Hall Green, Birmingham B28 9NU

What time do you meet?
Beavers, Cubs and Scouts meet together at the same time on a Tuesday evening between 6:30pm and 8pm.

Although we all meet together, we utilise different halls and the outdoors to ensure each section has the space it needs for its activities.

Explorers also meet on Tuesday afterwards at 8:15 to 9:15, although many also act as young leaders and help run the sessions for the younger beavers and cubs.

Can I turn up on a Tuesday night to join?
In the interest of safety and safeguarding we ask that you please get in touch with us first if you wish your child to join us at 219th Birmingham. This is so we can complete the required joining paperwork prior to your arrival. Non-members won’t be admitted onto the premises until they have completed the joining process.

How much does it cost to be a member?
Membership for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers is £30 per school term, payable at the start of term by bank transfer or standing order. We will confirm our banking details upon joining. Cash is also acceptable. Membership fees help us to pay for: our regular meeting expenses, equipment maintenance/storage, national and local membership fees to the Scout Association, insurance, payment of rent to the school.

Can I pay per session?
We charge a termly membership fee rather than an attendance fee as the membership fee covers fixed costs including our hall and storage rental, insurance and other overheads.

Are there any other costs?
The membership fee includes membership of the group and weekly sessions on a Thursday night. Other activities and residential camps are charged on a per activity basis – however as a charity we do subsidise some activities so the charge may be lower than the cost price.

How do I make payment?
Payments are accepted by electronic bank transfer to our Group bank account – payment details will be made available upon joining. Cash is also acceptable.

When is payment due?
Termly membership fees are due at the start of each term once your child joins the Scout Group. Young persons joining mid-term will be charged on a pro-rata basis. We reserve the right to terminate the group membership of any youth member where membership fees remain unpaid for a period of four weeks or more.

Do you offer any help for people struggling with finances?
Yes. If you do need assistance, and cannot pay your subs, please speak to your leader or the Group Scout Leader in confidence as soon as possible to avoid the suspension of your young people’s membership. While we are a charity, we’ll always try to help as much as we can, offering extended payment plans and other financial assistance, if we can, on a case-by-case basis.

Does my child have to wear uniform?
Yes, as a uniformed organisation all members must wear uniform to weekly meetings and uniform will need to be worn on arrival and departure from trips and residential activities.

You don’t have to purchase uniform straight away – you can give it a few weeks to make sure your child enjoys Scouting before you go ahead and make the purchase.

Uniform can be purchased from most school uniform shops or online from shops such as The Glasgow Scout Shop – for more information please visit – https://www.glasgowscoutshop.com/.

Neckerchiefs in the 219th Birmingham colours can be purchased direct from us at a cost of £5 when your child in invested into their first section. Parents are welcome to watch their young person being invested to take photos or videos for posterity!