Fundraising
Contrary to popular belief our Scout group, just like all Scout groups, is a charity. We receive no funding from the Scout Association for the work that we do, nor do our leaders or helpers get paid for their time. In fact, each year we have to pay the Scout Association thousands of pounds simply to remain a part of the Scouting movement.
Obviously we cannot provide this service to the young people in our community without help, so we rely on donations from the parents and families to fund the activities that we provide for the children and young adults in our care.
Just like other groups, we have a great many bills to pay each year including; insurance, heating, water, maintenance of our share of the minibus, materials and consumables for our activities, tools, building and grounds maintenance, tents and other camping equipment….. the list is almost endless.
Ker-ching! Courtesy of Amazon
Do you shop on-line with Amazon.co.uk? You can now earn money for our Scout group by accessing the Amazon.co.uk website via the special link in the sidebar menu to the right.
No catches - it’s free money for the group!
With every item that you buy, Amazon.co.uk will contribute a percentage of the purchase cost to our Scout group funds. It’s quick and easy, the cost to you is the same as if you had visited Amazon.co.uk by another route, and it doesn’t matter what you buy from the site!
(In case you were wondering, we don’t have any visibility of who uses the link - just how much in total is referred through the 3HH group site.)
Amazon offer a wide range of items and Christmas is approaching. Please consider this excellent fundraising opportunity when buying your presents. They’ll even deliver your purchases gift wrapped if you choose! Every purchase counts towards the scheme, so please remember to visit Amazon using the links from our site when you shop.
Would you be prepared to buy us a tentpeg?
Doesn’t seem a lot to ask for - does it? We’d be thrilled if you would buy us a new tent peg! They cost 75p for a single peg or just £5 if you could manage to peg down a whole hike tent… 
Please just click on the tent peg to send us some money easily and safely via PayPal. Many thanks!
Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers - Please bring them in!
For every £10 customers spend in Sainsbury’s stores, online grocery site or petrol stations, customers will receive one Active Kids voucher.
We would be really grateful if you could please donate to 3rd Hampton Hill Scout group. Just bring them in and give to a Leader; we’ll do the rest!
Easyfundraising.org.uk
As well as shopping through Amazon. there’s another simple, easy and free way for you to support 3HH Scout Group. Best of all you can even save money!
We’ve teamed up with www.easyfundraising.org.uk who provide a shopping directory listing some of your favourite online stores. Over 350 popular retailers are participating including AMAZON, PLAY.com, Toys‘r’Us, DELL, John Lewis, Woolworths, HMV, Comet and Vodafone.
All you need to do is use the links provided on the easyfundraising site whenever you shop online, and at no extra cost we could receive up to 15% of every purchase you make depending upon which retailer it is – it’s that simple!
It doesn’t cost a penny extra to shop and raise funds in this way, and you can even SAVE MONEY as many retailers give exclusive discounts and savings when you shop using the easyfundraising site.
If you shop online ANYWAY why not help raise extra funds for us by using this completely FREE service. Visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk and when you register select 3rd Hampton Hill Scout Group as the organisation you wish to support.
How else might you help the group?
Our leaders and helpers provide their service to the group in their spare time. They receive nothing in return aside from the satisfaction of seeing the young people in the community grow into successful balanced adults.
We need your help! There are many ways that you can contribute to the finances of the Scout group, and some of them are simpler than you might think. Please get in touch with us if you have any ideas or suggestions.
