Austria 2027 - Finance and Fundraising
Summary
The trip is expected to a total of cost £975. Unfortunately, it's hard to be exact currently as it's not possible to predict what will happen in the world in the 18 months and how that will affect things such as transport costs!
Therefore, we're working on what we hope is an upper limit with accommodation being made for the potential variables.
Given the costs, were splitting this into 2.
Firstly, we're asking for £675 per person to cover the transport, accommodation and food. We are then asking each participant to fund raise a target amount of £300 to put towards activities while we are there and to cover contingencies.
Initial Deposit
We will be looking for an initial deposit of £50 per person by the end of May 2026. This will cover our initial deposit to Jeka.
Payment Schedule
After the initial deposit, the remaining £625 of direct payments will need to be paid to a schedule to allow us to book the various aspects of the trip throughout the year.
In order to support the purchase of the items we need to have in place, including transport and further payment to Jeka for our accommodation and food arrangements we need to collect the remaining funds to a schedule.
Incremental Payments are due to the following schedule:
Initial Deposit | 31/05/2026 | £50 |
Christmas | 31/12/2026 | £225 |
Easter | 31/03/2027 | £200 |
June | 30/06/2027 | £200 |
Payments need to be processed through the Explorer bank account, details of which will be sent out seperately.
Fundraising the additional funds
As well as the £670 price we need to raise £300 per person to provide additional funds we can use to add activities to the trip and make it as good as we can.
The leaders from Royton Explorers, 1st Royton Scouts and 3rd Chadderton Scouts scouts are working on a number of fundraising events to help start this process off, however fundraising is the responsibility of the individual Scout / Explorer and their parents. In previous years these have included quiz nights, race nights and sponsored events.
The funds raised from these events will be used towards the fundraising targets for those young people who supported the event. Details of exactly how young people can support each event will be published as soon as we can.
We hope that these events will provide a good starting point for fund raising, but more will be needed, and it is your responsibility to ensure that your child raises the funds needed.
Finance Terms
All funds deposited are non-refundable unless the place can be transferred successfully to a new participant and the whole costs covered by them.
If, upon returning from Austria, any fund's remain the following will occur.
If the remaining funds total more than £10.00 per person (once divided by the entire contingent), they will be split evenly and returned. If the fund's left total less than £10.00 per person, they will be split by section and given to the scout/explorer section to fund activities and events locally.
Help
We know that this is a lot of money!
And we fully appreciate that this is going to be quite a daunting task for many. As such, there may be things we can do to support some individuals financially to allow them to join. We do not wish for anyone to not be able to attend because of their financial status.
If you feel that this applies to you, please reach out to us directly for a confidential conversation.
You can contact us around this specifically at info@roytonexplorerscouts.org.uk
This email address is only accessible by the leaders of Royton Explorer Scouts and any conversations around this will be held in confidence.
Contact
If you are unsure of any of the items in this page or wish to discuss anything related to finance please reach out to us directly to discuss. You can contact us around this specifically at info@roytonexplorerscouts.org.uk