Willington Scout Group

Annual Registration

2026/27 Scouting Year

This year, annual registration, completion of required forms and membership fee payments will be conducted via the Scout Group’s membership management system (MMS).

Registration must be completed by each child’s first section meeting, commencing the week of 7 September 2026, using the steps below.

How To Complete

1. Log In
  1. Go to mms.willingtonscouts.ie
  2. Log in with your email and password
    • Already have an account? Log straight in.
    • New, or forgotten your password? Use Sign up or Forgot password on the login screen.

Both parents/guardians on file get their own account with equal, shared access to all household info.

2. Complete the Annual Registration Tool

From your dashboard, click Register on the “Annual registration is open” banner (or the Annual Registration tab).

Household

Confirm or update your household name and address; edit via the pencil icon.

Adults

Confirm or update each parent/guardian’s details (email, mobile); edit via the pencil icon, or add another adult.

Youth Members

Confirm each child’s details; tick Not Returning for any child not coming back (their record is kept, and they’re excluded from this year’s fees); add another youth if needed.

Consents

For each child, complete both forms per child:

  • Activity Consent Form — general permissions, medical details (allergies, dietary requirements, vaccination status, medical history), GP details, photography/water activities/swimming consent, emergency contact, and a signature from a parent/guardian on file.
  • Managing Medications — you must acknowledge this even if your child takes no regular medication; requires your name and signature.

Registration cannot be completed until every child’s consents show as done.

Fees

Choose your payment frequency and community contribution tier according to the fee structure. Select Annual or Monthly collection, then a community contribution tier — Opt-In, Fifty-Fifty, or Opt-Out. Note: if your household has an outstanding community contribution shortfall from last year, this will show as an additional one-off surcharge, due now.

Choose a tier based on how many community contributions (e.g. fundraising credits) you want to take on — fewer contributions means a higher fee, and vice versa.

Payment

Add payment details and choose your collection date.

  • Add your payment details via StripeCard, Google Pay, or SEPA Debit.
  • Tick to authorise the Group to store and charge this method for membership fees, camps and activities (only you can approve payments from it, and you can remove it anytime).
  • Choose your collection date: nothing is charged before the term starts on 1 September, and (for annual payment) you can pick any date up to the end of September.
  • Keep your payment details up to date — bounced payments still incur a fee to the Group.
  • Need an alternative payment arrangement? Contact your section leadership team and cc [email protected].

Payments:

  • Monthly: the first payment is processed automatically upon approval; subsequent payments are charged on the 1st of each month.
  • Annual: you can choose any date between now and the end of September for the charge to be processed.

Review

Check everything over and submit. If your child(ren)’s details change mid-year, please update through the MMS.


Fee Structure

Tier Contributions per youth Youth Total Contributions Annual Monthly
Opt-In414€275.00€24.00
Opt-In428€500.00€43.00
Opt-In4312€725.00€63.00
Fifty-Fifty212€355.00€31.00
Fifty-Fifty224€660.00€57.00
Fifty-Fifty236€965.00€83.00
Opt-Out010€435.00€38.00
Opt-Out020€820.00€71.00
Opt-Out030€1,205.00€103.00

The Cost of Scouting

Below is an average breakdown of our operating costs and income streams. This shows how membership fees are allocated and why community support and fundraising are vital.

Operating costs breakdown: Scouting Ireland 36.5%, Scout Den 28.8%, Programme 19.2%, Adult Training & Expenses 8.7%, Admin & Management 6.7%
Operating Costs
Revenue streams breakdown: Membership Fees 55.8%, Fundraising & Initiatives 30.8%, Scout Den 13.5%
Revenue Streams

Operating Costs

The Scout Group operates on a modest cost base.

36.5% of all membership fees go directly to Scouting Ireland for mandatory costs (registration, insurance, etc.).

The Scout Den is our second highest cost. Significant savings can be achieved on upkeep when families volunteer their time for clean-ups, maintenance, and skilled repairs.

Revenue Streams

Scout Group revenue primarily comes from three areas.

Fundraising and community support are critical, as they cover a 44% shortfall in our operating costs.

Simply put, without these other efforts, membership fees would need to increase by at least 44% to cover the same expenses.


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