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The Annual General Meeting of the Ballinlough Scout Group will take place on Tuesday 17th November at 8.15pm. All Parents, Group Scouters and Volunteers are invited to our AGM, which is scheduled for 30 minutes.
AGENDA
We hope everyone enjoyed Youth Night 2026.
Our cubs setup and ran our orienteering course. Our scouts ran the Bamboo Pioneering based helping to build an aqueduct. They also ran the Compass Trail in the Scout Hall. The most popular activity was the Smores / Marshmallow Toasting run by the Beaver Leaders with help from our scouts!
We wish to acknowledge Youth Night support from Cork ETB and Dept of Education & Youth
Friday, 13th November 2026 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Scout Hall, Ballinlough Community Park.
This event is a public event to give people a taste of scouting, including a short orienteering course, a compass trail, some bamboo pioneering and of course some toasted marshmallows or smores !
This event is kindly supported by:
Cubs & Scouts
Meet at Kent Station Cork on Friday 25th September at 6.40pm to catch 6.59pm train.
Collect at Kent Station Cork on Sunday 27th September at 12 noon
Beavers
Meet at Kent Station Cork on Saturday 26th September at 1.10pm to catch 1.30pm train.
Collect at Kent Station Cork on Sunday 27th September at 12 noon
Gear List
Beavers, Cubs & Scouts must have their gear in one bag (excluding sleeping bag & mat) and must be able to carry their own gear.
Please do not bring any Food, Snacks, Drinks, Mobile Phones ,or Electronic Games or Toys
Welcome back to Ballinlough Scouts for the 2026/27 scouting year. This year we will continue to operate three age sections
Beaver Scouts (Ages 6 to 9) Reopening 7th September
Cub Scouts (Ages 9 to 12) Reopening 8th September
Scouts (Ages 12 to 15) Reopening 10th September
All sections are currently full with waiting lists in place. New member should registered via the Join Us link on this website
Each member will receive a Green coloured Consent Form to be completed and returned to the leaders on your childs meeting night.
Fees for 2026/27 have been agreed by the Group Council as follows:
Fees are Per Term (2 Terms per annum)
For more information on fees and to pay click here
Repairs to our Scout Hall have commenced in the first week in August with the doors, wall and window sections being demolished and rebuilt and are expected to be completed by the end of the month. It is planned that the hall will be back in use by September for the beginning of the new scouting year. Some photos of progress are included below.
The Group Council at its meeting on 13th May 2026, resolved to adopt a new Constitution for the Scout Group. This is the governing document for how our group is run and is provided in a prescribed format by Scouting Ireland. It replaces the existing constitution in place since 2017.
A copy of the new Constitution and current Group Charter which governs the relationship between our group and Scouting Ireland have been uploads toa new Governance section of our website.
A number of polices were also discussed and approved. This work is part of our Groups preparation to register as a charity.
Our AGM will take place on Thursday 11th September from 7.30pm to 8.30pm in the Scout Hall.
Our AGM is open to all Parents and Leaders and you attendance is greatly appreciated.
As well as routine reports and the accounts for 2024/25 this year’s AGM will focus on:
We are conscious that as a voluntary organisation we depend on support from parents and other adults in the community to provide a programme for our youth members. This does mean that parents need to provide some level of support, be it as a leader on a regular or occasional basis, or to help with the administration of the groups or maintaining our hall and looking after equipment.
Fee Notes are issued by email via Pay Pal, but fees can be paid by cash or cheque on your child’s meeting night as well as by Pay Pal online.
We use Pay Pal one of the worlds leading payment processors to ensure that transactions are safe and secure. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us at the following email address: treasurer@ballinloughscouts.com
Fees for 2025/26 were set at the Group Council meeting of 7th August 2025 and have been increased to compensate for a large increase in annual registration fees to Scouting Ireland. In 2024 the registration were €65 per person. Last year they increased to €85 per person and for the coming year are set at €91 per person.
The Fees agreed for the 2025/26 Scouting Year are:
Term 1 (September 2025 to January 2026)
Terms 2 (February 2026 to June 2026)
The Group has not operated a scout section (Ages 12 to 15) for a number of years. This is the section that provides the most scope for personal development as well as a wider range of activities and greater youth involvement.
It is planned to reopen our scout section for 2025/26, subject to confirming available leaders.
The initial cohort of scouts, will be restricted to those moving from cubs this year and meeting nights have been set for Thursdays 7pm to 8.30pm.