This outlines how Eastbourne Trampoline tries to minimize cost to maximize opportunity
Understand our financial decision-making.
Version information
Policy responsibility: Head of Policies and Procedures
Date approved by Committee: 2026
Review due date: 2027
Objectives
Eastbourne Trampoline Limited (LTD), aims to:
Promote, encourage, and provide opportunities for participation in trampolining.
Provide participation, coaching, and competition opportunities for all.
Reduce financial pressure on those paying for participation.
Payment
Membership is open to all individuals over 4 regardless of gender, ethnicity, ability, or background.
Members shall pay per session as determined annually by the Committee.
Prospective members can attend trial sessions before committing to membership; the number is determined on a case-by-case basis.
Free Trial
Eastbourne Trampoline offers a free trial to everyone. Medical checks apply.
The first session is free.
Each participant is assessed on a case-by-case basis to see if additional free trials could be offered before making the membership decision.
Membership Price
British Gymnastics, Gymnastics Brittania and IGA were the 3 options investigated.
We looked for:
- Club Affiliation
- Gymnast membership
- Coach membership
- Judge/official membership
- Competition opportunities
Gymnastics Brittania also offer pay-as-you-go membership at £1 per day.
We decided to join Gymnastics Brittania to:
- Reduce membership costs
- Add pay-as-you-go flexibility
- Focus on a fun activity over competition
Note, members can still compete, but there are fewer opportunities.
Our £20 annual membership fee helps to cover:
- Gymnast membership
- + club affiliation
- + coach membership
Session Price
Facilities for Trampoline are challenging for a few reasons:
- Vertical clearance between the trampolines and the ceiling.
- Storage space is required when the equipment isn’t used (unless permanently set up)
- Horizontal clearance between trampolines and the walls.
As a new not-for-profit sport club, we don’t have the funds to own a facility, hence we rent space.
Our £6 session fee helps cover
- Facility use costs
- Additional facility costs
- Equipment storage costs
- Equipment servicing, repairs & replacements
- Administration costs (booking system & website)
- Accounting costs
We make payment as easy as possible to reduce financial pressure.
- Cash or bank transfer
- Pay before or after
- Bulk pay or session by session
- Pay-as-you-go is an option
Note: We have disabled the option to pay on the booking system we use to avoid additional transaction fees.
Volunteer led
Eastbourne Trampoline is run by volunteers, helping with:
- Equipment set up & pack down
- Funding applications
- Fundraising events
- Administrative work
- Coaching
Over 80% of Eastbourne Trampoline is unpaid volunteer-led.
This helps reduce running costs, but does add risks for consistency and sustainability. A risk our committee assesses regularly.