Membership Renewal Applications
2024/2025 Membership Renewals
Message from your new Membership Team, Freda & Andrew.
The annual membership renewal process for the 2024/25 period has started with over 800 members now receiving their personalised renewal notice by email and a number sent a personalised paper form. The email has full instructions including how you can pay online. We would urge you to use the online process if possible as it is more efficient and cost effective for us. However, Cheques can still be sent to Freda, the Membership Secretary.
Some important points to note:
- For online payments, please check that the bank account is correct.
- Joint membership is managed as individuals now so please pay as individuals.
- Going forward, there will not be any membership card as they will not be needed for any of our events.
Points to note about paper newsletter if there is more than one person at an address:
- At renewal, only one person should pay the membership fee for receiving the printed Newsletter. The other member at the same address, should just pay the email only membership fee.
- After renewal, only one paper newsletter will be sent to an address and it will be addressed to the person who paid the paper newsletter fee.
Membership fees for 2024/25 are:
- £32 per person for those receiving their quarterly Newsletters by email
- £50 per person for those who would like a paper copy of the Newsletter posted to them.
(This fee covers the cost of printing, packing and posting out the Newsletter to members).
The 2024/25 Membership Year runs from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025
If you are in receipt of any income, housing or disability benefits, please discuss your membership fee in confidence with the Membership Secretary on 07532 26800.
Gift Aid
Gift Aid is a contribution by the Government to charities based on personal tax payments by members. If you are a UK taxpayer, you can opt to gift aid your payments and the Government will return a portion of the fee to the charity (in this case Hillingdon). This does not cost you anything.
As your circumstances may change from year to year please go into your personal profiles in Simple Membership and check that your Gift Aid declaration is up to date. You only have to indicate yes or no.
Freda Longhurst
Membership Coordinator