Membership

Why not join the Lancashire Global Education Centre and help support us in working with schools and communities in Lancashire to promote learning and action for a fair and sustainable world?

If you are interested in becoming a member, download a printable membership form in PDF format , print it off, complete it and return it to us at the address below. To access the form, you will need Adobe Reader software. If you don't already have the software installed, you can download it from the Adobe website free of charge.

Members have to be formally accepted by the Management Committee, which meet on a monthly basis. If you wish to borrow resources immediately, you can pay to become an Associate Member until your application is approved. We will then invoice you for the difference.

Membership runs annually from 1st September to 31st August. Fees are paid in the form of an annual subscription. If you join between September and March, your membership will run until the following September. If you join between April and August, your membership will run until the September of the following year (e.g., if you join in May 2006, membership will be due for renewal 1st September 2007).

You can pay by cheque, cash or postal order if you choose. However, if you choose to pay by standing order it substantially reduces our administration costs. There is a standing order form next to the membership application, so please consider it! If this isn't convenient for you, please make cheques or postal orders payable to 'LGEC'.

There are four different categories of membership, and each has different rates:

Associate Membership
Resource centre use only

Cost: £5 waged £3 un-waged
Full Individual Membership
LGEC newsletters as appropriate, resource centre use, information about events we are holding, and voting rights.

Cost: £15 unwaged £7 un-waged
 
Group Membership
LGEC newsletters as appropriate, resource centre use (entitles all members of the group to use the library), information about events we are holding and voting rights.

Cost: £20
School Membership
LGEC newsletters as appropriate, advice for work around school linking, citizenship, sustainable development education, Philosophy for Children etc., resource centre use (entitles all staff from the school to use the library), and voting rights.

Cost: Joining fee £25 & subsequent yearly subscriptions of £10
 
NB: For Full Individual Members, Group Members and School Members only! LGEC is registered as Lancashire Development Education Group Ltd. as a Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee. This means that we have a duty to inform you that in signing below, you agree that in the unlikely event of the Charity folding, you as a member would be liable to pay not more than £10 towards the costs incurred.

Lancashire Global Education Centre
is registered as:
Lancashire Development Education Group Ltd.
Company Limited by Guarantee No. 04244912
Registered Charity No. 1089036