Renewing membership

Annual subscription rates for 2019

The membership year runs from January to December to align with the way the BMC charges us for third party liability insurance. Please, pay your subscription fee between November and January to ensure you receive the full benefits of your membership, e.g. subscription to club news, hut discounts, Summit magazine subscription, BMC membership card you can use for store discounts.

	Total	Club contribution	BMC affiliation
New joiners First two years of single membership.	£22.25	£2 £4 discount!	£20.25
Single membership One adult only.	£26.25	£6	£20.25
Joint membership Two adults living at the same postal address.	£50.50 Without children (under 18 years old).	2 x £5 £1 discount per adult.	2 x £20.25 Children can be optionally insured for £15/child.
Students	£22.75 for singles £43.50 for joint	£6 2 x £5	£16.75/student Discount of £3.50/student
Non-UK resident No BMC affiliation possible.	£6 for singles £10 for joint	£6 2 x £5	No BMC third party liability insurance Discount of £20.50/adult
Late renewals Only covers July to December of the current year.	£16.13 for singles £23.26 for joint	£6 2 x £5	£10.13/adult Discount of £10.12/adult

Ways to pay

Paying by direct debits
This is the simplest way of paying your annual membership fee! We use GoCardless to manage direct debits. All you need to do is set up an authorisation, https://pay.gocardless.com/AL00005ZWTZYDX, and we will add you to an annual payment plan. Please, notify the membership secretary if you want to change your membership category or need to update your contact details.	GoCardless is processing over £3 billion worth of transactions for over 30,000 organisations (incl. Thomas Cook, TripAdvisor and the Guardian) across Europe and is authorised by the FCA. You will be notified of any upcoming payments, you are entitled to a full and immediate refund of any payment you claim has been taken in error and you can cancel them whenever you want (via your bank). See the Direct Debit Guarantee for more details. GoCardless takes 1% of each transaction as a fee (e.g. 20p for £20 subscription).
Paying by bank transfer	Paying by Cheque
Simply transfer the correct amount using your membership number as a payment reference: Beneficiary: ULGMC Acc No: 04145127 S/C: 52-30-40 Please, notify the membership secretary if you changed your membership category or need to update your contact details.	Make the cheque payable to "ULGMC" and post it to: Stephan Tietz ULGMC Membership Secretary 114 Barncroft Way Havant PO9 3AH Please, include a note if you changed your membership category or need to update your contact details.

Reclaim multiple BMC club memberships

You are likely paying for BMC club membership multiple times, If you are a member of more then one BMC-affiliated mountaineering/climbing clubs. You can reclaim these: https://www.thebmc.co.uk/claiming-multiple-membership-refunds

Upgrade your BMC club membership

The BMC offers "individual" and "club" memberships, which come with sligthly different benefits (add link with mre detail). ULGMC membership includes the BMC "club" membership for UK residents. The BMC let's you upgrade to an "individual" membership for £15.20/year (https://www.thebmc.co.uk/membership).