FAQ’S

No. We have done away with membership numbers. All you need now is an email address. If you do not have an email address, then you can still come into the office and we can set you up but you will be unable to sign up from home without one.

Yes. We still have our office in the civic centre where anyone is welcome to come in to sign up to a membership, course, or social event. You can find our opening time here.

Memberships are renewed annually. If your membership has expired you will need to renew before you can purchase a course.

To pay you need to click the shopping basket icon on the top right of your screen. From there you can proceed to checkout and complete your payment information.

To purchase a course you first need to have purchased a membership for this year. Your membership on the website will need to be renewed every twelve months. Once you are a member, you can go to the ‘Courses’ page and add the courses to your basket, then you can go to the shopping basket icon in the top right of your screen to complete your purchase and officially register on your course.

We are a totally self-funded charity. Membership fees are a significant part of our income. If we didn’t charge a fee for membership, then we would have to add the cost to course price. Also, membership fees are eligible for Gift Aid, whereas course fees are not.