As the Society grows, so does what membership carries: Special Interest Groups meeting through the year, an account and a verifiable certificate for every member, reduced or waived charges at the affiliated journals, and the Society's whole published record in one place. Membership was formerly a single payment, made once on joining. From the opening of the new website in September 2026 it is held as an annual subscription of ten pounds.
A free year for existing members
Every member admitted before the new site opened has been given a year at no charge, in recognition of the support they have already given the Society. Each account shows the date the membership is paid to. Nothing is payable, and nothing needs doing, before then.
What it costs
Ten pounds a year, and the same for every member.
When it renews
On the date shown in the account the subscription is taken and the membership continues without a break. The Society writes fourteen days beforehand, saying what will be taken and when.
Stopping or changing it
Renewal can be turned off at any time, from the payments page of the account, and turning it off takes nothing away: the membership runs to the date it is paid to, and the membership number and the certificate are permanent either way.
Publishing is charged separately
Fees for publication in the affiliated journals are separate from our membership fee and are paid directly to the publisher of each journal.