Life Membership

As well as receiving all the benefits of being a Friend of the Centre including receipt of our twice-yearly Journal, Everyone's War, Life Members are kept more closely involved with developments at the Centre via the quarterly Life Membership newsletter. Other benefits include a laminated Life Membership card and a lapel pin. Life Membership costs £150 in the UK or £200 from abroad. Individuals can choose to pay this one-off sum under Gift Aid as detailed below. We currently have in excess of 150 Life Members and many Friends are deciding to upgrade their membership to Life Status.

The following gives an indication of the level of costs involved in our work to rescue Second World War testimony and demonstrates how important a donation of as little as £20 can be:

• £20 funds the rescue of one person's memories of the Second World War
• £100 enables us to rescue, catalogue, archive and conserve one person's memorabilia for posterity
• £200 funds our core rescue work for one day

To join as a Life Member, fill in the membership application form and send it to the Centre with the appropriate payment to cover your membership. Contributions of any amount are, of course, most welcome and the membership application form can also be used for one-off donations. Due to changes in tax legislation we can now reclaim tax on all donations we receive, provided the donor is a tax-payer (either income tax or capital gains tax). All that you need to do is ensure that you sign the Gift Aid Declaration at the bottom of the membership application form and this will cover any donation, single or regular, large or small. A donation of £100, for instance, if made under the Gift Aid scheme is worth £128 to the Centre, at no extra cost to you. Indeed, if you are a higher rate tax-payer you can even claim a tax rebate as well. For further information, contact cath.pugh@war-experience.org