New Membership Subscription Rates
Dear BABCP Member, 12th September 2008NEW MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION RATES
At the Annual General Meeting in Edinburgh, 17 July 2008, it was agreed that membership subscriptions should be increased from October 2008.
Increases are needed not only to cover inflation over the past year but also for increased funding for further new developments and improvements to services to the membership. The main ones are the production of a special additional issue of the Journal, Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy which will be a collection of papers under the title ‘Current Theory and Practice of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy. The new ejournal ‘The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist' will be launched and we will have the full financial impact of this. The first year after launch is likely to cost about £7 per member and last year's subscription increase does not cover all of this. Another major development still requiring further funding is the new website which will be much more interactive allowing members to access increasing services on-line.
The annual membership subscription rates run from 1st October 2008 and are increased by approximately 11%. However students/trainees/unwaged members subscriptions will only rise by inflation. We still consider that membership is extremely good value for money and subscriptions are substantially lower than in most comparable organisations.
NEW PAYMENT OPTION BY MONTHLY INSTALMENTS
The Trustees have agreed to offer to members who use Direct Debit, to pay in monthly instalments. Members may now opt to have their subscriptions Direct Debited via the Bankers Automated Clearing Services Limited (BACS) in monthly stages provided that:
1. a valid Direct Debit Instruction is held by the Association throughout the year;
2. the option is taken for the whole year;
3. written notice (email, fax or letter) of the intention to opt in or out of monthly payments is sent to the office;
4. the monthly payments include an interest charge of 5% (APR 9.15%)
If you wish to pay by monthly direct debit, please write, fax or email subscriptions@babcp.com requesting this and giving your name and address. If you do not currently pay your subscriptions by Direct Debit then please download a Direct Debit Instruction from the BABCP website and complete it and send to the BABCP office with your request.
This is formal notification to members paying by direct debit that their accounts will be debited on or soon after the 17th October 2008 at the appropriate rate below.
Any member currently paying annually by direct debit and wishing to change to monthly payments, cancel their membership or pay by cheque in future should notify the office before the 10th October 2008.
The following membership subscription rates apply from 1 October 2008 to 30th September 2009*All overseas mail will be via Air Mail | Annual Payment | Monthly Instalments | ||
UK & Ireland | Overseas* | UK & Ireland | Overseas* | |
Paid by Direct Debit | £52.00 | £60.00 | £4.55 | £5.25 |
Paid by Cash/Cheque | £60.00 | £68.00 | n/a | n/a |
Students/Trainees/Unwaged by Direct Debit | £23.00 | £34.00 | £2.00 | £3.00 |
Students/Trainees/Unwaged by Cheque | £26.00 | £36.00 | n/a | n/a |
Members paying annually by cheque or overseas members paying by credit card, should send payment as soon as possible (payable to ‘BABCP' in £Sterling or credit card form from the website) at the appropriate rates above to avoid us sending the reminder.
Members currently paying by cheque, who wish to take advantage of the reduced rates by direct debit, should contact the office for a Direct Debit Instruction or download one from the website and complete and return it to the office. For new direct debits, these will be debited from members accounts at least 4 weeks following receipt at the office either on or soon after the 15th or at the end of the month. Members paying by Direct Debit must have a Current Account at a U.K. Bank
In U.K. the Inland Revenue has agreed that subscriptions are allowable against income on tax returns. You can claim back the £10.40 (on £52 fee) through your tax return OR you can take advantage of the Gift Aid Scheme and gift the tax to the Research Fund. BABCP as a registered charity can reclaim £14.56 (on £52 fee) on your behalf for the Research Fund. Contact the office or see the website for details. The form is very quick and easy to complete.
Yours faithfully,
Howard Lomas
Finance Manager
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