Why become a member?
There are many reasons to become a member
• Consultation documents on specific policy giving all members an opportunity to be involved in the policy making process.
• Information about regional and local group meetings.
• Copies of all NGH publications and publicity materials free or at a reduced price.
• Free access to our resource library and specialist information on homeworking.
• Information about all the meetings taking place at a national level allowing members to have an input. Full members can take part in the democratic processes of the organisation
• A quarterly internal newsletter, the National Homeworker. All members have the opportunity to contribute to the newsletter to share ideas, seek advice and write articles on issues of particular concern to them.
Full Membership
As a full member of NGH, you will receive the following benefits
- Access to a national network of people working on homeworking issues. All NGH members have easy access to the unrivalled wealth of knowledge and experience of other NGH members, including local homeworking support and advice projects, academics and trade union activists.
- Information about all the meetings taking place at a national level allowing members to have an input as well as taking part in the democratic processes of the organisation.
- A quarterly internal newsletter, the National Homeworker. All members have the opportunity to contribute to the newsletter to share ideas, seek advice and write articles on issues of particular concern to them.
- Consultation documents on specific policy giving all members an opportunity to be involved in the policy making process.
- Information about regional and local group meetings.
- Free or reduced-rate copies of NGH publications and publicity materials.
- Free access to our resource library and specialist information on homeworking.
- 30 minutes free legal advice with a solicitor for homeworkers.
Full membership is offered at the following annual rates (new 2005 rates)
- Homeworker still free
- Unemployed individual £2
- Low-waged individual £5
- Individual £25
- Local Organisations £35
- Local Authorities/Universities £110
- National Organisations £130
- Voluntary Organisations Negotiable
Affiliate Membership
In addition NGH offers affiliate membership to companies/businesses employing homeworkers that are working to towards best practice and organisations that wish to swap affiliation. Affiliated members have all the benefits of full members without voting rights. Affiliated members can still attend meetings, contribute to policy and have an input into the organisation.
Affiliated membership is available at the following annual rates (2005 rates)
- Employers with 1-10 workers £75
- Employers with 11-25 workers £100
- Employers with 26-50 workers £125
- Employers with 51+ workers £225
- Organisations wishing to swap affiliation please contact NGH for more details
Subscribers
If you do not wish to become a member, but you would like to be regularly updated on the work of the organisation, and issues affecting homeworkers in the UK you could become a subscriber. This entitles you to receive NGH's quarterly newsletter as well as regular mailings about publications, courses and seminars. The cost of being a subscriber is £10 a year.