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Membership

Why become a Barnes Common Friend? 

Membership is free – your membership helps us keep in touch with everyone interested in our work and shows just how widespread that interest is and in turn this helps us obtain funding support. In addition to our free membership scheme, we are introducing the Barnes Common Keystone Friends membership.

Many of our members already support us as donors, and we wish to recognise that with this new special membership priced at £50 per year per person – this brings some additional benefits for you, but it remains in essence a donation to support our work: it is really appreciated, as it allows us to create or support our new initiatives without delay, and to undertake work outside our core project funding. The community support we receive is also a huge boost to our morale!

Your membership helps us further our vision and mission:

  • Conservation – improving our green spaces for the benefit of all and for the future
  • Biodiversity – enhancing habitats for the wide variety of plant and animal life
  • Lifelong Learning – offering educational events, delivering nature based outdoor learning sessions to school children, young people and adults of all ages and abilities
  • Wellbeing – community growing and gardening in the community

Gift membership:
You can purchase a gift membership for anyone and we’ll send you a personalised membership certificate in an email that you can give to your recipient. If you’d like to give a gift membership, please purchase a Keystone Membership below and put “Gift membership for (Name of Person)” in the Reference box.

Membership

People laughing

Why become a Barnes Common Friend? 

Membership is free – your membership helps us keep in touch with everyone interested in our work and shows just how widespread that interest is and in turn this helps us obtain funding support. In addition to our free membership scheme, we are introducing the Barnes Common Keystone Friends membership.

Many of our members already support us as donors, and we wish to recognise that with this new special membership priced at £50 per year per person – this brings some additional benefits for you, but it remains in essence a donation to support our work: it is really appreciated, as it allows us to create or support our new initiatives without delay, and to undertake work outside our core project funding. The community support we receive is also a huge boost to our morale!

Your membership helps us further our vision and mission:

  • Conservation – improving our green spaces for the benefit of all and for the future
  • Biodiversity – enhancing habitats for the wide variety of plant and animal life
  • Lifelong Learning – offering educational events, delivering nature based outdoor learning sessions to school children, young people and adults of all ages and abilities
  • Wellbeing – community growing and gardening in the community

Gift membership:
You can purchase a gift membership for anyone and we’ll send you a personalised membership certificate in an email that you can give to your recipient. If you’d like to give a gift membership, please purchase a Keystone Membership below and put “Gift membership for (Name of Person)” in the Reference box.

In addition to our free membership scheme, we are introducing the Keystone membership.

Here is what each of them offers:

Free membership

Free!

  • Friends’ printed newsletter 3 times a year
  • A monthly e-mail with our latest news, projects, events and how you can get involved, including volunteering opportunities
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Keystone membership

£50 / year

  • 25% discounted tickets to all events for you and up to 4 guests
  • Invitations to occasional Keystone Friends' events
  • Friends’ printed newsletter 3 times a year
  • A monthly e-mail with our latest news, projects, events and how you can get involved, including volunteering opportunities

Free membership

Free!

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Gift Aid It!Add 25% more to your donation at no cost to you. A Gift Aid declaration allows Barnes Common Limited to claim tax back on eligible donations. It means that for every £1 you donate to Barnes Common Limited we can claim back 25p, at no extra cost to you.

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By ticking the "Yes" box, I agree I would like Barnes Common Limited to reclaim the tax on all qualifying donations I have made, as well as any future donations, until I notify them otherwise. I understand that if I pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all my donations in that tax year I may be asked to pay any difference. I understand that Barnes Common Limited will reclaim 25p of tax on every £1 that I give.

What is Gift Aid?

Gift Aid does not cost you a penny more, but can add an additional 25p to every £1 you donate. When Barnes Common Limited receives a donation from a UK taxpayer, we're entitled to claim an amount of tax (calculated at the basic rate of income tax in that year) paid on that donation. Once you have given your permission for us to do this on your behalf, there is no need for you to do anything else.

All that is required is that you must be a taxpayer and that would have paid or will pay sufficient Income and/or Capital Gains Tax to cover all the Gift Aid claimed on all your donations in that tax year. Please note that it is your responsibility to pay any difference.

The amount of tax we claim will be 25% of the total value of your donations in that tax year. Furthermore, if you are a higher taxpayer, you are also entitled to claim the difference between the basic rate which we will claim and the amount of tax you have actually paid. For further details on how you can do this, please contact your tax office. If your tax situation changes and your gifts will no longer be eligible for the Gift Aid scheme please contact us and we will amend your record accordingly.

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Donation Total: £10.00 One Time

*Keystone members will receive a unique code, which can be used when booking tickets on Eventbrite. 

Barnes Common Keystone Friends Membership Terms & Conditions

25% discount on tickets: This discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other discounts or special offers.

Accessibility 

We aim to make activities accessible to all. We offer free tickets to our events for essential carers accompanying disabled visitors.

Please note, not all our activities are suitable for wheelchairs.

Annual membership: start and finish date

Your membership commences on the day the annual subscription is paid and will automatically renew one year later unless you cancel.

Purchase of membership

Membership must be purchased via the BCL website.

** Charity Gift Aid Declaration

Boost your donation by 25p of Gift Aid for every £1 you donate. Gift Aid is reclaimed by the charity from the tax you pay for the current tax year. Your address is needed to identify you as a current UK taxpayer.

I am the Lead Member and a UK taxpayer and understand that if I pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains tax in any tax year than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all my donations in that tax year it is my responsibility to pay any difference.

If you pay Income Tax at the higher or additional rate and want to receive the additional tax relief due to you, you must include all your Gift Aid donations on your self-assessment tax return or ask HMRC to adjust your tax code.

Please notify Barnes Common Limited if you want to cancel this declaration, change your name or home address or no longer pay sufficient tax on your income and/or capital gains.

If the value of your benefits exceeds 10% of your donation, it will cease to be eligible for Gift Aid. We will be monitoring this and we will not claim gift aid in such circumstances.

Conservation · Biodiversity · Wellbeing · Lifelong Learning - for all

Barnes Common
Vine Road Pavilion
Vine Road
Barnes SW13 0NE

Image credits unless stated
Andrew Wilson · Arnhel De Serra · Barnes Common · Penny Smallshire · Rashadee Miller

Barnes Common Company (VAT No 197432967) is a registered charity (No 1153079) and a company limited by guarantee in England & Wales (No 08348124).

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