NAWG

How to Join or Renew

Annual Prices – Joining & Renewal

Membership Type	Annual Price
Group	50
Individual	25
UK student	15

🎁 These memberships can be bought as a gift.

Please see the notes.

Notes

Annual membership runs from 1^st July to 30^th June.
Student minimum age of 18 years. For people in full time education until completion of first degree. Please attach proof of full-time educational status (you can get this from your institution).
If you are buying this as a gift, please include GIFT MEMBERSHIP in the subject matter of the email and we will send you a gift certificate to print. We can only provide gift certificates if you email the membership form & proof of purchase (BACS receipt, PayPal confirmation, screenshot etc.) to #bWVtYmVyc2hpcEBuYXdnLmNvLnVr#. Upon receipt we will forward the membership pack and gift certificate to the email address nominated – all future correspondence will be sent to the member.

Instructions for Joining or Renewing

Here's a step-by-step guide on how to join or renew your membership.

Make payment.

You can pay for your membership in the shop.

Please make a note of your order number,

which you'll need when you fill in the application/renewal form.

It's very important that, regardless of your chosen payment method,

you make an order in the shop and get an order number.

Choose one of the three application methods, as shown below.

Online

Fill in the form on this page.

An email with your application details will automatically be sent to the Membership Secretary, and to the Treasurer.

You should also receive an email, informing you that your application is being processed.
If paying by cheque, send it by post to the Membership Secretary.

By Email

Download the appropriate form document, using one of the links on this page.
Fill in the form to make a completed electronic document.

This can be done with suitable software, or may involve printing out, filling in on paper, then re-scanning.

Sent an email message, with the completed form document as an attachment, to #bWVtYmVyc2hpcEBuYXdnLmNvLnVr#.
If paying by cheque, send it by post to the Membership Secretary.

By Post

Download the appropriate form document, using one of the links on this page.
Print out the document and fill it in on paper.
If paying by cheque, include it with the completed paper form.
Send by post to the Membership Secretary.

Bank Details

NatWest Washington Town Centre Branch NE38 7SG Sort code: 60-22-52 Account no: 80275877

Postal Address

Membership Secretary 5 Wallington Court Kingston Park Newcastle NE3 2YZ

View / Download Forms

Group application or renewal:	view ♦ download
Single application or renewal:	view ♦ download

The Membership Secretary and the Treasurer will then process your application. Once this has been done and payment has been verified, you'll receive the following via email:

Confirmation that your membership/renewal has been accepted.
Information about our events, competition, newsletter, and Link magazine.
A password to access the members-only areas of the website.

Fill in Form Online

Membership Application Type

What kind of membership are you applying for?

Group membership Individual membership Student membership Renewal?

Group Details

Please enter information about your writing group.

Group name:		The official name for your writing group.
Group location:		Town, city, or postcode for where your group meet.
Group email address:		Your group's email address, if they have one.
Group website:		The URL for your group's website, if they have one.

We maintain a writing groups directory, to help people to find writing groups in their geographical area.

This is purely an opt-in facility. If you'd like your group to be listed in the directory, then please let us know. We're working on an online entry form for this purpose, but in the mean time you can request to be in the directory by sending a message to #aXRAbmF3Zy5jby51aw==#.

Group Contact Details

This is the person who will be responsible for sharing information about and from NAWG.

Every two months, we will send this person Link, our magazine, for them to pass on to or circulate around the group if requested. We will also send them our periodic e-newsletter (usually one edition between editions of Link, depending what is happening). However, if all members of the group opt to receive the newsletter directly^*, the contact won't need to forward it.

Send your proof of payment & student status by email to #bWVtYmVyc2hpcEBuYXdnLmNvLnVr#, Or by post to the address given on this page.

Full name:
Phone number:
Email address:
Postal address:
Town:
County:
Postcode:
Country:		Two or three letter country code.
Website:		Personal website.

* Members of your group can sign up to receive the newsletter directly at no cost (via the members' page of our website – we'll send login details with your welcome pack). We can also send an electronic copy of Link to any member of your group who provides their email address.

We will use these details to send you Link, our magazine, every two months, our e-newsletter (usually one issue between editions of Link, but may be more or less frequent depending what is happening), and contact you about renewing your membership.

We will not pass them to any company or individual without your explicit permission.

Finance Contact Details

This is the person we will contact when your membership is due for renewal and to whom we will send email receipts.

Same as main contact:		Is the finance contact the same person as the main contact?
Finance contact:		Name of the person to contact.
Email address:		For finance contact correspondence.
Phone number:
Postal address:
Town:
County:
Postcode:
Country:		Two or three letter country code.
Website:		Personal website (optional).

Payment Details

Please indicate below how you have made your payment. As we are a charity, BACS is our preferred method. The bank details are given earlier on the page.

Order number:		Number from when you paid in the shop.
Payment method:	BACS transfer to NatWest. PayPal through the NAWG shop website. Cheque, made payable to NAWG.	Please use a reference for BACS and PayPal methods.
Payment reference:		We suggest 'NAWG membership order {number}'.
Payment date:		The date on which the payment was made.

General Information

How did you hear about us?

Gift Aid

If you are a UK taxpayer, please consider ticking the box and signing the declaration, so we can reclaim the tax paid on your donation.

I want to Gift Aid my donation of £ and any donations I make in the future or have made in the past 4 years, to The National Association of Writers and Groups, charity number 1059047.

I am a UK taxpayer and 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, it is my responsibility to pay any difference.

Date:
Signature:

Please notify us if you:

want to cancel this declaration,
change your name or home address,
no longer pay sufficient tax on your income and/or capital gains.

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 HM Revenue and Customs to adjust your tax code.

For the purposes of this arrangement the membership fees of individuals are a donation.

Your membership pack will be dispatched as soon as we have received the fee and the application form.

Please ensure that if you are buying as a gift, you follow all instructions and allow 48 hours for a response.

Please be patient – we aim for a reasonably quick turn-round but we are all volunteers, so responses may take a week or so. Thank you.

Author: Kevin Machin ♦ Created: 04-Aug-2025 ♦ Access: public ♦ Page: membership-join ♦ Parent: membership