Thank you for supporting NCT. Donations from NCT members help to provide parents with trusted information and support at every stage of pregnancy, birth and new parenthood. Your membership brings you closer to NCT’s work and campaigns, adding your voice to ours on the issues that matter.
Eligibility
Anyone who is over the age of 16 and supports our charitable mission is eligible to apply to become a member. Anyone who books a course is eligible to become a member on a complimentary basis for twelve months from the date of booking their course. All members of staff are automatically members of NCT unless they choose to opt out of NCT Membership.
Applications for membership are approved by or on behalf of the Trustees. There is no obligation to accept applicants
All NCT members are expected to behave in accordance with our values and ethical funding framework. Any complaints or concerns raised about a member’s behaviour will be managed via NCT’s Compliments, Comments and Complaints Procedure. In exceptional circumstances, decisions relating to potential suspension or removal of membership will be brought to Trustees for agreement. A member may appeal the removal of a membership within 28 days by appealing in writing to the Trustees at board.secretary@nct.org.uk. The Trustees’ decision to remove or restore membership is final, provided that the member has been given the requisite 28 days to appeal.
Membership of the Charity is not transferable.
NCT’s Membership community
As a membership charity, NCT relies upon our membership community to support our activities from contributing to governance, representing the lived experience of pregnant women and new parents in our mission, and providing much needed funds for our work.
We thank and celebrate our members through:
- Regular updates on NCT’s work and impact helping new and expectant parents across the UK
- Friends and Family discount on select NCT Courses
- Early entry to NCT Nearly New Sales
- Updates on services and events from your local NCT branch (if there is an active one in your area).
- Other exclusive benefits as and when opportunities arise.
On occasion, NCT may work with trusted third parties to deliver membership offers and benefits. Specific terms and conditions will apply to these benefits.
We reserve the right to change the membership offers and benefits at any time and without notice.
NCT Charity Membership rights and obligations
As a member of the Charity, you have certain rights and obligations laid down in Company Law, our Articles of Association and our Governance Handbook.
Full details of NCT Charity Membership rights and obligations are available in our Articles of Association. All members of the Charity are bound by the Articles of Association and in the event of any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and the Articles of Association the Articles shall take precedence.
As a Charity member, your rights include the right to:
- attend the Annual General Meeting of the Charity or appoint a proxy to attend on your behalf. (In alignment with the Notice Period in our Articles of Association, should you become a member within 14 days or less of an upcoming AGM of the Charity, you will not be able to attend that AGM, however you will be able to attend the AGM in the following calendar year);
- receive the Annual Report and Accounts of the Charity;
- vote in elections for Charity Trustees; and
- vote on company resolutions.
As a member of the Charity, you accept a limited liability to contribute up to £1 towards the Charity’s debts and liabilities should the Charity be wound up. This obligation continues for one year from when you cease to be a member but only to the extent that those debts and liabilities existed at the time your membership ceased.
Membership contributions
All membership contributions are recognised under Charity Law as donations to the NCT Charity registered in England and Wales: 801395 and Scotland: SC041592.
NCT is proud to be registered with the Fundraising Regulator and commits to its high standards of practice in all of its fundraising.
Our communications
Notwithstanding opt-out rights under data protection legislation, NCT members agree to be contacted by electronic means as the primary mode of contact.
If you prefer not to have any contact (other than NCT Annual General Meeting proceedings and other reasons required under NCT’s Articles of Association – which we are required to do) you can update your preferences by emailing members@nct.org.uk.
Joint memberships
Two people living at the same address can be joint members, provided that they provide a separate contact email address. The personal data relating to the joint member, must only be shared with NCT with their permission; their personal data will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice for Donors, see below. Each is a member, and each will have the membership rights as covered in these terms and conditions.
Data protection and use of personal data
When you apply for membership (and throughout the course of your active membership) it will be necessary for us to obtain certain information from you (such as your name and address). We will treat this as personal data for the purposes of data protection law. The Charity will collect, hold and process your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice for Donors.
Concluding your membership
Members may cancel their membership at any time by giving notice to the Charity via members@nct.org.uk, but we are not able to reimburse money already donated in relation to membership other than in instances of an error on the part of NCT or in exceptional circumstances.
Membership ceases if a required membership donation is not received by NCT.
Please see the Eligibility section for details of membership exit due to the member’s code of conduct.
Questions and feedback on NCT Membership
If you have any questions or feedback about your membership, please do contact us at members@nct.org.uk or enquiries@nct.org.uk.
