Membership Are you interested in joining us? OPAAL is proud of our strong membership culture. We are committed to the involvement of members in our work and we strive to engage with members whenever and wherever possible. We try to encourage members to work alongside us on our various national projects, listen when members tell us they wish us to provide networking and other opportunities for members to meet together and share ideas and good practice, and respond directly whenever time and other resources permit. We are always open to member suggestions for how we might develop our member services further, so if you, as a potential new member have ideas of services for members, activities you would like to engage with then contact our National Project Manager who will be more than happy to welcome you and your ideas to OPAAL. Current member benefits include: newsletter - the OPAAL quarterly newsletter packed full of articles, news items, OPAAL current and up and coming activities and reports on the latest developments with our national projects support - in addition we may be able to help with your advocacy problems by listening or/and signposting you to further support networking - networking opportunities via partnership events such as the Advocacy Knowledge Cafe which was held at the Paragon Hotel in Birmingham free training - occasional access to free training such as our recent Law and Advocacy event in York event information - information on value for money events/conferences concerning older people’s advocacy consultation - opportunity to become involved in OPAAL’s responses to government and other key stakeholder consultations national dialogue - access to national forums like the Advocacy Consortium UK to get your voice heard, your concerns discussed and your views known direct involvement - all members are also encouraged to fully engage in OPAAL's work either directly by contributing to various projects or indirectly by providing information for example on aspects of good practice. Cost Membership of OPAAL currently costs £10.00 for Individual Membership, £20 for Advocacy Schemes and £40 for Corporate Membership.  Open to both individuals and organisations at current membership rates, this generates somewhere between £2000 and £2250 for OPAAL each year. Every pound of this money is spent on member benefits. We think you’ll agree when you’ve read what these are that this represents excellent value for money. How to become a member To become a member of OPAAL please download and complete the Membership Form. Please return your completed application, with payment, to: Jo Swinswood, c/o Beth Johnson Foundation, Parkfield House, 64 Princes Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7JL. If you need any further information please contact Jo Swinswood at The Beth Johnson Foundation Tel: 01782 844036 or email jo@bjf.org.uk