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Types of Membership

Why should I join?

SSI Membership allows you to keep in touch with news, events and happenings in the world of calligraphy, provides access to courses and training, and opportunities to meet like-minded people. Your membership subscription also helps us to promote the study and enjoyment of calligraphy through exhibitions, bringing the craft to a wider public.

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Membership levels

Lay Member

  • Two issues per year of the Society’s journal, The Scribe, which builds into a reference library of modern research, historical studies, book reviews and innovative techniques
  • Updates on SSI news, events and courses
  • Discounted entry to the Society’s annual Capital Letters Day, which features calligraphic demonstrations, stalls, advice, computer-skills workshop, guest speaker and an exhibition of Lay Members’ work, along with displays from recent graduates of the Society’s Creative Development Course
  • An invitation to exhibit work at the Lay Members’ Exhibition at Capital Letters Day and receive feedback from a Fellow
  • Entry to the Society’s AGM (including guest speaker) and the opportunity to vote on SSI business
  • Opportunities to submit work for selection for the Society’s exhibitions
  • Access to advancement in the craft through the Creative Development Course
  • Access to the Society’s Library collection, held at the London College of Communication

Friend

This category of membership is designed for those who cannot or do not wish to attend meetings and who do not wish to exhibit work. Friends will receive all the Society’s mailings, may attend certain events, and use the SSI Library.

UK Student

UK students who are following a full-time calligraphy or design course are able to join as Lay Members at a discounted rate.  To join as a student first send an email to the Membership Secretary to confirm that you qualify for the reduced rate.

Fellow

For those recognised by their peers to be at a high professional level of achievement, Fellowship is obtained through election – for full details on how to apply click here.  Fellowship applicants must already have Lay Membership of the Society.  Fellows pay an annual fee, as listed on the Membership Rates below.  They receive all the benefits listed under Lay Membership, except for exhibiting at the Lay Members’ Exhibition.

Membership Level

How To Purchase membership

If you’re an existing member, please log in to review your address details and renew your membership.

If you’d like to join the SSI, please select your chosen level and location of membership below. Payments can be accepted in various ways:

  • Via PayPal using your PayPal account.
  • Via PayPal with no account using your credit card or debit card as a PayPal guest.
  • By BACS through your UK bank account, choose the ‘Pay by Check’ option at checkout.
  • By cheque drawn on a UK bank,  choose the ‘Pay by Check’ option at check out.

 

Two concessionary membership rates are offered by the Society:

  1. Two or more members of the same household (Fellows, Lay Members or Friends) are able to request that only one mailing is sent and that a second member may join under the concession of Additional Membership at a reduction of £17 from the appropriate category rate.
  2. UK students following a full-time calligraphy or design course are able to join as Lay Members on a student rate of £23.

To join as a student or as an additional member, first send an email to the Membership Secretary to confirm that you qualify for the reduced rate.

Lay Member

Please select your payment option:

UK or Europe: £37.00 / year

Rest of World: £42.00 / year

Friend

Please select your payment option:

UK or Europe: £30.00 / year

Rest of World: £35.00 / year

FEllow

If you would like to become a Fellow visit our Fellowship page to apply.

Fellow – UK/Europe: £46.00 / year
Fellow – Rest of World: £51.00 / year

If you are looking to renew your Fellowship membership please log in to your account.

If you have any questions about membership, or are having problems logging in, please see Membership Help below.

If you don’t wish to register online, or if you have been a member previously and wish to re-join the Society please contact the Membership Secretary.

Frequently Asked Questions

Membership Help

We hope these points answer your question, if not please email us via the email addresses in the last two points.

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I'm having trouble logging in

If you haven't logged in before, or if your email address/password combination won't work, please try these steps:

  • Go to the Lost Password page
  • Fill in your email address and click the 'Get New Password' link.
  • You will be sent an email with a link to reset your password: click this link.
  • This will take you to the Reset Password page, and will suggest a new password for you.
  • If you're happy with this, make a note of the new password (it's a good idea to copy this using Ctrl+C on your computer as some characters look similar, e.g. 'O' and zero, or 'L' and one).
  • If you don't like the suggested password, click on it and overwrite it with something more memorable. Please use a strong password.
  • Click the Reset Password button.
  • On clicking Reset Password, you will automatically be redirected back to the Login page.
  • You can now log in using your email address and your new password.
  • If you wish to change your password in future, you can do so at any time by logging in to see My Account. You will need to click the Change Password button to save the new password.

If you've followed these steps but still can't log in, please email membership@calligraphyonline.org

I've sent a cheque but have received a renewal reminder email. Is there a problem?

No, almost certainly not.

The system is automated and sends reminders to everyone who is due for renewal. But until we update the system to let it know that you've paid, it will continue to send reminders. Sometimes we won't be able to log cheque payments immediately, so please be patient.

However, if you receive the 'final reminder' email (which should arrive the day before your membership is due to expire), please do email membership@calligraphyonline.org.

I pay by standing order but have received a renewal reminder email. Is there a problem?

No, almost certainly not.

The system is automated and sends reminders to everyone who is due for renewal.  If you have set up a Standing Order via your bank account please log in to your membership account here on the website and confirm your renewal.

In future, we hope to stop the automatic reminders for members who pay by standing order as we realise this can be irritating and worrying.

However, if you need help or have recived a cancellation please do email membership@calligraphyonline.org.

I haven't received an email

Unfortunately, some spam filters are a bit over-enthusiastic and will identify our emails as spam! To help reduce the chance of this happening, please add the following addresses to your email address list: webmaster@calligraphyonline.org and membership@calligraphyonline.org.

If you're expecting an email and haven't received it, please check your 'spam' or 'junk' folder.

Please also check that your email address is correct in our system. You can do this by clicking My Account under the Members menu, top right of the page, you may be prompted to log in.

I want to update my address/other details

You can update your details, including address, telephone number, email address and password by clicking My Account under the Members menu, top right of the page, you may be prompted to log in.

PayPal is asking me to log in, but I don't have an account / don't want to use my PayPal account

Usually, when you click the PayPal button to pay for your membership, you'll go straight to the PayPal Guest checkout screen; or, if you're logged in to PayPal already, you'll be shown your PayPal payment options.

If you don't have a PayPal account or don't want to use your PayPal account, simply click the "Pay with Debit or Credit Card" link to be taken to the Guest checkout page. You can then enter your credit/debit card details as normal.

If you have set up a yearly recurring subscription via PayPal Guest and would like to change or cancel it and you don't have a PayPal Account please contact membership@calligraphyonline.org

I would like to change my subscription I set up via PayPal

If you have set up a yearly recurring subscription via PayPal and would like to change or cancel it, please do so via your PayPal account.

I'm having a different technical problem with this website

Send an email to webmaster@calligraphyonline.org. Please include details of (a) what you did (e.g. what page you were on, what links you clicked), (b) what you expected to happen, and (c) what actually happened. If you see an error message, please copy and paste the text of this in your email.

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