9 S T R U C T U R E A N D M E M B E R S H I P IHBC MEMBERS BY PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION (including IHBC affiliates and associates) reduced from five years to two years. Associate membership is awarded to practitioners who have demonstrated to the IHBC their specialist skills, knowledge and experience in conservation in their primary discipline area of practice. Affiliate membership is available for those who have not yet demonstrated to council the criteria for full membership, but wish eventually to gain full membership. CONCESSIONS AND SUPPORT Membership is available at concessionary rates for those who are on low wages. Other members who make a case that they are suffering financial hardship due to low wage or part-time work or other relevant reasons may be eligible for further reductions. All forms of concessionary membership last only for the subscription year that they are agreed. Retired This form of membership allows a reduced subscription rate for existing members who retire but wish to remain in contact with the institute although they are no longer gainfully employed in conservation. Those wishing to apply for this form of membership should write to the membership services officer confirming that they are no longer gainfully employed in conservation or otherwise. Libraries This is a form of subscribing membership where an organisation, rather than an individual, may access our services and benefits. Those wishing to apply for this form of membership should contact the membership secretary who will advise them of the subscription rate applicable. All members have the right to receive notices, literature and Context. The Membership & Ethics Committee, subject to the approval of council, will decide on eligibility for and class of membership. All membership information is kept on a computer database and names and addresses can be used for mailing of appropriate information to members subject to stated preferences on the membership application form and careful control by officers. Professional affiliations: The institute remains the sole professional body for half its membership. One in four IHBC members is also a member of one of the architectural, surveying or engineering bodies, and one in five is a member of the RTPI. (Data compiled March 2015) Fields of employment: For the first time more IHBC members are employed in the private sector (45%) than in local and central government employment (42%). By comparison, in the same period of 2010 half of all IHBC members were employed in either local or central government (49%), with a smaller proportion in the private sector (38%). Then, as now, voluntary sector and non-government organisations accounted for the bulk of the remainder (7%). IHBC MEMBERS BY EMPLOYMENT 46 Archaeologists 57 Builders 38 Engineers 2% Education 1% Misc 4% Voluntary sector 10% Central government 3% NGOs 45% Private sector 3% Not known or unemployed 32% Local government None (IHBC affiliates and associates) 160 Surveyors IHBC only (full members) 361 Architects 447 Town planners To apply for membership please see www.ihbc.org.uk/join/index.html MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS 2015 Subscriptions are due annually on 1 April and can be paid by direct debit or by cheque (made payable to the Institute of Historic Building Conservation). Members, affiliates and associates £110 per annum Concessionary rate £55 per annum (available to those with an annual income below £17,500, subject to proof of income and renewed annually) Retired members £55 per annum Hardship support If you are having difficulty meeting the cost of our membership fees you can apply for hardship support (see www.ihbc.org.uk/join/Hardship/ index.html). Successful applicants typically have their fees reduced by 75 per cent of the full rate.
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