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EAB Membership

Whether you are an expert Esperanto speaker, an absolute beginner or a supporter of the idea, you can help us to promote Esperanto by becoming a member of the Esperanto Association of Britain.

As a member of EAB, you can also benefit from:

• Lots of opportunities to use the language face-to-face
• Opportunities to make new friends though Esperanto
• A quarterly newsletter EAB Update
• A twice-yearly Esperanto language review La Brita Esperantisto
• A chance to influence EAB's activities, as a voting member
• Access to the Butler reference library and our book service
• Access to local, regional and specialist groups and a Telephone Buddy

Membership Rates

We have a range of membership categories to suit your circumstances.

Notes:

• The concessionary rate is for anyone who, for personal reasons, feels unable to pay the full membership subscription rate. We ask (and trust) you to use your own judgement here.
• We do not have specific membership categories for pensioners, students, children, unwaged people or people with disabilities, but the concessionary rate (above) may be appropriate in such circumstances.
• We no longer offer a life membership subscription option; each subscription should be paid annually.
• EAB also offers a range of qualifications, leading to the Diploma of Esperanto; for more details see the Exams page of the education section.
• The trustees can choose to recognise valued contributions from volunteers during long service by awarding the title Fellow of EAB / Fratulo de la Asocio.

It really helps us if you renew your subscription by standing order; this way we don't have to issue an annual reminder to you, and you don't have to remember to send us a cheque.

Much of our work is funded by donations from members, so if you are able to make an additional gift (either with your subscription, or at any other time) this will be most welcome. As we are a registered charity (number 272676), the trustees are required by law to make effective use of your donations in furthering the aims of the association.

Membership Application

You can download and print out the EAB Membership Application/Renewal form; use this if you want to pay by standing order or cheque/postal order (please make this payable to Esperanto-Asocio de Britio).

Alternatively, you can pay for your EAB membership online by debit or credit card; add the relevant membership category to the shopping cart, then proceed to the checkout to enter your card details:

If you do want to pay online by debit or credit card, please use a debit card for orders over £14 if possible (as our card transaction fees are lower, so more of your payment will go to EAB). If you want to include some books, CDs, DVDs or sundries from the EAB bookshop as part of your order, just add those to the shopping cart too, before proceeding to the checkout.

For terms and conditions of online orders, see the EAB Bookshop page.

If you are a UK taxpayer, please also complete a Gift Aid Declaration which costs you nothing but saves us money (for more details, see below).

EAB also acts as the UK agent for the World Esperanto Organisation / Universala Esperanto-Asocio (UEA). If you want to join UEA, you can pay your subscription by cheque (in Pounds Sterling) via EAB; UEA's online sign-up form allows you to state that you're sending the payment separately, via your national agent (landa peranto).

Gifts, Bequests and Tax

Many of EAB's important initiatives in teaching and promoting Esperanto are funded by bequests, from people who have generously made provision for our work in their will. If you would like help in planning or arranging a bequest, please contact the EAB office to ask for advice from our treasurer.

You can make a donation online, by choosing a donation value, adding it to the shopping cart, and then proceeding to the checkout.

Do be aware that for payments made by credit card, 2.75% of your payment will go to card transaction fees, so if possible please use a debit card for donations over £14 (then EAB will receive a larger proportion of your donation).

If you are a UK taxpayer, please complete a Gift Aid Declaration; this will allow us to reclaim tax on your gifts and subscriptions, at no extra cost to yourself. The Gift Aid scheme is relevant to anyone who pays UK income tax on income, investment or pensions; it allows EAB to reclaim 25p for every pound you give. If you are higher rate tax payer, you can also reclaim a higher rate refund (by declaring your gift on your tax return page TR4 box 5). If there comes a time when you no longer pay tax, please let the EAB office know.

Taxpayers who are due a refund from the Inland Revenue (for overpayment of tax) also have the option of directing that refund to a charity: quote EAB's charity code XA E3 0Y G (on your tax return's "Giving your tax repayment to charity" form).

Another way of giving is by ShareGift. Sometimes people have small holdings of shares (perhaps as a result of privatisations, scrip dividends, inheritance splits or investments that have fallen in value) and these are difficult or even impossible to dispose of because of the cost involved. However you can donate them to a charity, by transferring them to ShareGift, who collects them into holdings that are large enough to sell. ShareGift pays the commission for dealing; all you have to do is send them the share certificates with a completed donation coupon (available from ShareGift's website), and ShareGift will send you the appropriate stock transfer form.

Local Groups and Contacts

EAB is a national 'umbrella' organisation, representing Esperanto speakers and supporters throughout the UK. Many of these people organise local events or publish a local newsletter too, as part of the activities of a regional or local group - so why not consider joining up and participating at a local level too? (Some local groups do charge a small membership or attendance fee, to cover their postage costs, meeting room hire, etc.)

These are the local groups and contacts affiliated to, or known to, EAB; the list is sorted alphabetically by place name. For those groups/contacts listed without a website link, please see the "contacts" sheet in the Members' Info Pack, or contact the EAB office and ask to be put in touch with that group's leader/organiser or local contact.