Who can become a member

Membership is open to individuals, and to not-for-profit organisations: Community Interest Companies, Charitable Trusts, Charitable Incorporated Organisations, Constituted Community Groups, and Community Benefit Societies or Co-operatives.

We don’t offer membership to organisations operating for private profit — a decision of our Board, reflecting GYUP’s own not-for-profit character. Individuals who work for or run a business are very welcome to join in a personal capacity, take part in our community initiatives, and exercise the voting rights of an individual member.

Applying as an organisation

You’re applying on behalf of an organisation, so the organisation becomes the member rather than you personally.

Please give the organisation’s name as it’s formally registered or constituted — that’s the name that will appear on our register of members and in our public listings.

You’ll be recorded as its Authorised Representative: the person who acts and votes for the organisation. Give your own name in the First name and Last name fields below. If the organisation later wants to appoint someone else, just let us know.

Why we need your address

We’re required by law to keep a register of our members, and that register must include an address.

If you’re applying as an individual, this is your home address. If you’re applying on behalf of an organisation, it must be the organisation’s registered office address as recorded at Companies House or the Charity Commission — not a correspondence address.

This is never published and never appears on the website. The town or village field below is the one that shows publicly.

If your address changes, please update it here — keeping the register current is a legal requirement we rely on you to help us meet.

What is supporting information for?

This helps the directors understand who you are when they consider your application. It isn’t published anywhere and isn’t shown on the website.

A few lines is plenty. If you’re applying as an individual, tell us something about yourself and why you’d like to join. If you’re applying for an organisation, tell us what it does and who it works with.

Separately, we’d like you to have an entry on our “Who we are” page once you’ve joined — it’s how people can see who is genuinely part of GYUP, rather than anyone simply claiming to be. We’ll be in touch about that after your application is approved.

Please note: Individual members are welcome to list their professional website or business name for networking purposes. This does not constitute an endorsement by GYUP, nor does it grant the associated business any corporate membership rights or financial benefits.