MEMBERSHIP: JOINING PHOENIX CANOE CLUB

Phoenix Canoe Club membership for 2024/25 with low annual subscription rates, combined with pay-as-you-go for Sunday Club “Supervised Sessions” between 1pm and 4pm. Club Member “Supervised Sessions” are £6 for Junior members and £9 for Senior members. Non-members with a minimum of Kayak level 1 or equivalent can take part in “Supervised Sessions” at £12 for youth from 9-17 and £18 for adults. There is no charge for members attending a course, as the cost will be included in the course fee. To take out membership you need to be at our Introductory Level 1 Kayak or Canoe (British Canoeing Paddle Discover or One Star) or above. All participants on river trips must be Phoenix Canoe Club members.

You can take join at any time, however, you need to provide details of your personal paddling awards before taking part in activities or sessions. Annual Membership is by payment of annual subscription from 1^st April – 31^st March. We have varying membership rates for Junior (9-17), Senior and Concessions as well as a Family Membership rate. You can access Club policies, forms and information sheets from the Downloads section.

2024/25 MEMBERSHIP RATES

£35   Adult (18+)

£30   Adult (OVER 60)

£25   Adult (F/T Student)

£25   Junior (9-17)

£20   Junior (Sibling)

£100 Family Membership (2 adults + your own children)

All family members must have the Introductory Level 1, BC Paddle Discover Award or 1 Star minimum.

£50   Kayak Indoor Storage (limited space available). You are responsible for insuring and securing your kayak.

If you have Introductory Level 1 Kayak or Canoe, BC Paddle Discover, 1 Star or higher award – join or renew your membership here

Click the blue button below and you will be taken to our “WebCollect” page where you can renew membership, purchase courses, river trips and activities. You can pay using PayPal, Debit or Credit Cards via the PayPal button or by BACS. Please use the bookings page to complete the forms and payments – we will update your records when PayPal or BACS, payments appear in our account. PayPal is our preferred method of payment.

Membership

CONFIDENTIALITY

When you book onto a course, we need to capture certain personal information. We need this so that we can contact you and be aware of any particular needs to run the session or course effectively and safely. We hold information digitally and in sometimes in hard copy for all of our registered club members, including address, telephone contacts, e-mail address and declared health information. This information is restricted to system administrators and not disclosed to any other agencies.

Please advise the Duty Coach of any health problems that may affect you during normal Club sessions. We will ask you at Membership renewal to check and update any information that we hold on the bookings page. Please inform us at any time if the information we have needs updating. For more information about how we look after your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy on the Downloads page.

CHILD PROTECTION CONTACT

Christine Hayes is our Child Protection and Safeguarding officer. Should anyone, coach, adult, parent or child, have any concerns over infringement of children’s or vulnerable adults rights, including abuse of a physical, sexual, emotional nature or neglect – please contact her in confidence – thadmor@mac.com / 07535 897868. Please review the Child Protection Leaflet for Parents on the Downloads page.

NEWSLETTERS

We have a weekly Newsletter that is sent by email to all members detailing forthcoming events and activity reports. Members are free to advertise in the newsletter and put forward articles and reports. You can subscribe to the mailing list by adding your e-mail in the Sign Up box at the bottom of the page. If you want to find out information for schools and youth groups or general Outdoor Centre activities, sign up to the relevant Newsletters on the Phoenix Outdoor Centre web page.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Visit our Facebook, Instagram or Twitter page to look at the latest trip reports, videos and photos. Please feel free to Like us and provide articles and comments. You can review our Social Media Policy on the Downloads page.