Civic Voice is the national organisation for civic societies in England. We’re developing a new plan in 2025-30 for increased positive impact of the civic movement on communities and our shared built environment. To support this, we are working on a new membership offer, and want you to be on board.
Full members of Civic Voice are local societies, each having a vote at our AGM. Individual members can also access the benefits below, but are 'associate' members and do not have votes at our AGM.
*if under £100k annual income. NCVO is the National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Join and support us to scale up the support we can offer to you. We are working on the following projects in 2025-26.
Join the movement
Properly constituted local civic and amenity societies in England who share in our vision for better places are encouraged to join, so that Civic Voice can support them to grow their membership, activity and impact. By joining, you are also supporting Civic Voice in its national and regional work to engage decision makers in making better places together with local communities.
Subscription rates
For organisational memberships falling due up to 31st March 2026, and for new memberships, the board have agreed to charge £2 per individual member of that organisation. So if you tell us that you have 200 paying members, your organisational subscription this year would be £400. The board have also increased the cap on subscriptions from £500 to £600.
Discounted membership offers this year only
We are offering discounts* on this rate for the following reasons, which qualifying societies are able to combine: -
*Discounts can be withdrawn at any time at the discretion of the board, and will be regularly reviewed.
Subscription rates have remained unchanged for many years, despite inflation and increased business costs. To maintain an independent voice for members, and to develop the support needed to see local society growth, a full review of membership structure and rates calculation will take place within the next 12 months.
"We need to reverse a circle of decline of fewer members, less income, reduced impact, and pressure to reduce the membership fee, to create a circle of growth - investing in membership, supporting recruitment, building funding streams, and ensuring greater impact.
We want local societies to decide Civic Voice membership is not just useful but essential, and is affordable because it has resulted in stronger local group finances too."
Rob HattersleyCEO from 2025, Civic Voice"We're pleased that the new member offer under development gives local societies some excellent reasons to join or re-join as we move into an exciting new phase.
We look forward to welcoming many new and returning members this coming year."
Robert OsborneCo-chair, Civic VoiceFill in the form below and we will send you an invoice for the calculated membership fee. You'll be able to pay online by card, or by setting up payment via your bank account.
Cheques will only be accepted this year in exceptional circumstances and will be phased out in 2026.
Civic Voice encourages everyone to join their local civic society. But we also offer individual associate memberships when you may not have a local society to join. Individual associate members have access to same benefits, but only member organisations can vote.
Our base rate is £20 per individual. Fill in the form and we will send you a payment link. When you have paid, we will send you a confirmation email and add you to our member newsletters.
