We have an annual membership fee of £25, for a year of membership in the club, which is part of the Academy of Historical Arts organisation.
The purpose of membership, first and foremost, is supporting the club and helping us keep our doors open! The club has invested quite a significant amount of money in loaner equipment for new members, and there are always financial obligations of various kinds for any sort of group or organisation.
Other benefits of membership include:
- public liability insurance cover
- discounts for attendance at events organised by the club or by the Academy of Historical Arts
- discounts on purchases through our club’s online shop
- discounts on purchases through the Academy of Historical Arts shop
- membership of a pro-active umbrella organisation with a vested interest in developing and improving the HEMA community in the United Kingdom
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Terms & Conditions, and Refunds Policy
Cancellations & Refunds
You may request to cancel your membership of Liverpool HEMA at any time. This request must be in writing, via some reasonably permanent medium: an email to the organisation would be acceptable, but a Facebook message is not suitable. We will cancel your membership within two weeks of receiving your request in writing.
When you cancel your membership, you will no longer be a Member, and you will instead be a guest whenever you attend one of our activities, sessions, or events. You will not receive any of the discounts or benefits for being a Member anymore.
If you cancel your membership within two weeks (fourteen days) of paying for it, we will provide you a full refund, unless you have used your membership to attend a session, to receive a discount, or to utilise any of the other advantages or benefits of membership, or if we have already purchased your insurance policy in your name. In other words, we can only refund a membership that has been unused and where the cancellation has been requested before we process the insurance.
Duration of Membership
Your membership will run for one calendar year from the day you register your membership.
Data Protection
We will keep your personal information to ourselves and will not distribute it to any third party. The data will be treated confidentially in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the more recent GDPR.
We shall use an accredited third-party service to collect the payment, so that the service is PCI compliant and the payment will be taken securely. We will not see your card or bank details unless you choose to show them to us. Your data will be kept safe, secure, and private.
Assumption-of-Risk Notice
All members of Liverpool HEMA must acknowledge the following:
1) you acknowledge and fully recognise that by participating, you will be engaging in activities that involve a risk of injury, and that you have a duty to follow instructions and make the activity as safe for yourself and for others as possible.
2) you acknowledge and accept that there is a health and safety policy and also a code of conduct that must both be followed by everyone in the club.
3) you acknowledge and accept that photography happens at training sessions, in line with the club photography policy.
Updates to this Policy
This policy may be updated at any time, and the updated terms will be effective immediately.