Membership Bulletin Oct 18

 

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS

 

The membership renewals are fast approaching and we will be contacting all our Individual members, Clubs, Schools and Associations in mid-October with the renewal information for 2019.

Our preferred method of contact will now be by email.  We will only send letters to those members for whom we do not hold an email address.

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP

2018 individual membership and more importantly NRA insurance expires on 31st December 2018.

Renewal information will be sent to our individual members by either email or letter in October.  If you have not heard from us by mid-November, please contact the Membership team.

Please renew your membership before 31st December to ensure continued cover.  New membership cards will be sent out by the end of the year.

Direct Debit Payments

For our individual members who have selected to pay by direct debit, the annual renewal fee will be taken on the 14th December 2018.

For those of you who wish to pay by direct debit and save £2.50 on your annual membership fee, please download and complete a form https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Direct-debit-form.pdf and send to the Membership team.  All direct debit forms should be returned by 23rd November to ensure payment is set up before the direct debit run on 14th December 2018.

Gift Aid

Gift Aid is a vital fund raising opportunity for charities such as the NRA, and is worth up to £20.00 for each NRA full member’s annual subscription. Furthermore we may be able to collected Gift Aid on four prior year’s subscriptions.  If you pay more than £20.00 of UK income tax in the year than you can Gift Aid your annual subscription; it doesn’t matter whether the tax is paid on your salary, pension or other earned income.

If you would like to donate Gift Aid to the NRA, please download and complete a form https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Gift-Aid-Declaration.pdf and send to the Membership Team.

 

CLUBS, SCHOOLS & ASSOCIATIONS

The renewal information will be sent out to all CSA secretaries by the end of October, by post.  If you have not received any information by the middle of November, please contact the Membership team.

 

SAFETY CERTIFICATION CARDS

 

Individual NRA Members

The NRA produces 4-year SCCs for their members.  These cards are available, without assessment, for NRA members who meets the following requirements:

  • Qualified NRA RCO
  • Qualified NRA Club Instructor
  • Have entered an NRA competition in the past 12 months
  • Have shot at least 3 times with the NRA Shooting Club in the past 12 months
  • Have shot with the F-Class League in the past 12 months

 

For those members who do not meet any of the above, the NRA can assess each required discipline at a cost of £25 for one discipline, or £35 for two or more.

If you do meet any of the above requirements, please request an certification application form from memadmin@nra.org.uk or contact Sarah Boxall on 01483 797777 ext 162, to arrange an assessment.

 

Clubs, Schools and Associations

2019 sees the change of the production of Safety Certification Cards for Clubs, Schools and Associations.

All current Club SCCs expire on 31st December 2018.  New cards will be produced annually in-house by the NRA for each affiliated Club member.  Member details should be uploaded onto the spreadsheet which can be found on the NRA website (https://nra.org.uk/safety-legal-and-technical/club-certification/) and sent to the Membership team, either by email:  sccrenewals@nra.org.uk or through the dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/request/T0BI6S6N3aDzDNgaN1km

Please do send your club members requirements in as soon as possible.  We would like to thank all those CSAs who have already sent through their information.

The team are working extremely hard inputting the data we have received and we will be sending out the new cards to the Club Secretaries in the coming months.

 

2018 GUEST DAYS

 

The remaining Guest Days for 2018 are listed below:

 Date Range Sessions
Saturday 27th October 600 yards – Century PM available
Saturday 24th November Gallery Rifle – Cheylesmore AM & PM

 

Attendance price is £35.00 per guest per session.

Spaces are limited so please contact the Membership team to secure your place – 01483 797777 extensions 162, 122, 138 or 142.

We will continue to hold a suite of Guest Days in 2019 at varying distances.

 

SHOOTING CLUB

 

The next NRA Shooting Club day will be held on Sunday 14th October.  The available ranges/distances are:

AM SESSION                                                      PM SESSION

Melville Range                                                  Stickledown 1000 yards – ELECTRONIC targets

Century 600 yards                                            Century 300 yards – ELECTRONIC targets

Short Siberia 100 yards

 

Followed by Thursday 25th October when we will have the following ranges/distances available:

 

AM SESSION                                                      PM SESSION

Century 100 yards                                            Century 100 yards – ELECTRONIC targets

Century 600 yards                                            Stickledown 1000 yards – ELECTRONIC targets

Melville Range

 

The NRA Shooting Club is available to all NRA members, especially those who have just passed their probationary training.  If you wish to build your confidence on the ranges the NRASC provides RCOs who are there to ensure a safe range and offer assistance.

The NRASC is run on a monthly basis and offers supported shooting on various ranges and distances either in the morning or afternoon.  The cost is £30 for the morning or the afternoon. If you want to use an NRA firearm please contact the Armoury. (01483 797 777 Ext 134, armoury@nra.org.uk)

Remaining Dates – 2018

Saturday 10th November, Thursday 22nd November, Thursday 6th December and Saturday 15th December

 

Update – Changes to Note

Ammunition is only available for purchase from the Range Office and no longer from the firing point. We have reduced the on-range admin to enable the RO’s to focus on the members and their shooting

Please be aware that lack of bookings on ranges will result in the cancellation of firing points – we will inform you of any changes within a week of the date of the Shooting Club taking place.

Melville Range continues to be poorly utilised by our Shooting Club members and we may look at removing this as an option altogether – members who wish to use Melville can do so on a ‘casual’ basis by booking in the Range Office and shooting on Bay A which is always available for casual shooters.

 

Logging your Shooting History

Do remember that you can log your shooting at Bisley online, either in the Range Office or at home, which will help you to maintain your records for FAC renewals.  Please ensure you record on the day of shooting as it cannot be entered retrospectively.

Please contact the Membership Team if you need any help setting up your online login.