Paper A. BDA/LDA Shared Membership. February 2011

'As you are aware the BDA has been working with LDAs towards a solution for Shared Membership. This scheme is based on both organisations working together for the benefit of their members and dyslexic people to enable the BDA to lobby government as the Voice of Dyslexia'.

The BDA is actively campaigning to seek new individual members. With their permission these new members and their details will be shared, with an LDA within their geographical location. For the scheme to work, the LDA will need the majority of their members to accept the sharing of their details with the BDA, this will produce various benefits.

Benefits for LDAs and their Members

LDAs receive:
• £7 per each new BDA member
• Support and training (Helpline, LAB, etc.)
• Invitation to AGM, Council Meetings, Members' Day and more.
• LDA voting right (1 voting right per LDA).

LDA Members receive:
• Membership to Local Dyslexia Association and the BDA
• Contact Magazine 3 times a year
• Consultation on key dyslexia issues
• Invitation to AGM, Council Meetings, Members' Day and more
• An individual BDA voting right.

All LDAs within the scheme will be required by the data protection act to display the following statement and the benefits noted above regarding their membership forms and renewal letters:

'The information you provide on this form will be used to process your membership. The information will only be passed to the British Dyslexia Association for the purposes of membership and communication as stated in the membership benefits. Please tick on this line:______if you do not wish your details to forwarded'.