Future of Membership project

The RSA is working with NCVO and a coalition of leading membership organisations to undertake new research into what membership means and what motivates people to become members.

About The Future of Membership

The Future of Membership project, which will run until April 2010, will map the different challenges, strengths, purposes and models of membership, and develop strategic scenarios for the future.

The project grew out of the Membership Project, which sought to examine implications of developments in social media for membership organisations and was also informed by the NESTA-funded RSA Networks project, which explored new ways of engaging with Fellows (members).

Find out more

  • the drivers that are particularly relevant to membership organisations
  • there will be blog posts summarising implications of news stories and other  developments relevant to membership throughout the project.
  • the research informed a Future Focus introductory guide to membership, published in March 2009.

Get involved

  • Read and comment on the news items.
  • Save and annotate the relevant drivers on the Third Sector Foresight website.
  • Email Katherine Hudson, who runs the project with suggestions and your experiences 
  • Spread the word – use the hashtag #futureofmembership on Twitter.

Partners
Action for ME
National Autistic Society
RNLI
Royal Academy of Arts
The Scout Association
Supporters Direct
National Trust
Workers' Educational Association
Ramblers
National Council for Voluntary Youth Services
Amnesty
National Children's Bureau