Friend of the RCHM

Friend Membership is for people who want to support the RCHM without being a practising member. It has two routes in: as one of the options offered to a member whose practising membership is ending, or as an open application from a member of the public who wants to support the RCHM.

Who can become a Friend

Departing members: When a member's practising membership comes to an end, they are typically offered a choice between moving to Retired Membership or becoming a Friend.

Members of the public: Anyone can apply to become a Friend of the RCHM, whether or not they have any background in Chinese herbal medicine. This is the key difference from Retired Membership, Retired Members are definitely former practising members, whereas Friends can be, and often are, people with no herbalist background at all who simply want to support the RCHM's work.

Fee

£36 per year.

Entitlements

Friend Members:

• Receive all RCHM emails and communications

• Are invited to RCHM events

• Receive discounts

To be finalised with Jo.

What Friend Membership is not

• Friends are not practising members, and do not appear on the Find a Practitioner search facility

• Friends are not herbalists by virtue of the category, membership does not imply or require any qualification in Chinese herbal medicine