Quaker Membership

Join a much-valued group of friends, enjoy exclusive membership benefits and ensure that our unique community work of art is championed. www.quaker-tapestry.co.uk Benefits of Membership

Your membership brings so many benefits How to Join to our work that we want to show our Please complete the form on the back of appreciation in return. the leaflet and return it to the Membership Secretary at the Quaker Tapestry Museum, - A Membership Pack on joining , Stramongate, - Free and unlimited entry to the Kendal, , LA9 4BH Quaker Tapestry Exhibition in Kendal If you would like to gift a Membership - 10% discount on all Quaker Tapestry shop to a friend please email: and mail order purchases [email protected] - An invitation to attend the Members’ Weekend of exclusive events and the AGM Testimonial - Regular Members’ newsletters “The Membership itself is not what I love but - A Quaker Tapestry calendar what it brings. I do love being involved with the - Permission to sing the praises of our Quaker Tapestry in so many ways - like the Tapestry and our work! volunteering, the giving talks, spending time embroidering in the exhibition room, meeting the public and listening to their responses to the Tapestry and finally the Members’ weekend in June of trips, meals and socialising.” About the Quaker Tapestry

Visitors to the museum are invited to journey through the Quaker influence on the modern world: explore the industrial revolution, developments in science and medicine, astronomy, the abolition of , social reform, and ecology; delight in the detail of the stunning and the craftsmanship involved in its creation; and admire the Georgian Meeting House, which celebrates its 200th anniversary in 2016.

350 years of social history and fascinating With interactive displays, films, audio guides human stories are brought to life in and children’s activities there’s something 77 vibrant embroidered panels at the for visitors of all ages. award-winning Quaker Tapestry Museum in Kendal. Valuing our Members

Our Membership is of huge benefit to us Our Members’ newsletters are full of stories as a charity. Membership subscriptions, about volunteer contributions and their and the additional fundraising activities of the importance to us. If you would like to members, help us to maintain and improve find out more about volunteering with us, the exhibitions, host Quaker Tapestry please call 01539 722975. Roadshows around the country, share the stitches and techniques of community Our strength lies in your Membership and , and continue our work with the without you we couldn’t continue to thrive visitors and community groups who enjoy or tell the story of our modern masterpiece our museum on a daily basis. in which 4,000 men, women and children from 15 countries had a hand. Members often become volunteers too, really getting involved in the success of the Quaker Tapestry and our work.

Telephone 01539 722975 Quaker Tapestry Museum [email protected] Friends Meeting House, Stramongate www.quaker-tapestry.co.uk Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4BH

Registered Charity no. 1035077 Membership Subscriptions

(Please tick one) Annual UK - £25 Annual Rest of World - £31 Life Membership (under 60s) - £300 Life Membership (over 60s) - £250

Membership Application Form

First Name: Surname: Address: Postcode: Telephone number: Email address: If you are happy to receive our newsletter via email we can save a little on costs and you can read the news sooner. Don’t worry if not, we do post the newsletter twice a year too.

Payment By Standing Order (please complete form below) By Cheque payable to: ‘Quaker Tapestry Ltd’ I also enclose an additional donation of

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Gift Aid I confirm I have paid or will pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax for each tax year (6 April to 5 April) that is at least equal to the amount of tax that all the charities or Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) that I donate to will reclaim on my gifts for that tax year. I understand that other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify.

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I understand the Quaker Tapestry will reclaim 25p of tax on every £1 that I give and I would like you to treat as Gift Aid this and all future subscriptions and donations to Quaker Tapestry Ltd until I notify you otherwise. I understand that if the total amount of tax reclaimed by all the charities I Gift Aid to in any tax year, exceeds the amount of tax I paid in that year, HMRC will seek to collect the difference from me.