Become a member

Membership is free and open to anyone aged 16 or over who wants to see the triangle looked after. You do not have to live in Thorpe.

Members have one vote each at the annual general meeting, receive the accounts and the trustees' report, and elect the trustees.

Choosing a house puts you on the grass cutting rota for it. Anyone may join whether or not they live in the village.

What being a member means

Taken from the constitution. Membership is free and there is nothing to pay, now or later.

  1. Your duty. To exercise your powers as a member in the way you decide, in good faith, would be most likely to further the purposes of the charity. That is clause 9, and it is the only obligation membership carries.
  2. The purposes. To provide facilities for recreation and leisure in the interests of social welfare for people living in, working in or visiting the Parish of Thorpe, and to provide, maintain and improve public amenities there.
  3. One vote each. At the annual general meeting and at any other general meeting, however much or little you have given.
  4. You elect the trustees, and may remove one by a two thirds majority at a general meeting called for the purpose.
  5. You receive the annual accounts, the trustees' report, and notice of every general meeting, with at least fourteen clear days' notice.
  6. You may be asked to vote in writing between meetings. A written resolution carries only if a majority of all the members agree within twenty-eight days, so not replying counts against it.
  7. No liability. If the charity is wound up, members have nothing to contribute and no responsibility for its debts. Clause 8.
  8. The register. Charity law requires us to keep one, holding your name and address. It is not published, though members and certain others may inspect it on request. We would tell you if that happened.
  9. Your application is decided by the trustees within twenty-one days. If it is refused you will be given the reasons and may appeal, which they must consider fairly.
  10. Membership ends if you resign, if you die, if money owed to the charity goes six months unpaid, or if the trustees resolve to remove you. Before that they must tell you why and give you twenty-one clear days to make your case in person or in writing.
  11. Membership cannot be transferred to anyone else.

Please read to the bottom. The box to tick is at the end.

One last thing, and it is entirely optional

The website carries a history of the village, and photographs. Nobody living is named or shown without agreeing. Say what you are happy with, and change your mind whenever you like under My account.

Leaving all four unticked is a perfectly good answer, and changes nothing else.

Gift Aid, if you pay UK tax

You do not have to give anything to be a member. But if you ever do, this lets the charity add 25p to every pound at no cost to you — including anything you have given in the past four years. Doing it now saves being asked later.

HM Revenue and Customs' own wording, which cannot be altered. Tell us if you stop paying enough tax, change your name or address, or want to cancel it. You can change this at any time under My account.

Charity law requires us to keep a register of members, which is why we ask for your address. Your email is how you sign in to the members' area and how we send you notice of meetings and anything to vote on. The register is not published. See our privacy policy.

Trustees: sign in to see applications.