Become a Federation of Cumbria Commoners Member
By Commoners for Commoners.
Why Membership is Important
Our strength is we are ordinary commoners. We bring our down-to-earth farming experience, common sense, and a practical approach to policy discussions around hill farming. Very few other organisations can talk from the grass roots and Ministers and civil servants appreciate this. We talk to the Government, National Parks and AONBs, Local Authorities, Conservation Organisations and commons owners.
We stand up for hill farmers now, and for future generations. To do this effectively we need to hear from you. You know best what’s going on in your area. Tell us the good stuff and the not so good stuff, where you see your future and what you’d like us to say to Government and all the other Agencies who are influencing what happens on hill land.
Your membership subscription allows us to provide a voice for the sector.
We Offer 4 Types of Membership
The Federation is a grassroots organisation run by commoners, for commoners. We provide voice for commoners and hill farmers in the north of England. Our funds come almost entirely from membership fees. So, your support is vital.
Commoners’ Associations Membership
Many Commoners’ Associations are members of the Federation of Cumbria Commoners. They join as an organisation and their members automatically become members of the Federation and can attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting and other General Meetings. All members are eligible to stand for election to the committee.
Annual Membership fee £20 per year (Jan – Dec) for each member. This is collected and paid by your Commoners’ Associations.
Individual Membership
Any person who has rights of common in Cumbria can join as an individual. You can vote at the Annual General Meeting and other General Meetings. You are eligible to stand for election to the committee
Annual Membership fee £20 per year (Jan – Dec)
Affiliate Members: Northumberland, Durham and Lancashire
Any person who has rights of common in Northumberland, Durham and Lancashire can join as an individual or via your Association. You can vote at the Annual General Meeting and other General Meetings. Affiliate members can be co-opted on to the committee.
Annual Membership fee £20 per year (Jan – Dec)
Supporter Members
Membership is available to individuals or organisations interested in supporting the aims of the Federation but don’t have rights of common. You can attend the AGM and other General Meetings but you don’t have the right to vote on motions.
Annual Membership fee £20 per year (Jan – Dec)
What You Get As a Member
- Our newsletter – published twice a year and packed with articles to keep you abreast with the latest news and policy developments.
- An occasional e-newsletter with information and updates regarding commons.
- Our Annual Meeting and gathering – always interesting and well attended.
- Lobbying through direct talks with decision makers and politicians, letter writing to Ministers, senior civil servants and MPs.
- Research and data collection on commoning.
- A listening voice and the opportunity to take members’ issues to a higher level.
Building coalitions with commoners from other parts of England, so we can learn from each other and increase our collective voice.
‘It is not necessarily those lands which are the most fertile or most favoured in climate that seem to me the happiest, but those in which a long adaptation between man and his environment has brought about the best qualities of both; in which the landscape has been moulded by numerous generations of one race, and in which the landscape in turn has moulded the race to its own character’
T.S. Eliot, After Strange Gods 1933