British Parachute Association

BPA Membership renewal

Renewal 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013

Form 101 Membership Renewal 2012-3

Please print off a renewal form (BPA Form 101) from the link above, complete the form and return it by post or fax to the BPA Office. Please allow up to 10 days when applying for renewal.

The renewal subscription is £116.35 - a reduction of £1.25 on last year, because we have been able to negotiate a lower insurance element.

The cost of joint membership is £213.54. As joint members share one copy of the Mag, both will now share the same postal address on the BPA membership database. Each joint member will of course continue to be able to have their own unique e-mail address.

Our preferred method of payment is debit card, because it costs the BPA less to process a payment by this method than by credit card or cheque.

Renewal forms will be accepted for processing only by post, fax or hand. We regret we are unable to process renewals over the 'phone or by e-mail. Renewals are avaiable on an annual basis only - no part-year renewal is available, so no reduced subscription is payable by delaying renewal.

Third party insurance cover is included in your BPA Membership - the insurance premium forms part of the membership subscription. The indemnity limit of the BPA insurance policy is £2m at BPA Affiliated Centres and £100,000 at overseas non-affiliated drop zones, excluding the USA where the policy does not apply. The policy does not provide cover for instructor negligence at non-affiliated drop zones.

Please note in particular that:

1. except for death and critical injury cover (see note below), BPA insurance does not include personal accident cover. The BPA strongly recommends that all members who jump overseas should take out their own personal accident travel insurance policy which includes cover for skydiving, with repatriation to the UK in the event of an emergency. It should include equipment and baggage cover. See section 2 below.
2. BPA insurance cover does not apply at wind tunnels
3. BPA insurance cover for non-UK residents and/or citizens performing activities outside the UK applies only at BPA Affiliated Centres or as part of a BPA-Registered Diplay Team.

BPA Members' insurance includes a separate policy giving £15K death and critical injury cover.

Click here for more on insurance and travel, including a summary of BPA Members' insurance.

BPA Membership statistics

BPA Membership totals for the membership year 2011/12, from 1 April 2011 to 31 December 2011 (9 months), compared with the previous year, 2010/11:

Weather is always a factor, sometimes a significant one, in year-on-year variance.

BPA Facts & Figures for the calendar year 2011, circulated at the January 2012 AGM.