Membership

The Forestry Contracting Association (FCA Membership Ltd) is the leading trade association within UK forestry and wood related industries.

The Association focuses on those businesses and individuals who are involved or interested in the contracting sector.
We are a not-for-profit pressure group driven by our members and we offer a wide range of business benefits that help members to be successful and profitable.
We also provide a platform for individuals and specialist contractors to air their views, gain knowledge from other sectors of the industry, and be given the opportunity to provide a united front as part of a professional organisation.

Members are at the heart of the organisation. It is the members who elect the three Country Policy Groups (England, Scotland and Wales) and it is from those Groups that the main Board that runs the Association is then elected.
Having members as elected representatives means that the Policy Groups and the Board comprise of like-minded individuals who understand the issues that you face.

The industry sectors that we represent and the benefits we provide are listed below.

Membership Categories

Membership Structure

Students / Retired - £25
10% discounted training through FCA Member Services, monthly E-newsletter, Magazine, Basic Best Practice CD, FCA website access: www.fcauk.com, invitations to member meetings, Suppliers' discounts, FCA Credit Card, TER Equipment Register, Non-voting members

Category I - £35
10 % Trust discount: public liability insurance, monthly E-newsletter, Magazine, 10% discounted training through FCA Member Services, entry into FCA Member Directory, Basic Best Practice CD, FCA website access: www.fcauk.com, invitations to member meetings, Suppliers' discounts, FCA Credit Card, TER Equipment Register

Category II - £70
10 % Trust discount: public liability & employers' insurance, monthly E-newsletter, entry into online Directory, Advanced Best Practice CD, 10% discounted training through FCA Member Services, Magazine, entry into FCA Member Directory, FCA website access: www.fcauk.com, invitations to member meetings, Suppliers' discounts, FCA Credit Card, TER Equipment Register

Category III - £150
10 % Trust discount: public liability, employers' insurance & professional indemnity, Manufacturers' Parts Search, monthly E-newsletter, entry into online Directory, Advanced Best Practice CD, 10% discounted training through FCA Member Services, entry into FCA Member Directory, Magazine, FCA website access: www.fcauk.com, invitations to member meetings, FCA Credit Card, Suppliers' discounts, TER Equipment Register

Associates - £ by negotiation
Magazine, monthly E-newsletter, entry into FCA Member Directory, entry into online Directory, FCA website access: www.fcauk.com, Non-voting members

All subscriptions will run from now through until March 2009. All members will be invited to renew each subsequent March.

Our new on-line Directory will provide Members with their very own web presence. You may design your web page yourself, or Nicole will design one for you including all your contact details, ensuring a full-page web advert without the hassle of having to create it yourself.

Members are able to use our logo on stationary, business cards etc. Please ask Nicole for details.

In addition, to the new Trust Insurance deals we still retain a list of companies who deal with forestry insurance issues, for all members.

The introduction of our new benefit, Manufacturers' Parts Search, enables Members to save valuable time and money. Supply Nicole by phone or email with the basic details of the part you require, and she will find the contact details of the appropriate Manufacturers' Agents, while you are able to carry on working.

All members are welcome to contact our Regional Policy Committee Members or Nicole at Head Office to discuss any issues of concern. All issues are forwarded to the Board for action.