The Friends’ membership is made up of subscribers who have the option to join at several levels.
Current Subscription rates:
Individual Friend: £75.00*
Couple Friends: £100.00
Benefactor Friends: £130 or more (for individuals wishing to give enhanced support to the Society)
Group Friends: £300.00 (for any educational establishment or society which shares the same objectives as the Society)
Corporate Friends: We welcome partnerships with any company, firm or other organisation which supports the Society’s objectives.
*NB Existing paid-up members of the IFE need only pay the difference of £35 to the Société des Amis in order to become a Friend.
How your money can help
Money from Friends’ subscriptions and fund-raising goes towards supporting the cultural and educational projects of the Institut français d’Écosse, as well as its practical requirements. In recent years we helped with the equipment of the new theatre in the Salle Emilienne Moreau-Evrard (retractable raked seating) and the purchase of the grand piano.
Your advantages as a Friend
As well as helping the Institute you will be joining a community of fellow Francophiles. Friends become automatic members of the French Institute. Here is the complete list of advantages of membership:
- Hiring of conference and lecture rooms in the Institute at concessionary rates
- Full borrowing rights at the Institute’s multimedia library
- Reduced rates for cultural events; free admission to weekly cinema screenings at the Institute
- Full access to the online digital platform Culturetheque from your home
- Concessionary prices for the first year of membership at the Cameo Picturehouse + concessionary rates on European matinees
- 10% discount on all purchases at L’Escargot bleu, La Barantine, Chez Roger
- 20% discount at Le Bistrot
- Invitations to events specially organised for the Friends by the Institute and the Management Committee
- Admission, at concessionary rates, to all other events supported by the Society of the Friends
Joining the Friends
To join the Friends, kindly complete the application form. You can do this online or choose to print and mail a paper version.
Join online
Complete our online form to send us your contact details, then set up a bank transfer to us in the amount of your membership.
Join by post
Download and print the membership form, then post it to us with your cheque or postal order in the amount of your membership.
To Make a Single Donation
It is also possible to make a one-off donation. Use your bank’s online or telephone banking to set up a bank transfer, or download our donation form and return it to us with your cheque.
Donate by bank transfer
Complete our online form to send us your contact details, then set up a bank transfer to us.
Donate by post
Download and print the Single Donation form, then post it to us with your cheque or postal order.
Gift Aid information
If you are a UK taxpayer, the Friends of the IFE can increase the value of your membership subscription or gift by 25% through Gift Aid.
For more information about the Government’s Gift Aid Scheme click here.
If you would like the Society of the Friends of the Institut français d’Écosse to treat your donations as Gift Aid Donations please tick the relevant box on your membership or donation form. You may also download and fill in the standalone Gift Aid Declaration and return it to the Secretary by post:
Camilla Toulmin, Secretary
31/4 India Street, Edinburgh EH3 6HE
secretary@amisifecosse.org.uk