Our Members are charities or social enterprises who support the circular economy in Scotland, proving social and environmental benefits for their local communities.
JOIN CIRCULAR COMMUNITIES SCOTLAND TO…
ENJOY OUR MEMBER BENEFITS
- Become part of a national network of organisations like yours.
- Ask the network questions and receive bespoke responses.
- Build partnerships with Local Authorities across Scotland.
- Trade through our Reuse Consortium.
- Support with sharing and repairing through our Share & Repair Network.
- Access to member-only newsletters with policy and funding information.
- Access to member-only events, including our Annual Conference and funding seminars.
- Have your say in our policy development.
- Be represented by Circular Communities Scotland to Scottish Government and other key stakeholders.
- Exclusive access to the Community Learning Exchange Programme.
- Annual membership pack (including certificate, window sticker and digital profile).
- Receive site visits from Circular Communities Scotland staff.
- Share your news and updates through our marketing channels.
Share & Repair Network Benefits
- 1 to 1 support for share and repair projects (advice and signposting)
- Share and repair specific newsletter
- Dedicated events programme
- Invite to our annual flagship event the ‘Share and Repair Gathering’
- Extra ad hoc support
- Access to our Share and Repair Start-Up Service
Reuse Consortium Benefits
- Sell white goods or reuse furniture through our award-winning Consortium
- Ensure you have consistent turnover of your reuse goods
- Create a reliable income for your social enterprise
- Increase your profile and further establish yourself in your community
- Develop your capacity as an organisation
- Have more income to put towards your social justice aims
- Increase your environmental and social impact
Membership of Circular Communities Scotland is crucial to our business model. Circular Communities Scotland provides us with great networking opportunities within the reuse and repair sector, analysis and legislation updates and more importantly it is a friendly, trusted source of support that has always been important to us. If you’re in the Reuse and Repair sector, then you NEED to be a member of Circular Communities Scotland – sign up today!
Elaine Brown, Edinburgh Remakery
COST OF MEMBERSHIP
Social enterprises, charities or community organisations involved in re-use, repair, recycling or waste education work in Scotland qualify for membership of Circular Communities Scotland.
Membership is free for organisations that have an annual turnover of less than £50k.
MEMBER Fees based on annual turnover
| Annual Turnover | Membership Fee |
| Under £50k | Free |
| £50k – £100k | £50 |
| £100k – £250k | £125 |
| £250k – £2 million | £250 |
| £2 million – £5 million | £375 |
| Over £5 million | £500 |
Our membership year is the calendar year (January to December) if you join part way through the year your membership fee will be pro-rata’d for the number of months remaining during the year.
We also have Supporter Membership for the private and public sector. Our Supporter Members are advocates of our network and get their own set of member benefits.
More details on Supporter Membership »
Apply to join Circular Communities Scotland
Please complete the following form to start your application to Circular Communities Scotland:
“Our membership team will be in touch soon, there may be some supplementary questions to answer. All applications go through our internal verification process and are subject to our Board of Trustees giving final approval.”
Membership values
All we ask of our members, is to:
- Support the growth of the community resource management sector
- Demonstrate a commitment to the principles of zero waste and the circular economy
- Consider collaboration and partnership with other members
- Strive to achieve local accountability in the delivery of their services
- Support the creation of local employment and volunteering opportunities
- Strive to be well governed and managed organisations
- Seek to operate in a sustainable and ethical manner
- Share knowledge and information with Circular Communities Scotland and other members
- Seek to avoid unfair or inappropriate competition with other members