{"id":43740,"date":"2025-12-05T11:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?page_id=43740"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:31:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:31:28","slug":"benefits-of-affiliation-for-school-and-university-clubs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/clubs\/club-affiliation\/benefits-of-affiliation-for-school-and-university-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Affiliation for school and university clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-43731\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/11\/Kingsmead-School-students-proudly-show-their-results-300x129.jpg\" alt=\"Group of school children each holding up a radio kit they have constructed\" width=\"928\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/11\/Kingsmead-School-students-proudly-show-their-results-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/11\/Kingsmead-School-students-proudly-show-their-results-150x65.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/11\/Kingsmead-School-students-proudly-show-their-results-768x331.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/11\/Kingsmead-School-students-proudly-show-their-results-1536x662.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/11\/Kingsmead-School-students-proudly-show-their-results-2048x883.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Calling all school, university and uniformed youth group* amateur radio clubs! Look at all the great reasons to affiliate your club to the RSGB.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>(And the best news is it&#8217;s <strong>free<\/strong>!)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Enjoy your monthly edition of RadCom in the post, as well as RadCom Basics and RadCom Plus via the <a href=\"http:\/\/rsgb.org\/radcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSGB app<\/strong><\/a> (available for desktop, mobile and tablet)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Promote your club&#8217;s activities in RadCom<a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/radcom\/\">,<\/a> in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/gb2rs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GB2RS news<\/a><\/strong>, and via our website<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Take advantage of extra special book discounts by contacting the RSGB Sales Department on 01234 832700 or <strong><a href=\"mailto:sales@rsgb.org.uk\">sales@rsgb.org.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Benefit from the facilities of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/operating\/qsl-bureau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSGB QSL Bureau<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; for cards bearing the club station call sign<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Participate in contests for RSGB affiliated clubs<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Help us protect the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/spectrum-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>spectrum<\/strong><\/a>. By adding your name to ours and affiliating your club with the RSGB, you are helping us protect the spectrum for today\u2019s and tomorrow\u2019s radio amateurs.<\/h4>\n<h4>We are pleased to be able to offer school and university affiliated clubs access to editions of RadCom, in order to support engagement and learning within their settings.<\/h4>\n<h4>* Uniformed youth groups refer to Scouts, Girlguiding and Cadet groups.<\/h4>\n<h3><strong>Hear from an affiliated school club<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>Read why <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/school-zone-stories\/2026\/03\/10\/rsgb-affiliated-school-club-heritage-school-electronics-and-radio-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Heritage School Electronics &amp; Radio Club (G7HSC)<\/strong><\/a> chose to affiliate with the RSGB.<\/h4>\n<h3><strong>How to affiliate<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsgbshop.org\/acatalog\/PDF\/RSGB_school_club_affiliation_form_2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>school and university club affiliation form<\/strong><\/a> and send or email it to your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/regional-managers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local Regional Representative<\/a><\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Please note, members of the club need to be students or members of the institution or group.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Discover more!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>Find out about our work to inspire <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/youth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">young people<\/a><\/strong> through amateur radio.<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43821 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/11\/GB2GP-JOTA-at-Gilwell-Park-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Young girl in Scout uniform wearing safety goggles whilst soldering\" width=\"534\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/11\/GB2GP-JOTA-at-Gilwell-Park-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/11\/GB2GP-JOTA-at-Gilwell-Park-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/11\/GB2GP-JOTA-at-Gilwell-Park-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/11\/GB2GP-JOTA-at-Gilwell-Park-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2025\/11\/GB2GP-JOTA-at-Gilwell-Park.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all school, university and uniformed youth group* amateur radio clubs! Look at all the great reasons to affiliate your club to the RSGB. (And the best news is it&#8217;s free!) Enjoy your monthly edition of RadCom in the post, as well as RadCom Basics and RadCom Plus via the RSGB app (available for desktop, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20373,"featured_media":0,"parent":12650,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-43740","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43740"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48896,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43740\/revisions\/48896"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}