How to Join

Associate Membership:  If you are interested in joining the Trust, you are invited to download and complete a ASTT Membership Application Form, and either post it to the Membership Secretary at the address given on the form or email a scanned copy of it to info@advanced-steam.org.

The Associate Membership fee is £12.50 for those joining before 1st July and £5 for those joining after 1st July.  Thereafter, membership is renewable on 1st January each year when the annual fee of £12.50 falls due.

Full Membership is not normally offered to new members.  It is normally available only at the invitation of the General Committee to Associate Members who have been members for two or more years and who have been actively involved in AST’s activities.  The annual fee for Full Membership is £25.00.  Full members are entitled to vote at general meetings of the Trust.

Student Membership:  If you are a full-time student or apprentice and are interested in becoming a Student Member, please download and complete the Student Membership Application Form and return it to the Membership Secretary as above.  Student membership is free.

Membership fees can be paid either by:

  • Bank transfer to ASTT’s account:  HSBC Letchworth; Sort Code: 40-28-14; Account No: 41760947;  IBAN: GB69MIDL40281441760947; Account Name: Advanced Steam Traction Trust.  (Please include your name in the “Reference” section.
  • Cheque made out to the Advanced Steam Traction Trust and posted to the Membership Secretary at:  Flat 4, 2 Kimmerghame View, Edinburgh EH4 2GP.
  • Via PayPal to info@advanced-steam.org.

Once you have become a member, it will be greatly appreciated if you could set up a Standing Order with your bank to pay your membership fee automatically on 1st January each year, thereby avoiding the need for renewal requests and reminders to be sent out.

If you are a UK member and would like to donate the tax rebate from your membership fee in the form of Gift-Aid, please fill in the Gift Aid Declaration in the same form and send it to the Membership Secretary at the address given.