Image of Market day in Wigton in the early 1920s.

Become a Member of CCHT

To join, please download and print the application form, and post to the address on the form, with your subscription (details on form)

The Cumbria County History Trust is a charity which any interested individual, history and heritage society, museum, or commercial organisation can join. The members elect a number of trustees, to join those nominated by the founding organisations, and elect the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer of the organisation at the Annual General Meeting. Therefore joining the charity allows you to have a say in how the project is managed.

Members Ordinary membership is £25 per annum, and entitles members to all the normal rights of membership in the Constitution of the CCHT. Members are asked to subscribe by a covenant for five years, enhanced by tax giving if appropriate.

Our Founder Members, who joined in our first year, and have subscribed £100 per annum for the first five years are listed in our Roll of Honour, and will be named in the first volume which we publish.  We have also recently introduced a new category, Gold Membership, for those who have joined since the launch, but who have made a similar commitment for the first five years of our existence.

Become a VCH volunteer

The VCH Cumbria project is a long-term collaborative project, whereby volunteers from the Cumbrian community will collect the basic historical material, write the histories and create the topographical database.  At the same time the project will provide a vehicle for the future education, training and participation of all those who wish to make a contribution, ensuring that everyone can play a part, while ensuring  the published histories will be of the highest standards. Within the project there will be roles for people of all stages of qualification and experience, including absolute newcomers. 

Volunteers should ideally also be members of CCHT, and should indicate their  interest in volunteering on the form when joining.

For further information about membership or volunteering, or to express interest, please contact Richard Brockington:-01768 870352 or email richard.brockington@mypostoffice.co.uk

Please visit our frequently asked questions page for more information on becoming a volunteer and researching for VCH Cumbria.

Members' Only Pages  

Once you have become a member of CCHT you can apply for a user name and password to access the members' only pages of this website. To do this, use the 'Contact Us' form to request a user name and password. Once these have been sent to you, please use the log-in facility in the top right-hand corner of the home page.

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