Deben Canoe Club

Join us

Why Join Us?

a) Kayak and canoe paddling takes place in a challenging environment. We have coaches trained to manage the risks and make a challenging activity great fun.

b) Our coaches have many years of coaching experience and can train you to almost any level of paddling you wish.

c) Its great fun, good socially, excellent exercise and being on the river is a brilliant stress buster.

We have such a wonderful river right on our door step. Experiencing it from a kayak or canoe is truly magical.

How to Join Us?

We welcome new members at any time of year, but tend not to take beginners out onto the river until towards the end of April when the evenings are getting light again. Our membership year actually runs from the beginning of April to the end of March, but if you join us during the winter period, we will extend your membership for the following year as well, so you will always get a summer season in your first 'year's' subscription.

As a club we use a dedicated Sports Club Management Platform called SPOND. To become a member please complete the following form: DCC Membership Form 

If you already have a SPOND account for another club, please make sure you use the same email address that you used with that account on the DCC membership form and SPOND will automatically present details from both clubs in your SPOND APP.

The club has the following membership categories:-

• Member: Active Coach/Leader - Free [A coach or leader who is current against the clubs Standards for Deployment and expecting to provide support with sessions over the coming season.]
• Member: Junior (16 or under) - £20.00
• Member: Student (16+ and in Full Time Employment) - £25.00
• Member: Senior (Not in Full Time Employment) - £25.00
• Member: Senior (In Full Time Employment) - £35.00

Please Note:

Families: We implement a £50.00 cap on families so we need to know that you are all in one family.

• Please complete a separate membership form for each family member.
• IMPORTANT: Each Family Member needs their own email account to have their own account on SPOND and so to be able to login to SPOND. Guardians can manage accounts on behalf of children who do not need an email/SPOND account.
• Please complete the Family ID field with the name and surname of the lead family member so we can link the family groupings together. (The lead family member will get bills on behalf of the family)
• Please complete all the family membership forms at the same time, so that when we process them we process the whole family as a block. SPOND makes a bit of a meal of capping the fees if the processing happens in separate stages.

Active Coaches/Leaders: In the last few years we have offered free membership to Coaches and their families. This has led to free membership for people who are no longer Active or Current, so we could not deploy them. For this year the membership class has been clarified as "Active Coach/Leader". An Active Coach/Leader is one who is current so that we can deploy them. If in doubt, please contact the membership team (email below).

• Active Coaches/Leaders are expected to be up to date (or expecting to be up to date early in the season) against the current standards for deployment. This means that coaches have current First Aid, Safeguarding training, CPD, Risk Assessment Training, Code of Conduct Training etc.
• Active Coaches/Leaders are asked to confirm that they have read and agree to abide by the Clubs Safety Framework, that also references the DWSC SOPs. 

After submitting your membership form, we will process it and then you will be sent an invoice for payment. This allows us to check that the correct fees are being requested (e.g. Family discounts). If the request is not as you were expecting, please contact the membership team (email below).

Please also setup an account on the SPOND platform: https://www.spond.com It is important that you use the email address that you used when applying for membership, as this binds your SPOND account to your DCC Membership. If you are an existing user of SPOND (with a different club) then this account can be used with Deben Canoe Club as well.

If you have any questions about membership, please contact the club at: membership@debencanoeclub.org.uk

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