Membership

Two membership options are available for prospective Members of the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement:


Option 1: Membership to ACGB only

Membership with the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement provides a wide range of benefits, including:

• Receive three copies per year of Grief Matters: The Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement, our peer-reviewed journal.
  
• Receive twice a year Connections, an exclusive members newsletter
  
• Receive a 20% discount on all seminars and workshops offered by the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
• Receive a members-only discount on selected publications from Open Leaves Bookshop
  
• Journal Club - Invitation to meetings, which take place three times per year
• Free member functions, including the annual Grief Lecture
• Voting rights at the Annual General Meeting

All memberships are valid for one calendar year (1st January 2010 – 31st December 2010). All memberships will expire on the 31st December 2010.

Membership rates for 2010 are as follows:
 

Member Type	Rate
Individual	$110.00
Organisational	$275.00
Student/Concessional	$85.00

 

Option 2: Membership to ACGB and ADEC

This reciprocal membership enables members to receive the full benefits of a membership to ACGB, plus the additional benefits of a membership to ADEC, the largest interdisciplinary organisation in the field of death, dying and bereavement.

The additional benefits include:

• Online Subscription to Death Studies and Omega: Journal of Death and Dying - This includes access to back issues of these journals in HTML and PDF format
• Discounted journal subscriptions for the Journal of Trauma and Loss, Mortality Journal, and Living With Loss
• Discount on Professional Certification - For fees associated with Certified in Thanatology (CT) and Fellow in Thanatology (FT) certifications
•  ADEC Connects Newsletter - Bimonthly electronic digest
•  The Forum - A members-only publication that contains news of events, articles, and current developments in the field
•  Annual Conference Discounts - Receive a substantial discount on attendance at the conference, courses and workshops in the USA
• Members Only Section & Member Directory - Exclusive access to these areas on the website
• Professional Development - Education Institute Program’s exclusive courses and workshops
• Networking Groups - Interaction with leaders in the field and fellow members in varied opportunities

All reciprocal memberships are valid for one calendar year (1st January 2010 – 31st December 2010). All memberships will expire on the 31st December 2010.

Reciprocal Membership rates for 2010 are as follows:

Member Type	Rate
Individual	$235.00
Organisational	$499.00
Student/Concessional	$130.00

The reciprocal membership with ADEC represents significant savings. To purchase a subscription of these leading journals separately and to secure the other benefits listed would cost an individual member $1,435.27. The cost to an organisational member $2,109.73 and a Student/Concessional membership would be $1,413.27.

Download a membership form here

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