Membership Growth Planning: 7 Practical Strategies to Prioritise in 2026
Membership growth isn’t just about attracting new members. The most successful membership organisations focus on engagement, retention, member value, and operational efficiency alongside recruitment. In this guide, we explore seven practical strategies that can help membership organisations build sustainable growth in 2026 and beyond.
New GDPR Rules: Is your Membership Organisation Ready?
A new data protection requirement comes into force in June 2026, introducing mandatory processes for handling formal data protection complaints. The change applies not only to UK membership organisations, but to any organisation that processes UK personal data. While many organisations will focus on the compliance implications, the real challenge often lies elsewhere. New complaint handling requirements, subject access requests, and consent management all become significantly harder when member data is spread across multiple systems, spreadsheets, and teams. Here’s why the latest legislation may be highlighting a much bigger data management problem.