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Membership of St James Ethics Centre

Membership opportunities

A St James Ethics Centre membership gives you the opportunity to support the Ethics Centre in its mission to create a better world. The Ethics Centre is a not-for-profit organisation, open to all religious, philosophical and cultural traditions. Importantly it is concerned with applied ethics--how ethics fits into everyday life and to this end the Ethics Centre offers practical assistance and relief to organisations and individuals.

By becoming a member you'll help St James Ethics Centre continue to provide services such as advocacy, consulting, counselling, leadership development and training, as well as major ongoing projects including the Intelligence Squared debate series.

The benefits of a St James Ethics Centre membership

  • Social investment - The knowledge that you're helping St James Ethics Centre contribute to a better world
  • Living Ethics - Our quarterly newsletter (printed or emailed)
  • Think Piece--A series of articles on topical issues, often presented with a corresponding piece from our archives (emailed)
  • Canvass - An occasional suite of papers and presentations from a conference or event (emailed)
  • Colloquium - Bimonthly enews
  • Event benefits -Early notice and discounts for St James Ethics Cente and partner events

Types of membership

Individual membership

  • Individual membership: AU$71.50 per annum
  • Student or concession: AU$33.00 per annum

Organisation membership

  • Less than 50 employees: AU$550 per annum
  • Less than 100 employees: AU$1,100 per annum
  • More than 100 employees: AU$2,750 per annum

Additional membership benefits and member categories are planned for 2012. Membership fees will be adjusted in early 2012. All new members or renewing membes before then will receive a full year's membership at the current rates.

Apply for or renew membership

Apply offline

You can apply for membership by fax or post. Download the application form (PDF) and return it to the Ethics Centre.

Apply online

Complete the form below to apply and pay for membership online.

Select your type of membership:

Note these amounts include 10% GST and are in Australian dollars.

New or renewing member:
Concession/student card no. (if applicable):

I hereby apply to become a member of St James Ethics Centre. Upon my admission as member, I agree to be bound by the organisation's current model rules (PDF).


Once you click 'pay now' you will be taken to a secure server to complete your transaction. Note that we use the services of Paypal to process your payments securely and that you can use either a credit card or a Paypal account if you have one.

nb. There is no need to set up an account or login to make a payment. Simply go to the heading 'Don't have a PayPal account?' and click to coninue.