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To join, simply go to the membership portal and follow the sign-up process. When presented with the options to select the roles, age-group and level (national league, local league or BUCS for players, coaches and bench personnel and national or region for officials) you wish to participate at and the system will apply the appropriate licence.
If you wish to participate in multiple roles, you will only pay for the most expensive licence type.
Coaches and officials operating at senior NBL level require a performance membership and validation of their licence to be active and insured.
Those coaching or officiating only in Jnr. NBL need only become a participant member and validation of their licence to be active and insured.
Those coaching and officiating with a valid performance membership and licence for senior NBL can also operate in Jnr NBL.
Please email [email protected] quoting your membership number and outlining the information you wish to be updated.
There is a forgotten details link below the login area: https://membership.basketballengland.co.uk/Account/ForgotLoginDetails
Please click on this and you will be able to recover your membership number using the email address attached to the account.
You will be able to request a password reset link using your membership number.
Please make sure to check your spam folder for any emails you request.
Basketball England will aim to consider all applications meeting the required conditions within seven business days.
Yes, everyone requires their own profile.
The membeship tier you need depends on what role or role you're doing in the game, and at what level.
For more information on our three tiers of membership, Supporter, Participant and Performance, plus the costs for each one, click here.
Join Basketball England by clicking here, and follow the on page instructions.
If you already have an account with us, please DO NOT set up a duplicate account, use your existing one.
To log into your existing account, click here.
Our supporter membership offers all the off-court benefits our other memberships offer.
If you need a licence to play, coach or officiatie, then make sure you choose a Participant or Performance membership.
Otherwise, Supporter should provide you with everything you need.
All under-18 memberships include a welcome pack.
Please note: eligibility is based on your age as of 1 July of each season for Participation or Performance membership.
For Supporter membership, you will need to be under-18 on the date you join or renew your membership.
Yes, contact our Membership Services team who will be able to help with this: [email protected]
Officials operating at senior NBL level require a performance membership and validation of their licence to be active and insured.
Those officiating only in Jnr. NBL need only become a participant member and validation of their licence to be active and insured.
Those officiating with a valid performance membership and licence for senior NBL can also operate in Jnr NBL.
Absolutely! If you aren't participating in basketball in any way in England, our Supporter membership is the ideal option to show your support from afar and will enable you to be a part of the Basketball England family.
Your membership fee helps funds a huge range of work both locally to you and on a national level.
Membership revenue is used to support the game at all levels, both by BE and also by other stakeholders like the British Basketball Federation (BBF) and Basketball England's ten regions.
The following graphic* provides a basic overview of how membership revenue supports the sport:
* - Graphic is for illustrative purposes only. All segments are estimates.
There are many that differ slightly across our three tiers of membership.
All are listed in detail on our membership page, and a full list of benefits can be viewed by clicking here.
Yes. You can find full details of what your insurance covers as a player, coach or official here: https://www.howdengroup.com/uk-en/basketball-england
There's also more information about Insurance in the relevant section further down this page.
No. As stated in our Rules and Regulations - Under Section 17 'INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP & LICENSING' - '17.3 All fees are exempt from VAT and are non-refundable'.
A licence grants you permission to play, coach, officiate or perform any other number of roles within various national, local and regional competitions in England.
Your licence validates your insurance, which covers your for accidents as well as including professional indemnity and public liability insurance if you are a coach or officiate.
As a Basketball England licence holder, your licence extends to Great Britain led programmes and international fixtures through their affiliation with FIBA.
Once you have purchased a membership, you will need to validate your licence, and the criteria for each licence varies.
All players, coaches, and officials require a BE membership and licence before they can get involved with a basketball game
This will depend on the competition level you are competing or officiating in.
If it is a national level competition like the NBL, WNBL or Jnr. NBL, you will need a Performance membership.
If you are competing in a regional, local or BUCS competition, a participant membership is required.
A Performance membership and associated licence also covers regional and local competitions, so if you play across all levels a Performance membership and licence is all you need.
If you play and coach, or partake in any other role at the same club or another one, upon joining select all the licences you require.
You will be charged based on the most expensive one, with all other licences included within the fee.
You will still need to undertake the various validation required for each licence for it to be activated.
It is likely suspended as we require your club to process you through FIBA clearance.
Please contact your club regarding the next steps required.
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Please head to the 'Clubs and Teams' section of your profile.
In that section, you can request to be released from your current club. Once the release has been actioned, you can use either your club's name or their 'CA code' to send a request through.
A Basketball England Membership doesn't hold an expiry date as this is free.
National League player licences are valid from 1 Septemeber-31 May and all others are valid until 31 August.
Send a copy of your certificate to [email protected] and the details can be added to your membership.
There are a number of reasons why a document may have been rejected, but the most common issues are:
If you need to speak to someone about a rejected document, please contact us here.
Yes, all participants in regular activity, training or competition, should be licenced members of Basketball England.
