Everything you need to know about becoming a WIG member organisation
HOW IT WORKS
The Whitehall & Industry Group (WIG) is a not-for-profit, non-lobbying, independent and impartial membership organisation whose purpose is to bridge the gap between the UK sectors. We create opportunities for central and local government, industry, the not-for-profit sector and academia to learn from each other, understand different points of view and collaborate, thus expanding their perspectives, reach and opportunities to connect.
We achieve our aim through three main avenues, all underpinned by our cross-sector purpose:
In light of recent restrictions, we have adapted our delivery to be chiefly digital. Our events, leadership tasters, recruitment and mentoring continue online. Download our digital offer here.
OUR MEMBERS
Over 220 organisations are part of the WIG member family. You can see a full list of WIG members here. We operate a corporate membership model, with a yearly membership fee covered by each organisation, giving all individual employees who could benefit from interacting with WIG access to our diverse range of products and services.
MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA
We consider applications from Whitehall departments, FTSE 350 companies or equivalent*, not-for-profit organisations, universities, local authorities and government agencies.
*we respect the value and input of smaller organisations and work closely with some of them in other ways, ensuring that diverse voices and parts of UK society are represented in the dialogue we facilitate. If you would like to explore ways of working with us, please reach out to our membership team.
WIG retains full discretion over the acceptance of new members.
Our aim is to achieve a balance among the sectors represented within our membership with the right mix of organisations. We welcome members who are a good fit for WIG and who share our cross-sector collaborative values. Given our independent, non-lobbying status and our charitable purpose of creating opportunities for learning and collaboration between the sectors, we will want to understand your interest in WIG and reasons for wanting to join. Assessment criteria will include the following:
To maximize value, we encourage all our member organisations to actively participate in the dialogue, and to expand the benefits widely amongst their teams, equipping them with topical knowledge through events and content, or personal and professional development through our leadership programmes, seminars, secondments and other cross-sector opportunities.
Annual fees for the next membership year (commencing 2021/22) will be published by the end of January 2021.
To help you plan your budget for 2021, we can confirm that the fee will not exceed £5,350 + VAT for public and private sector organisations and universities and £3,200 + VAT for charities. Some of our members ask to be invoiced early and we are always willing to accommodate. With this in mind, we are offering an Early Bird membership fee of £5,200 + VAT for members that wish to pay before the 15 January.
The following packages are available to our members for 2021/22:
