Our Membership team continually strives to make improvements for our members by listening to feedback in surveys and comments on social media. In the annual member survey, we asked about the current membership card and the possibilities of a digital pack. The results for the removal of plastic cards, naturally, were overwhelming.

But just producing a non-plastic card wasn’t the solution. We also wanted:

At BCS we don’t just talk the talk, we walk the walk...
 

The digital divide is high on the agenda at BCS and across the nation. That's why the UK Government has put in place free digital skills qualifications for all adults, to make sure whatever job people do they have basic digital literacy for the workplace.

BCS is a big voice on this agenda, and we have qualifications which have been approved to receive funding:

Having attended the last three conventions, I am very pleased that we are now firmly moving into this call to action phase.

Our “member groups review” working group is seeking proactive individuals that want to work together to suggest positive improvements in how member groups operate - creation, governance (rules), relevance, collaboration (within BCS and externally), innovation, onboarding new members, mentoring and promotion of good practice.

Leveraging expertise in specialist groups
At the conventions SGs asked for:

The Policy and Community teams continue to invite submissions for the forthcoming BCS Experts Directory – a group of committed and responsive individuals we can call on to help promote the organisations’ insights and knowledge on a range of relevant topics, in a variety of ways.