Membership Benefits

SCAPP (Scotland’s Community of Access and Participation Practitioners) is a membership organisation which supports the professionalisation of Widening Access and Widening Participation work. SCAPP offers paid and nonpaid membership options. You can view our Paid Organisational Members list here.

 

Paid members:

Staff at organisations which pay an annual organisational membership fee to SCAPP and who have signed up to the SCAPP mailing list.

 

Non paid members:

Individuals who have signed up to the SCAPP mailing list who do not work at organisations which pay the annual SCAPP organisational membership fee.

 

If you would like to discuss becoming a paid organisational member of SCAPP, please contact scapp@stir.ac.uk

 

 

Entitlement by SCAPP Membership Type

 

	Paid Membership	Unpaid Membership
1.      Access to SCAPP’s monthly newsletter and occasional emails containing sector-wide news, events, jobs, publications and opportunities	Yes	Yes
2.      Access to monthly Connect with Coffee online networking sessions	Yes	Yes
3.      Access to monthly SCAPP Insight Webinars to learn about research and good practice	Yes	Yes
4.      Can apply to be a member of one of SCAPP’s 4 working groups	Yes	Yes
5.      Can participate in SCAPP’s MAPS (Mentoring for Access Practitioners Scheme) (this is not running in 2025-2026)	Yes	No
6.      Can participate in SCAPP’s Evaluation Matters community of Practice (this is not open to new participants in 2025-2026)	Yes	No
7.      Can participate in SCAPP’s  New Practitioner Network  (paid members can join this network anytime throughout the year)	Yes	No
8.      Can participate in SCAPP’s  DAPP (Developing Access and Participation Practitioners) Accreditation Scheme (this scheme is running in 2025-2026)	Yes (free with organisational membership)	Yes but there is a fee per place and places are usually prioritised for paid members (the fee for 2025-2026 is £300 pp)
9.      Online access to recordings such as Insight webinar presentations and learning resources such as SCAPP’s Evaluation Guide	Yes	No
10. Up to 30% reduction in fees to attend SCAPP Conferences and other charged events	Yes	No