To become a member of the SSY, you must:

• Complete a membership form and agree to our six principles and four aims;
• Be aged from 14 to 30 (inclusively);
• Pay a monthly membership contribution if you can;
• Not serve under His Majesty’s Armed Forces or under any police or prison service.

SSY members can either be an organiser or a standard member.

Organisers:

• Attend local and national meetings of the SSY;
• Participate in local branches and national groups;
• Vote on motions and decisions brought forward at National Meetings;
• Vote on political positions of the SSY;
• Vote in the elections of National Committee and other SSY national office bearers;
• Participate in SSY groups;
• Stand for office in any national group, campaign or committee of which they are a member;
• Start and lead groups which represent a community of interest, identity or local area.

Standard members:

• Must pay a monthly membership contribution;
• Receive an invite to each National Conference;
• May become an organiser at any time.

We have a number of suggest monthly contribution rates for members.

• £2/month — youth rate (under 18)
• £5/month — students and part-time workers
• £10/month — full-time workers
• £15/month — median income or above

Upon joining:

• Vote on motions and decisions brought forward at National Meetings;
• Vote on political positions of the SSY at National Meetings;

After induction:

• Vote in the elections of National Committee representatives and other SSY national office bearers;
• Participate in SSY groups and their respective internal democratic processes;
• Present motions to National Meetings on your own behalf or on behalf of a national group;
• Stand for office in any national group, campaign or committee of which you are a member;
• Found and lead groups — either affiliated or national — which represent a community of interest, identity or local area at the discretion of the National Committee or a National Meeting;
• Attend National Committee meetings as an observer;
• Question, critique and hold to account the work of any national group, campaign or committee at their respective meetings or at an appropriate time during a National Meeting.

• To be sound (be respectful of other members, people from other organisations we work with and people who we’re trying to win over to the cause);
• To make informed voting decisions and stay up to date with relevant discussions leading up to votes;
• To participate with the SSY’s core principles and aims at heart, casting aside interests of personal gain and sectarianism;
• To avoid unreasonably disrupting the activities of any group, campaign or committee by participating in bad faith.