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Terms and Conditions of Membership

The GCA is the trade association of greeting card publishers. To be eligible to become a GCA member your company must fulfil the following criteria:

Your company must be based in the UK or Ireland or be a UK subsidiary.
At least 50% of your company’s turnover must be derived from the publishing or distribution of greetings cards, giftwrap, calendars or social stationery.

All memberships are subject to the discretion of the GCA Council.

Membership Application Form

Before proceeding with your application, please ensure you have read and agree to the GCA Membership terms. If you have any queries send us an email or call Sharon Little on 020 7619 0396

I have read and agree to the terms of membership, fulfil the membership criteria and wish to proceed with my application.

* Company Name * First Name * Last Name

* Telephone Mobile Number Fax Number * Email Address

* Address Line 1 Address Line 2 Address Line 3 * Town * Postcode

Website(s)- One url per line

Please add my details and free link to my website.

Please note: you will be able to edit these details and further information about your company including logo and product image, by logging into the GCA Members Area using the username and password details we shall send you upon successful processing of this application.

Personal Contact Details

* Email Address

Billing Address (if different)

First Name

Last Name

Email Telephone Fax Address Line 1 Address Line 2 Address Line 3 Town Postcode

How did you hear about us?

Subscription rates are per annum and are based on turnover. If you are a startup company, please select - under 50,000.
* Annual Turnover	£0.00
Joining Fee	£0.00
Total (ex VAT)	£0.00
Total (inc VAT)	£0.00

Please send a cheque payable to the GCA for the total amount above including VAT, and send to: GCA, United House, North Road, London N7 9DP. Whilst we are currently unable to accept payments online by credit card, we are updating our system in order to do so shortly.

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