Join AIMS - Become a Member

Join AIMS - Become a Member

AIMS has supported its work through membership since shortly after its founding in 1960. Membership is fundamental to our ability to undertake campaigns for improvements to the maternity services, produce the online AIMS Journal and birth information pages and to run the AIMS helpline.

By being a member of AIMS you will be directly helping other women, birthing people and families. AIMS is its members, and if you are also able to contribute your time to volunteer, you could make even more of a difference! Click here to see our volunteers page.

The full rate is £45 and can be paid either as a single annual payment or as 12 monthly instalments of £4 - that’s the price of a coffee a month. However, we know that not everyone can justify spending this much to support us. As we truly want AIMS membership to be accessible to as many people as possible we are happy to arrange for you to subscribe at a lower rate. Please let us know if you would like to do this by emailing membership@aims.org.uk. If you feel you are able to contribute more than £45 we would be very grateful for an additional donation.

Membership Options

  • Annual Individual Membership £45
    Membership of AIMS for individuals. We send you regular newsletters with updates about the AIMS Journals, campaigns and other information and ways to get involved in AIMS activities.
  • Individual Membership paid monthly £4 (set up an online subscription or a standing order)
    Same membership, but paid monthly - just the price of a coffee a month!

Payment Methods

  • Online: Become an individual member or set up a organisation or group subscription by clicking here.
  • Standing Order: Details about setting up a standing order can be found here
  • Cheque: Please email membership@aims.org.uk to arrange to send a cheque.

Join the AIMS Mailing list

AIMS Members will get regular Newsletters, but if you don't want to become a member of AIMS, you might be interested in joining our mailing list. This will keep you informed of AIMS and other events that may be of interest, as well as information about AIMS Journals, books and website content. We may also include information about maternity issues and campaigns that may be of interest. You can sign up to the list here

Latest Content

Journal

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Imagining breech birth without bord…

AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By Rixa Freeze, PhD For a long time, breech birth lived in my mind as a question I could not quite put down. It was never just a clinical…

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Supporting informed choice for wome…

AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By Amy Meadowcroft, RM, MClinRes Introduction This article uses the terms “women” and “mothers” in relation to biological sex and reprodu…

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Mary Cronk MBE – Upholding the skil…

AIMS Journal, 2026, Vol 38, No 3 By Joy Horner For those who may not be familiar with the life and work of the late, great Mrs ("My friends call me Mary”) Cronk, she was…

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Events

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AIMS Workshop: Focusing on Inductio…

Join us for one of our series of interactive online AIMS workshops, " Focusing on Induction of Labour ". Nadia Higson (principal author of "The AIMS Guide to Induction of…

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AIMS book launch and workshop: The…

To celebrate the launch of the new AIMS Guide to Breech Birth we are pleased to be holding a launch event with Joy Horner, the principle author. Joy will be sharing her o…

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AIMS Workshop: Understanding Twin T…

Stephanie Ernst, founder of the TAPS Support Foundation, will be explaining the issues that can arise in different types of twin pregnancies, and what twins parents need…

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Latest Campaigns

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Open letter of welcome from AIMS to…

AIMS has written to welcome Robbie Butler to his new role as Northern Ireland's Health Minister. AIMS is asking him to continue to support the continuity of carer model o…

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Open Letter to Helen Morgan MP on "…

AIMS welcomes the motion F8 proposed by Helen Morgan MP to the Liberal Democrat Party Autumn Conference 2026 on the topic of tackling the maternity crisis. We have writte…

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The final Amos Report one month on:…

In this piece, a month following the publication of the ‘Amos Report’, the AIMS Campaigns Team sets out some high-level perspectives on the report. The team is now busy a…

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