Affected by the tube strike?

How secretly happy we are in the iMember office that we have not had to fight our way to work today on (or not as the case is) the tube in London. A general tube strike causes general chaos as thousands of people look for alternative modes of transport to get to work. Taking the car in central London is really not an option. The bus is seems a good plan but they are limited in the numbers they can carry. How about getting there under your own steam - walk, jog or even cycle?

It's days such as these (strike days) that can make you change the routine of your every day life. If you decide to give the cycling a try: firstly - be careful! But it is an excellent way to get around London as thousands of cyclists are proving every day. And thanks to cycling campaigners such as the London Cycling Campaign, the city is becoming a nicer, safer and healthier place to cycle in.


Of course the benefits of cycling go further if you become a member of a club and the LCC looks as good a place as any to start! They offer insurance, a free magazine, invitations to group bike rides and fairs in London along with a huge host of specially negotiated discounts at 120 London bike shops, plus special offers on holidays, books, maintenance....

And this is where registering with iMember comes in. The LCC will deliver your magazine to you and send you emails about events going on but they can't remind you whenever you are near one of the places that you can get discounts. iMember can! Simply register your membership of LCC (and also any other organisation to which you belong) on our website www.iMember.co.uk then download the free app to your mobile phone and you will receive an alert whenever you are within a certain radius of one of your member benefits.

It's so simple and it's all there for the taking. Make a change to your life today.

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A bit of culture

We like to think of ourselves as a well-rounded bunch at the iMember offices. We enjoy the everyday things in life:- the school run, walking the dog, going to work (obviously!), a work out at the gym...you're familiar with the routine. But we love to make good use of our free time and a bit of culture is right up our streets. 

The Times is publishing a guide to art each day this week (and this iMember Blogger is such a Times aficionado) and led us to thinking about arty type membership discounts on offer out there. Cue the iMember website www.iMember.co.uk - register and see what arty bonuses are waiting for us.

One of the great things about iMember is that, although you may not currently be a member of an organisation offering discounts and benefits in the area you would like them, you can still register (for free at www.iMember.co.uk) and then search for suitable organisations to join that may appeal to you. 

Our search for "Art Galleries" brought up "engage, the National Association for Gallery Education" and with membership costing as little as £32.50 pa you can benefit from a host of concessionary access opportunities to galleries up and down the country. You can get discounts up to 25% in related shops. iMember can remind you about all the membership benefits offered once you have registered with us at www.iMember.co.uk. 

We've also created a free app you can download to your mobile phone so that if you are near one of your member benefits, you will receive a phone alert.

Let's get a bit more culture in our lives - who knows where it might lead to!

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So it's still raining...

We actually hate to moan in the iMember office but do you know, we are fed up to the back teeth of being wet and soggy and muddy (and that's just our pet dogs!). What we would actually like is a quick dose of proper winter - and by that we mean crispy frosty mornings, a few scatterings of snow (to please the children) and some shimmering blue skies with that big yellow thing in, what's-it-called...ah yes SUN!



Well, seems it's not going to be happening in the near future and so a last minute holiday to mainland Europe is going to be the only way we'll get these conditions. Of course a skiing holiday is not what you'd think of as a cheap holiday, but if you were a member of the Ski Club of Great Britain the discounts and benefits you could get on holidays, equipment, ski guiding and insurance could bring the cost down considerably.


And how to remember all the benefits that the Ski Club has to offer you? Register (for free) with iMember at www.iMember.co.uk and you will have all the discounts pop up on your screen as handy thumbnail icons. Whilst you're there on the site, register all your other membership organisations and see all the (possibly hundreds of pounds worth of) benefits you may currently be missing out on. Download the free mobile app to reminded of your membership benefits when you are out and about.

So before you start growing gills and fins, join the Ski Club of Great Britain, book a skiing holiday and go and find yourself a bit of proper winter. Register at www.iMember.co.uk and then enjoy ALL the membership benefits you are entitled to.

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