Membership is available to:

The benefits of membership include:

The Library: The Society maintains a reference library available to members.

Publications: The annual Journal of Stained Glass, with full-length articles on the history of stained glass and profiles of major artists and commissions of the twentieth-century, as well as regular society newsletters.

Conditions of Membership:

BSMGP members will promote the objects of the BSMGP, as stated in the Memorandum and Article of Association of the Society, and will enhance the good standing of the BSMGP and of the craft so as to create public confidence in those who are members of the Society by the following the

BSMGP Code of Practice

1. BSMGP members will familiarise themselves with, comply with and be subject to the Memorandum, Articles of Association and Byelaws of the Society.

2. BSMGP members will conduct all work with integrity and within the law, accepting responsibility for their own work and for work sub-contracted by them, demonstrating by personal example the conduct of a professional.

3. BSMGP members will make every endeavour to ensure that all work is carried out to the highest standards, including any sub-contracted work.

4. BSMGP members will submit estimates and will endeavour to work within them or explain and negotiate any necessary revisions in consultation with clients.

5. BSMGP members will act honestly and ethically in all dealings and will take due care to respect the relevant interests of clients and fellow professionals.

6. BSMGP members will observe copyright law regarding art and artwork.

7. BSMGP members will observe those laws relating to the care and maintenance of ecclesiastical buildings such as the Faculty Jurisdiction of the Church of England and historic buildings in general, including planning regulations and legislation protecting Department of National Heritage Listed Buildings.

8. BSMGP members will be familiar with current Health and Safety regulations.

9. BSMGP members will eschew discriminatory behaviour on irrelevant bases of gender, race, sexual preferences or cultural variations.

10. BSMGP members will make it clear in any public statement that they are acting in a personal capacity, unless authorised by Council to speak or act on behalf of the Society.

11. BSMGP members will do nothing to bring the Society into disrepute.

12. BSMGP members will cooperate with any investigation initiated by the Society arising from complaints against any member alleged to have infringed this Code.