Join The Branch
How to Join The Branch
Joining the Royal British Legion (RBL) supports the UK’s leading Armed Forces charity, providing vital welfare to veterans and their families. Members help tackle loneliness, fundraise for the Poppy Appeal, participate in Remembrance, and enjoy exclusive social camaraderie, discounts, and voting rights in the charity’s direction, with fees starting at just £22 per year.
Joining the Riders Branch (RBLR) also supports the UK’s leading Armed Forces charity, providing vital welfare to veterans and their families. In addition to this when you join the Riders Branch you are joining a national, indeed worldwide branch that is passionate about motorcycles and motorcycling and the camaraderie that brings with it.
How to Join The Branch
The Riders Branch is a National Branch of the Royal British Legion, it is not an independent branch and as such you cannot join the Riders Branch without first joining The Royal British Legion. This might sound rather complicated but it really isn’t!
If you are currently a Royal British Legion member and you wish to join the Riders Branch you do not have to transfer branches to join us, you can be a member of more than one Branch if you wish, but, you will have to pay the Branch Subscription fee for each Branch that you are a member of (defined by each branch).
If you are not a Royal British Legion member all you need to do is Click to Join . It is very quick and easy to do. Under the “My Membership” section of the joining form, you will be able to join local or national branches (up to 4). Under National Branches, you will find the Riders Branch, please select this option to join us.
If you need further assistance you can download our excellent “how to join us” leaflet below, follow the instructions on the accordion below or phone the British Legion and ask for help. The RBL helpline is on 0800 3077773
This section is your Personal Details. Simply fill in the information required.
Gender: Female, Male or Other.
Title: Select from Mr, Mrs, Miss etc.
First Name/s: Enter your First name or names.
Last Name: Enter your Surname.
Post Nominal: This is initials placed after a person’s name to indicate their honours, qualifications, professional memberships, or positions held such as OBE etc
Date of Birth: Day, Month and Year
This is the section of the form where you will enter your contact details.
Email address: (please ensure this is correct as this is how we will contact you). You will also need to confirm your Email address by entering it again.
Password: You will need to enter a password. (enter a password you will be able to remember and never share your password with anybody else).
Phone Numbers: Please enter your Home and/or Mobile phone numbers.
UK Postcode: Please ensure you enter your postcode correctly, including the space e.g.: SW2 3TP
This is where you tell the RBL about your service background (if any)
Please note you do not need to have served to be able to join us and answering this question is optional.
If you select “I am currently serving” or “I have served” you will see a list of services to select from.
We often get enquiries from people who think they have joined the RBLR, but they haven’t!
If you wish to join the RBLR this step is Important!
You can search for your local RBL club using postcode or Country..
Below that you will find the National Branches. This is the point that you select “The RBL Riders Branch” to join us.
Don’t forget, you can join up to four branches, local or national. So for example you could join two RBL clubs near you and the Riders Branch.
Please note: You MUST join at least one branch to be a member of The Royal British Legion.
Be part of the best branch, click The RBL Riders Branch
This is where you choose how the RBL and the RBLR contact you.
The RBLR is a National Branch so to enable us to effectively keep in contact with you we recommend selecting “I’d like to receive updates by email”
You can choose not to receive any physical post.
Then you need to carefully read the Formal Declaration and tick to acknowledge that you accept the terms and conditions of membership.
Finally in this section you can choose whether to receive the RBL magazine by post. It is available online also.
The money bits!
Please consider selecting to give gift aid if you are a UK tax payer.
You can also choose to make an annual voluntary donation.
Payment can be made by Debit or Credit card, Direct Debit or PayPal.
Congratulations, you are now a member of the Royal British Legion and hopefully The Royal British Legion Riders Branch as well?
See you on the road!