Additional information for BBGS members is available in the Members Hub.
News and Announcements
Grassroots UK
Members wishing to access the
UK Grassroots system.
Grassroots IRE
Members wishing to access the
ROI Grassroots system.
Contact Us
Contact the trustees, secretary and registrations officer.
Animals over 12 months, fee is double. Birth Notification is Free.
TRANSFER FEES DUE: £4 per goat or £6 per goat if more than 4 weeks after date of sale
Membership Types
(membership year runs from April 1st to March 31st the following year)
Annual Membership
(plus £5 for members in Ireland)
Full Member – £25 per year
For registering, goat-owning members. Membership may be in a family or business name, but only entitles the named member to vote and receive the newsletter and e-news.
Joint Member – £35 per year
This covers Family and Partnerships. Membership includes all members of a family and/or a Goat Farming partnership. There will be a limit of two votes to be held by members nominated at the time of application for membership.
Two newsletters will be supplied to one mailing address, but e-news can be sent to up to two email addresses.
Associate member – £15 per year
For Friends of the BBGS. This is open to non-goat-owning members who wish to receive the newsletters and e-news. This category of membership does not receive any voting rights.
Youth membership – £10 per year
For a junior who has not attained the age of 18 years on the 1st January in the year of Membership. These members do not have a vote, but receive all newsletter, and e-news and may have up to 8 goats registered in their name.
Overseas Membership – £30 per year
This is for members living outside the UK and Ireland who wish to receive BBGS newsletters and e-news. Members in this category will not be able to register goats in the BBGS herdbook, nor will they have any voting rights.
Life Membership – £375.00 (15x annual membership fee)
Full Membership for the life time of the nominated member. This can only be one member and is not transferable between family or other members.
Honorary Life Membership
This category of membership can be bestowed by a serving committee/trustees on a member or non-member of the BBGS for services to the BBGS or life time achievement or any other criteria that the trustees deem suitable. This category of membership does not have any voting rights, but does receive newsletters and e-news.
Re-joining Fee – £25
For all membership types if Membership Lapses.
Registration of a Herd Prefix – £15
Herd Prefix to be one word of a maximum of 12 letters, hyphens may be used in certain circumstances. Membership secretary will check availability of the prefix prior to its registration being completed.
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