Benefits of membership

What are the benefits to you and your staff?

Lobbying and Advocacy

ASDC works with government departments, MPs and national and public bodies to champion inspirational science learning and to increase the strategic role our members play in the nation's engagement with science.

Bringing staff across the UK together

We facilitate the sharing of knowledge, skills, ideas and best practice between the thousands of staff in our member organisations across the UK. We hold seminars and training sessions targeted at specific staff, on topics ranging from business excellence to dialogue techniques. We also partner with members to run national meetings on specialist content such as climate science or the latest discussions in human genetics.

Funding, PR and other opportunities

We create national PR and publicity opportunities for members (for example, with the BBC and print media). We speak with national funders and alert members to the latest funding opportunities and disseminate a variety of other collaborative possibilities such as travelling exhibitions.

Offering collaborative projects to our members

We seek funds and partnerships for national strategic projects and invite members to participate. These include national skills and training projects as well as content specific projects such as The National Hands-on DNA project and our national strategic partnership with the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).

Raising the profile of our members

We raise the profile of our members with the UK’s major national charitable trusts,industrial partners, science organisations, learned societies, and universities.

Advice, support and a central point of contact

ASDC acts as the central point of contact for the sector sharing the latest news and opportunities. We also offer advice on collaborative funding applications and provide introductions to others in the field. We work closely with Science and Discovery Centres across Europe and worldwide, and we are happy to advise and introduce our members.