BCLA Membership options

The BCLA offers a range  of membership options, keeping in mind at what stage you may be at with your optometry career. The Association offers the most popular category of full membership which includes all membership benefits including free and discounted events enabling members to receive a greater discount to the biennial Clinical Conference and access to a variety of online resources

Below are all the membership categories that are available and the payment options. If you have any further queries relating to membership please email [email protected] 

You can find the full terms and conditions of BCLA membership here.
 
If you are a student, a trainee CLO or in your pre-reg year, you can find more more about student memberships here.

Full Membership


Recommended for: 

Optometrists
Contact Lens Optician
Dispensing Optician
Ophthalmologist 
Academic/Researchers
Retired Eye Care Practitioners

Benefits include: 

Professional accreditation

- Entitled to use MBCLA postnominals†
- Apply for BCLA Fellowship

Free and discounted publications

- Full Access to BCLA online member resources 
- Contact Lens & Anterior Eye journal* (worth over £250)
- 15% discount from Elsevier educational publications 

Professional advice and support services

- Regular e-news updates 
- Monthly BCLA & IACLE Research e-Updates
-Discounted Patient practice leaflets
- No Water Stickers**
- Factsheets 

 

Free and Discounted CPD Events

  • Discount to BCLA conferences, including the biennial Clinical Conference & Exhibition, the BCLA Focus Conference and the BCLA Asia Conference
  • BCLA @Yours Webinar Series
  • BCLA Presidential Address
  • BCLA @Yours Events
  • Access to the BCLA Faculty of speakers

Online resources 

- Management of Dry Eye & Contact Lens Retention Certificate, find out more here.
- Certificate in Myopia Management, find out more here.
- BCLA @On Demand
- Find A Contact Lens Practitioner - list up to 3 of your practices and your area of specialism on the BCLA website.
- BCLA updates and alerts 


Payment options: 

 Annual Direct Debit  £225
 Annual one-off payment  £236
 Monthly payment £19.67
 Retired membership  £126
 Retired Annual Direct Debit  £117


Direct Debit options (annual/monthly) are available to those with a UK bank account. Monthly card instalments are available to international or UK bank accounts

† You will need to sign a professional declaration through your online profile

* Contact Lens & Anterior Eye. Full digital access to all papers and select conference abstracts. Full members can opt in to receive a printed journal
** Separate charges apply for these items.


Affiliate Online Membership

Recommended for:
All eye care practitioners who may not be able to attend the events but would like to keep up to date with the latest news and updates from the Contact Lens industry. Affiliate online members have access to all online BCLA member benefits. 

Benefits include: 

Free and discounted publications

- Full Access to BCLA online member resources* (excludes online courses)
- Contact Lens & Anterior Eye journal (Worth over £250. Online access only)
- 15% discount from Elsevier educational publications 

Professional advice and support services

- Regular e-news updates 
- Monthly BCLA & IACLE Research e-Updates
- Discounted Patient practice leaflets
- No Water Stickers**
- Factsheets 

Online resources 

- BCLA @Yours Webinars
- BCLA @Yours Demand
- Find A Contact Lens Practitioner - list up to 3 of your practices and your area of specialism on the BCLA website.
- BCLA e-updates and alerts 

Payment options:

£126 online payment only


Newly Qualified Membership

Recommended for:
UK based Students that have qualified within the past two years and registered with the GOC can receive the reduced rate membership each year for a maximum of two years from joining.

Benefits include: 

Professional accreditation

- Entitled to use MBCLA postnominals†

Free and discounted publications

- Full Access to BCLA online member resources (Excludes online courses)
- Contact Lens & Anterior Eye journal* (Worth over £250. Online access only)
- 15% discount from Elsevier educational publications 

Professional advice and support services

- Regular e-news updates 
- Monthly BCLA & IACLE Research e-Updates
- Discounted Patient practice leaflets
- No Water Stickers**
- Factsheets 

Free and Discounted CPD Events
  • Discount to BCLA conferences, including the biennial Clinical Conference & Exhibition, the BCLA Focus Conference and the BCLA Asia Conference
  • BCLA @Yours Webinar Series
  • BCLA Presidential Address
  • BCLA @Yours Events
  • Access to the BCLA Faculty of speakers

Online resources 

- BCLA @On Demand 
- Find A Contact Lens Practitioner - list up to 3 of your practices and your area of specialism on the BCLA website.
- BCLA updates and alerts 

- Early Career Certificate in Dry Eye Management & Contact Lens Retention. find out more here.
- Early Career Certificate in Myopia Management, 
find out more here.

 



Payment options: 


Newly qualified membership: £108