How to Join our ESTA Members Club
ESTA membership is open to all businesses and organisations founded and based in the wider Lancaster and Morecambe area. It is for people who want to work for more than just the "bottom line"  and is open to businesses, freelancers, community organisations, social enterprises and those in the process of taking their first enterprising steps.
Our standard SME membership rate is £20 per month (£240 per year)
This is for all established and profitable businesses.
Our Landing Pad starter membership rate is £10 per month (£120 per year)
This is for those who are starting out  or who have very part time businesses.
We also offer this rate to local community organisations.

Established businesses are encouraged to provide a mentorship role to those starting out
as time and resources allow.
Some Member Benefits
ESTA offers the following for basic members:
  • A CO-OPERATIVE BUSINESS CULTURE: Being part of a business community that is increasingly trying to work together, rather than against each other.
  • BUSINESS PROMOTION: Active promotion of your business via our website, social media platforms and referrals.
  • MUTUAL BUSINESS SUPPORT: Peer to peer help, advice and support from other members and from the ESTA support team.
  • BUSINESS MEETINGS: Frequent chances for face-to-face meet ups with fellow members
  • NETWORKING: Benefit from our extensive networking which has introduced many members to people and organisations that have directly helped their business
  • ONLINE MEDIA: Invitation to our online members network and other shared social media platforms.
  • ONE-TO-ONE MEET UP: Every new or prospective member is invited to meet up for an informal get-to-know coffee and a chat in one of Lancaster's many independent cafes and coffee houses.
ESTA business members agree to adopt, as far as possible our collaborative and cooperative ethos and to gradually work towards achieving a more sustainable business, referencing to our adopted Quadruple Bottom Line framework. In return ESTA will make full use of its growing multi-media platform to help you promote your business.

Through our program of networking meet-ups we will also provide you with opportunities to make face-to-face contacts and develop your own business connections wherever we can.

Because of its collaborative ethos many of our members, especially those who are in the early stages of establishing and developing their business, find the ESTA business club to be an especially supportive place to find mentoring support and advice.
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Please contact us for more information
If you want to get in touch for further information please email us at:
info@lancasteresta.org
or contact via twitter:  @LancasterESTA
or ring: 07971 673436
ESTA is a person-centred organisation. We like to get to know each member personally so we can help them develop their own unique gifts and talents. We want to understand all our members businesses so we can help them succeed.