FULL MEMBERSHIP

• Criteria for membership is defined in the Constitution.

• Membership includes a dedicated seat in shule.

• Members are required to have paid dues in full or to have a payment commitment plan in place in order to assert voting rights.

• Members who have paid dues in full or who have a payment commitment plan in place are entitled to discounts on shule events, excluding fixed price and communal events.

• Members are entitled to use the shule facilities (including shule, kitchen, foyer and grounds) for simchas (bris, bar/bat mitzvah, wedding) at no charge.

• Members do not pay for Bar / Bat Mitzvah services, pre-marriage and wedding services or consecrations (*See membership benefits and fees for non-members).

 

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

A person may apply for an Associate Membership if they fulfil one or more of the following criteria:

• they live overseas or interstate

• they are a 100% fee paying member of another Perth-based Orthodox shule (membership at other shule must be at least $500/yr paid in full) and/or

• they are a permanent resident in a hospice facility or aged care home.

Associate Membership Limitations:

• Associate Membership does not include a dedicated seat in shule

• Associate Members do not have voting rights

• Associate Members are not entitled to discounts on shule events

• Associate Members are required to pay fees for the use of the shule facilities (set out below)

• Associate Members are required to pay full fees for Bar / Bat Mitzvah and wedding services.

 

Associate Membership Benefits:

• Associate Members do not pay for consecrations; and

• Associate Members are entitled to pensioner concessions as per pensioner concession policy and criteria below.
   

STUDENT MEMBERSHIP

• Student membership is available for members' children under 18 years of age or full-time students under 25 years old.
  Please note: this is available only if one or both parents are Full Members of the PHC.
   

COMPLIMENTARY MEMBERSHIP

• People who move to Perth from interstate or overseas are given one-year free full membership (including seats).

• Newly married couples are entitled to one-year free full membership (including seats).

• Following conversion with the PHC, a person who has converted will be given one-year free full membership (including a seat).

EMPOWER MEMBERSHIP

• EmPower membership is for Orthodox Jewish children aged 0-21 years

• EmPower membership is included in Student membership

CONCESSION MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS

STUDENT CONCESSION

Student concessions of 50% discount on membership fees (excluding security levy) are available for children under 18 years or full-time students under 25 years who complete and submit a Student Concession Application Form and copy of current student card.
 

PENSIONER CONCESSION

Pensioner concessions of 50% discount on membership fees (excluding security levy) are available for people with current Centrelink Pensioner Concession cards only.  Copy to be provided annually.
 

GENERAL CONCESSION

Concessions are available at the discretion of the Fee Assistance Committee on application and presentation of required documentation only.  This must be re-applied for annually.