Why become a BHS Friend?
As a BHS Friend, you’ll get all the great perks of Gold membership, plus that feeling of knowing you’re making a real difference with a generous donation.
Your membership supports important work across the horse world, by:
- Promoting good care and preventing cruelty to hundreds of horses every year
- Protecting the places we love to ride
- Supporting programmes like ‘Changing Lives through Horses’, benefitting thousands of young people
- Making the roads safer for horses, riders and carriage drivers.
Exclusive benefits for BHS Friends
Your membership includes:
- Peace of mind: Public Liability Insurance up to £30 million* and Personal Accident Insurance up to £10,000*.
- 24/7 support: access to a free legal helpline for guidance on legal, VAT and tax queries.
- Expert advice: got a question about your horse? We can support you on a wide range of topics from stable safety to horse nutrition.
- Horse sale agreement: selling or buying a horse can be hard, but our horse sale agreement can take away some of the stress.
- British Horse magazine: a free subscription magazine packed with helpful tips, inspiring stories and up-to-date news.
- Event tickets: free and discounted tickets to major equestrian shows throughout the year.
- Stay informed: regular enews updates on national and local topics, straight to your inbox.
- Career development: access to our BHS stages and qualifications.
Membership options
Annual payment
Includes Insurance Premium Tax
Monthly direct debit
Includes Insurance Premium Tax
New members joining via Annual Direct Debit will receive a £5 discount in their first year.
Become a BHS Friend member
If you have any questions or need more information, contact our Membership team on 02476 840506 or email membership@bhs.org.uk. They’re available Monday to Thursday from 8.35am-5pm and Friday from 8.35am-3pm.
Our impact in numbers
16,000+
horses and people were helped through our horse care and welfare work in 2024
250km
of off-road routes were improved in 2024 to keep you and your horse safe
4,000+
Children and young people have been supported through the Changing Lives Through Horses programme
140,000
members are part of our community, sharing a passion like no other
Other membership options
We offer a range of membership options to suit every horse lover. All of our membership options support our charitable work and help us in our quest to create a better life for all horses and those who care for them.
Further information
Get in touch with us
To speak to our team about membership, please call us on 02476 840506, email us at membership@bhs.org.uk or complete our online enquiry form and one of our team will get back to you shortly. Opening times are 8:35am-5pm from Monday to Thursday and 8:35am-3pm on Friday.
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