Ainslie Tennis Club - 2021 Financial Hardship Rebate Policy

The Club recognises that from time to time a member’s financial circumstances can decline due to job loss or other reasons.  This can result in a member either seeking to cancel a membership and asking for a refund or finding the cost of renewing a membership unaffordable. 

Either way, the Club would like to offer members financial respite if and when such a situation arises.  We will do this by offering either a financial rebate to financial members or a reduced membership fee for those struggling to renew their membership. Eligible members will be provided assistance in the form of a doubling of the usual Active Member Rebate. For example an eligible family would receive a total of $120 in Active Member and Hardship Rebate compared with the usual $60 Active Membership Rebate alone, while a single adult would receive $60 compared to the usual $30 Active Member Rebate alone.

The Club’s Treasurer and the Revenue Manager will manage the operation of the Hardship Rebate program, including setting out the eligibility criteria which as a minimum will include:

1.    Confirmation that the applicant (the prime contact in the case of a family membership) has lost their main source of income and/or employment; and 

2.    The applicant must either already be eligible for an Active Member Rebate (based on contributions to the Club) as a current financial member or for renewing members, would have been eligible on the basis of their contributions during the three months leading up to the renewal.

Members wishing to seek a Active Member and Hardship Rebate should initially contact the Club’s Treasurer using the email address treasurerainslietennis@gmail.com

The Committee

31 January 2021