This page contains questions and answers we’ve had in the past about SWIB. If you have a question that needs answered, then do please get in touch and we will do our best to answer it.
Membership
Q. Do I have to own my own business to join SWIB?
A. No, any working woman is welcome. Members may work in business (their own or as an employee), in the public sector or in the not-for-profit sector, and are all welcome.
Q. I have signed up, however my membership does not seem to be activated or available. I am unable to book onto an event as a member.
A. If you have signed up under the payment method of Direct Debit, it can take up to 10 days for the direct debit to be processed by your bank (timescale are bank dependant). Once your bank has approved the Direct Debit mandate, your membership will be fully activated. If you are looking to attend an event whilst this process is ongoing please contact our Events Team by email events@scottishwomeninbusiness.org.uk
Q. How can I be added to the Members Directory?
A. As soon as your membership is activated, you will be able to update your profile and publish it to the Directory.
To update your profile, under your account navigate to “Update my profile“.
Fill in the form appropriately and make sure the box “List my business in the online directory” is ticked. For Privacy reason this box is unticked as default and needs to be ticked.
Q. How do I change my payment details?
A. You can amend you payment details by logging onto your account; and navigate to “Manage my stored cards“.
From there you will be able to delete & add new cards.
Q. How I cancel my membership
A. You can cancel your membership within your account by navigating to “Cancel my membership and close my account“. Please note the cancellation period will be in line to your renewal.
Events
Q. Do we pay a service charge to staff at the venues we visit?
A. Yes, this is included in the event charge and is paid to the venue.
Q. Are drinks included with the meal?
A. Only the welcome drink on arrival. If you want another glass of wine or other drink with your meal, you may be able to order one and pay for it, though not all our venues allow this (as it can be a bit complicated for them).
Q. Can men attend SWIB events?
A. Yes, men have attended in the past and enjoyed our events!
Q. Could you provide email addresses on the delegate list for SWIB events?
A. Unfortunately, we can’t. People provide email addresses to SWIB purely for us to communicate with them and we can’t disclose them to anyone else, even to other members. If you didn’t meet someone you hoped to at an event, you can check the directory for members who were at the event.
Charity
Q. How do we raise money for the Charity of the Year?
A. In several ways. First, £1 per attendee is set aside from every event we run and added to the amount given to the charity. We run at least one event explicitly to raise funds for the charity each year, such as a Christmas raffle. And we encourage members to think of ways to raise money themselves for the charity, such as sponsored runs, fire-walks and silences!
