How to join?
When juniors join the club, they must have a parent or carer who can manage their club registration and keep their profile and plans to attend sessions up to date on their behalf.
Step 1: Registering yourself
The first step is for the parent or carer to create an account on the website so they can log-in. This is necessary so that you can safely access and update your junior’s information.
If you are already a member, or have already registered, you can skip this step.
If you’ve already given us your email address, then we’ve probably created an account, so all you need to do is (re)set your password. To do this, visit the forgotten password page.
If you don’t already have an account, simply go to our registration page and follow the instructions. All the details you provide should be your details as the parent or carer.
Step 2: Registering your junior
Once you’ve set-up your own account, you can visit the membership section and a little way down the page you will find a button to take you to “register a junior or someone else”.
Click this button and then follow the instructions. All the details you provide should be your child’s details.
At this point you might want to arrange to come along for a taster session before committing to membership. Get in touch with us either via email at coaching@harc.uk or via our Facebook page.
You will also notice that when you are logged in to our website, you will now have a blue button at the bottom right of the screen to “switch profile”. If you click on this it will allow you to switch to your junior (or one of your juniors if you have more than one) and you are now interacting with the website on behalf of the junior.
This is how you can keep their information up to date and take other actions on their behalf, like letting us know they are coming to a session, registering for an event, or simply finding out what is happening.
At any time you can switch back to your own account, or to another junior’s account, by clicking the “switch profile” button again (which will be red when you aren’t interacting as yourself).
Step 3: Select the membership option for your junior and join the club
The final step is to choose the membership option for your junior, and pay their membership fee.
To do this, go to the membership section and the use the blue “switch profile” button to switch to your junior. If you don’t see this button, you may have to login first – follow the link on the page if this is the case. You will now see the membership options that are open to them.
Membership options depend mostly on age. Under 12s can only join as athletics members because at that age it is important that they have the opportunity to try all the events before specializing on anything in particular.
Once juniors reach the age of 12, they can begin to specialize if they want to. If they decide they only want to run off-track, then they have the option to become a junior running member. Alternatively they can continue as a full athletics member which includes all the running activities on-track and off-track and athletics throws and jumps.
If there is already someone else in your household who is a HARC member, you can take advantage of the £10 ‘family discount’.
Pick the membership option you want, tick the box to confirm you understand what we do with your data, and click ‘join now’. Follow the instructions which will allow you to pay the membership fee online.
Step 4: Review what you need to know as a parent or carer
Make sure you know how to manage your junior’s or dependent’s profile and activity with the club. To do this, when you are logged in as yourself you will see a blue button at the bottom right of the screen to switch profile. Click on this and select the junior you want to manage. Once you have done this, the button will turn red – you can click and switch back to yourself at any time. When managing your junior, everything you do will be as if they had done it themselves – marking them as going to a session, registering as a member, saying they are going to an event etc.
You must also read our Club Handbook. All of the sections are relevant, but there is a specific Parents and Carers section that it is vital you read as soon as possible.
For more information, please contact coaching@harc.uk.