How To Add A Membership Type In Union Cloud

This guide provides a step-by-step approach on how to add a membership type for your student group in Union Cloud. For further questions, please reach out to the Development Team.

Chloe Bartlett
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Click "Update Membership Types' under the Configure Group dashlet

Click "Add Membership Type"

Click the "Category" field and change the name of your membership type - this will be what shows on your group webpage, so choose a suitable name!

New from August 2026 - When setting up a membership you will need at add a "Nominal Code" to your memberships. Please select the "membership" nominal code from the drop down menu.

Availability must be set as 'Both'

Click the "Description" field and give potential members a run down of what is included in this membership.

Click the "Specific User Groups" field.

Click this text field.

Type "confirmed students--union--union"

Click "Confirmed Students--Union--Union"

Click the "Group membership expiry date" field. **Multi-year memberships are not permitted.** [[Memberships should run concurrently with the academic year and we suggest all memberships expire on the 31 July' ]]

Click 'Save' to save the membership type.

To ensure that the membership is visible on your webpage, it must be approved. Click "Membership Types"...

Then click the Approve/Reject checkbox next to your new membership.

Click "Approve"