ENGLAND ATHLETICS is to raise its affiliation fee by £1 to £14 per annum from next April.
The body says this is in response to an online consultation in which 31.6% of the 2214 respondents said they would prefer a £1 per year increase until 2021. The other options presented were a one-off increase of £4 in 2017, for which 17.1% voted, two increases of £2 (13.7%), a £2 increase in 2017 followed by a further review (14.3%) and fees to remain the same in 2017-8 (23.2%).
The club affiliation is set to stay at £100.