Membership Value Trio: Utilisation, Proposition and Staying Power

17 Jun 2026
2. Membership

Membership only works when customers feel they're getting more than a transaction. That can come from access, belonging, service, experiences, or ongoing value that's easy to use and hard to replace. This threenote looks at what makes community and membership models stick, and how brands build relationships that last beyond the first cycle.

The threenote will be followed by a 15-minute Q&A with all three speakers.

Retention Through Utilisation
Membership retention often depends less on perks and more on usage. Tom shares how membership organisations create reasons to stay through experiences people actively use—building value through repeat participation, not passive benefits.

Membership That People Stay For
Membership is a promise you have to keep delivering on. Justine explores what strong membership propositions get right, using examples from disruptive podcast network Goalhanger, showing how membership value tightens as competition increases and attention shifts.

Radical Customer-Centricity: Building Loyalty Through Everyday Value
How Nutracheck keeps customers engaged over time by making the product feel useful, personal and easy to stick with, turning 'daily habit' into a membership proposition with long-term loyalty and retention.

Speakers
Tom North
Tom North, Commercial Operations Director - NATIONAL TRUST
Justine Salter
Justine Salter, Membership Director - GOALHANGER
Dan Hutson
Dan Hutson, Managing Director - NUTRACHECK