Thanks for applying to join the Guild of GCCF Judges and Stewards. We have received your application and the next steps are now happening automatically.

What happens next

1. Welcome email — you should receive one within a few minutes confirming we have your details. If it does not arrive in 5–10 minutes, check your Spam, Promotions or Updates folder.
2. Guild Secretary (Sandra) has been notified and has your full application on file.
3. Treasurer (Shelagh) is checking that your £5 BACS payment has landed against your name reference.
4. You are in — once Shelagh confirms payment you are a full Guild member and your stewarding engagements start counting.

The whole loop usually completes within a few working days of the application coming in.

Where to get your forms

There is no pack in the post. Everything you need sits on one page and is yours to download whenever you want it — the Rules and Procedure, the Role and Responsibilities of a Steward, your show certificates, table work certificates, the Evidence of Veterinary Tuition form and the promotion form.

Forms and Downloads for stewards

Guild subscriptions fall due on 1 January each year. Join after 1 October and your membership carries forward, so you are not asked again that January.

Make sure our emails reach you

Our automated emails come from admin@gccftraining.org and ross@gccftraining.org. To avoid them landing in junk:

• Gmail users: if the welcome email arrives in the Promotions or Updates tab, drag it to your Primary tab — Gmail will keep future emails there too.
• Outlook, Yahoo and other providers: add both addresses to your contacts or safe-senders list.
• If you do not see anything after 30 minutes: check your spam/junk folder. If still nothing, get in touch using the link below.

Something not right?

If you spotted a mistake in what you submitted, or you have not heard anything within a week, reply to the welcome email or write to admin@gccftraining.org and we will sort it out.

Otherwise, while you wait, you may want to read the GCCF Steward overview to see what the training pathway looks like.