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The Merseyside Young Professionals ("MYP") was formed many years ago by representatives of the various junior professional bodies in the city (Chartered Accountants, Law Society, Bankers etc), including Liverpool Junior Chamber of Commerce’, to organise an annual charity ball to raise money for a deserving local charity. In 1999 a group of such ‘young professionals’ decided to form an independent organisation to promote stronger links between young people in different professions, and in particular to facilitate networking. The members of the 'new organisation, noted that the 'MYP' name was already well known in the city, and to organise monthly events under that name would compliment the already successful annual ball. 'Merseyside Young Professionals' as you know it today was born.

MYP is a non profit making organisation, and all membership fees are put towards the events we organise. We arrange 10 events throughout the year. The events are aimed at encouraging relaxed networking and socialising amongst the younger and junior members of the Merseyside business community. There are several staple events as you can see from our calendar and the benefits for members are that most events are heavily subsidised for members (the only exception is the Summer Ball which is a separately organised charity event) and a couple are free and for members only. Those two being, the Champagne Tasting - a top event that involves much drinking of champers and presents a good chance to mix, and the summer drinks party which is members only as we normally "blow" the last of our yearly budget and there is a food buffet and some complimentary drinks. The rest of the events can be attended as non-members but all are at a higher charge.

In simple terms, if you attend the two free events and just a couple of others you easily obtain value for money from your membership. Obviously we encourage regular attendance in order to really get to know other members and develop lasting business and professional relationships.

As you will see from our membership page, you can join MYP as an individual or as a corporate member. The individual membership is in your own name. However, as a corporate member, it is the company that has joined, so, for example, if you joined as a corporate member (with you as the named contact), then you would receive all correspondence and you can decide who uses that membership (ie you), but if you cannot make it then someone else can still attend the event from your organisation. Our membership was over 145 last year, and considering in the first year we only had 70 members, we have expanded very well. We are not dominated by any one profession, and in fact involve many professions and different businesses including accountants, finance firms, insurance brokers, entrepreneurs, HR, banks, consultants etc. In fact, a very broad membership.

If you require further details on membership please contact our Membership Director,  Matthew Lewis at membership@myp.org.uk . If you would like to join please go to our membership page which includes details on how to join.

If you would like to be added to our mailing list in order to receive details of our future events, please contact Matthew Lewis at membership@myp.org.uk