Give the generous few their lives back.

An investment club is still one of the best ways to learn investing: a group of friends pooling a modest monthly subscription, arguing about shares over a drink, and getting slowly, collectively wiser. At the peak there were over ten thousand clubs in Britain.

But every club exists thanks to the generous efforts of a few members. Somebody values the units every month. Somebody keeps the ledger, takes the minutes, chases the subscriptions, and works out each member's tax figures in January. Meanwhile the banks and brokers that once welcomed clubs have quietly withdrawn, and the organisations that supported them have disappeared. The clubs that remain run on spreadsheets and goodwill.

BrICKS.club exists to do those jobs — and to make starting a club easy again.

As a non-profit, run by its clubs. Registration is free forever and your club's entire first year is free. After that, the running costs are shared equally between all clubs — capped at £1 a month per club, or a single £10 for the year if your club prefers one payment to twelve — and reset once a year to bring the books gently back to zero. Every cost is published on the open accounts page.

Members shape the platform. Enhancements are requested and voted on by members; when work needs doing — a new broker, a new competition, the capital gains engine — it goes out to tender and members vote on who does it. Members with skills offer them for reimbursement. More clubs means lower costs for everyone, so clubs are encouraged to spread the word.

We will bring the best ideas from each club to make an environment that is as good as it can be. Ready to Enrich, Educate and Entertain.