Your existing £10 per month will be recorded and will qualify you as a 'Friend'. However, do not confuse this scheme with Club Membership, that is a completely different aspect. This is a Trust scheme designed to encourage direct donations towards the upkeep of the aircraft and hence, giving you rewards of information and organised events where you will be able to attend and get close to her.
The scheme is 'per individual'... I'll give an example of why that needs to be:
You can't have one person paying £20 and being offered say a £5 discount for said event, while two people pay 2 x £10 and would wish to claim 2 x £5 discounts if they wished to attend. As with all things Vulcan, there will be certain anomalies that crop up and I'll try to settle them here.
If you are refering to an ISP (Individual Sponsorship Pack) then no, sorry, I've already covered that point - they do not apply and are not counted towards the scheme.
Bands are: £60 / £200 / £600 per year in cumulative cash/cheque donations, or monthly standing orders of £5.58 / £18 or £55.80.
Once the exact benefits are published, and higher levels might have better 'guest' facilities, you will have to work out what works best in your situation. As you can see, it's not that easy to reach the best compromise and thus, packages are still being developed to cater for such eventualities and to encourage 'trading up' where a single £10 might become £18, since that might give the whole family access or discount.
In your case, we might lose £2! It's all in final planning and will become clearer once the FRIENDS SCHEME pages are finished!!
Regards,
Ian