Unemployed need help with ICE subs

摘要

I was distressed to find a letter from the ICE dated 15 February informing me that if I did not pay my subscriptions that my membership would be terminated. I can see the ICE offers a "benevolent" fund for those with families etcetera. However, I have no family and exist in circumstances which is unlikely to make me eligible. I am a 36 year old graduate civil engineer and I have just submitted a PhD thesis focusing on reducing flood impact in small urban catchments in the UK.