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CAMRA is extremely proud
of its hugely diverse membership. More than 85,000
individuals of all ages, backgrounds and both sexes
enjoy their CAMRA membership. With just over 6% of the
membership being under 30 years old, it was felt that a
section of the website should be dedicated to show the
activities of this thriving group of Young Members.
These pages are here to help you find out more about
CAMRA's Young Members. You’ll find out about the Young
Members task Group (YMG), what CAMRA events young people
have fun at, CAMRA affiliated societies, what social
events Young Members will be attending and how you can
get involved.
This is very much a work in progress section; but with
suggestions and input from young people and Young CAMRA
Members, we hope it will grow into a more informative
and exciting part of the website. Contact Gus Manning
(details below).
What is the Young
Members Task Group (YMG)
and what do they do?
The YMG was formed to campaign on
issues that affect Young CAMRA Members and to promote
and encourage the drinking of Real Ale among young
people (in this context "young" means the 18 - 30 age
group).
We also encourage Young Members
and young people to join in with the numerous social
activities that are organised nationwide as well as
getting Young Members to become more involved in CAMRA
at local, regional and national levels.
The YMG has a committee, which is made up of younger
members. The Young Members Group Committee (YMGC) have a
responsibility to reflect the interests of all Young
Members.
We hold four YMGC meetings a year -
The next YMG Committee meeting
will be in Leicester on Saturday 15th July 2006 at 1pm,
at the Leicester Gateway, 52 Gateway Street, Leicester,
LE2 7DP. We discuss issues that matter
to Young CAMRA Members. Our YMGC meetings always have a
set agenda and a level of business we have to get
through on matters that affect Young CAMRA Members.
These meetings are usually carried out much more quickly
than most other CAMRA meetings because we try to keep
our meetings lively and interesting and we have a
deadline of 4pm.
We all enjoy the social side of the campaign too
(because it's not all work, work, work), so we go on
very informal pub-crawls of the local city/town after
each of the meetings - not always knowing what pub we're
going to next because our guides are local Young
Members. These pub crawls leave the meeting venue at
4.30pm.
All Young Members are welcome to attend the meeting or
pub-crawl if they're unable to make it to both and young
non-members are welcome to join us on the pub crawls.
The YMG is also here to help Young Members and young
people if they want to set up a Real Ale Society in
their University or College.
Contact details of the YMGC members can be downloaded
from the Young Members Section of the CAMRA web-site.
How can I get
involved?
To get involved with Young Members
social events in your local Branch area, and in the
wider East Midlands Region, just E-mail or ‘phone your
local Branch Young Members' Contact (BYMC) or Social
Secretary to find out what events are being organised,
and then turn up - it really is that easy.
The whole of the UK is covered by local Branches of
CAMRA, who should be in the process of finding local
volunteers to become a BYMC. This person works alongside
the local Branch Membership Secretary and Social
Secretary and is responsible for organising trips and
events for Young Members in the local Branch area.
If you're already an active Young Member within your
Branch, you could consider standing for the role of BYMC
in your local Branch. The East Midlands Region already
has 7 Branches with a BYMC, contact your Branch Chairman
or Branch Committee if you'd like to stand.
Young Members Social
Events
Details of pub-crawls, working socials
and other social events that are organised by and for
Young CAMRA Members, can be found on the 'Diary Page' in
the Young Members Section of the CAMRA web-site. Just
contact the person organising the event and then turn up
- it really is that easy!
for more info, please visit the
following link
http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=100724
What is the Young
Members Group (YMG)
and what do they do?
 The YMG is a task group
that was formed to campaign on issues that affect Young
CAMRA Members and to promote and encourage the drinking
of Real Ale among young people (in this context "young"
means under 30 years of age). We also encourage Young
Members and young people to join in with the numerous
social activities that are organised nationwide as well
as getting Young Members to become more involved in
CAMRA at local, regional and national levels.
The YMG has a committee, which is made up of younger
members. The committee have a responsibility to reflect
the interests of all Young Members.
 We hold three YMG meetings a year (the next meeting will
be in Birmingham on Saturday 11th June 2005), where we
discuss issues that matter to Young CAMRA Members. Our
YMG committee meetings always have a set agenda and a
level of business we have to get through on matters that
affect Young CAMRA Members. These meetings are usually
carried out much more quickly than most other CAMRA
meetings because we try to keep our meetings lively and
interesting.
We all enjoy the social side of the campaign too,
because we go on very informal pub-crawls of the local
area after each of the meetings – not always knowing
what pub we’re going to next because our guides are
local Young Members.
The YMG is also here to help Young Members and young
people if they want to set up a real ale group in their
University or College. Contact John Cottrell (details
below).
Have you ever thought of
joining CAMRA?
If the Answer is 'no',
then why not?
Its boring and made up of smelly old men with beards and
beer- bellies who wear bobble hats, anoraks, woolly
jumpers and sandals!
If this is your view, have a look at the pictures below
of young people from all over the UK enjoying CAMRA
trips and events.
How much does it cost
to join CAMRA?
For all young people
under 26 years old or any full time student, the full UK
membership rate of £20-22 (£25-27 Joint) per annum, is reduced
to £11-13 (£14-16 joint), reflecting CAMRA's commitment and
determination to attract younger members. If you join by
Direct Debit, you’ll get 15 months membership for the
price of 12.
Affiliated Membership is open to University and College
Real Ale Societies. Full details about Affiliated
Membership and Affiliated Membership rates are available
from John Cottrell (details below).
Affiliated Membership:
· Do you want to set up a
Real Ale Society?
We can give advice on how to approach the powers that be
in your University or College in order to set up a Real
Ale Society.
· Are you part of a Real Ale Society at University or
College?
We can supply copies of our monthly newspaper What's
Brewing and its supplement Beer. With permission from
your local CAMRA branch, you’ll also qualify for the
members concession at your local beer festival(s).
· Is your Student Union interested in establishing links
with CAMRA?
 Affiliated Membership could be what your Society is
looking for.
· Does your Student Union Bar serve Real Ale?
CAMRA can help by providing information on bottled Real
Ales and breweries that can supply small casks of Real
Ales.
For full details on affiliation, E-mail or ‘phone John
Cottrell (details below).
How can I get involved?
 The whole of the UK is
covered by local Branches of CAMRA, who should be in the
process of finding volunteers in local Branches to
become Branch Young Members Contacts (BYMC). This person
works alongside the local Branch Membership Secretary
and Social Secretary and is responsible for organising
trips and events for Young Members in the local Branch
area.
To get involved in your local Branch, E-mail or ‘phone
your BYMC or Social Secretary to find out what events
are being organised or volunteer to stand in your local
Branch.
The Branch Young
Members Contacts in the East Midlands Region are:
Chesterfield Branch – Kathy Shorrock,
kshorrock@aol.com
Derby Branch – Ralph Edge,
ralf.edge@ntlworld.com
Mansfield & Ashfield Branch – Justine Wilkinson,
jhwilkinson3011@yahoo.co.uk
In addition to Branch Young Members Contacts, Greater
Manchester, the East Midlands, the West Midlands and
South Yorkshire also have Regional Young Persons
Membership Co-ordinators who liaise with the BYMC. The
regional contacts invite all Young Members in those
regions to larger social events.
Young Members
Group Committee Contacts
Branch Young Members
Contacts, Regional Young Persons Membership
Co-ordinators and existing members of the Young Members
Group Committee (YMGC) are elected to the CAMRA Young
Members Group Committee. Elections are held once a year
and the committee members have a responsibility to
reflect the views and interests of all Young Members.
The YMGC hold four meetings a year and all members are
welcome to join us. If you'd like to contact all of the
YMGC Members, please E-mail
camra_ym_committee@yahoo.co.uk
Name: Gus Manning
Post: YMGC Chairman
Phone: 01623 471774 (h), 07734 084083 (m)
Email: gusintheymgcpub@yahoo.co.uk
Name: John Hudson
Post: YMGC Vice Chairman
E-mail Address: ym_secretary03@hotmail.com
Phone: 07837 615930 (m)
Name: Karen Hannah
Post: YMGC Secretary
E-mail Address: karenjhannah@tiscali.co.uk
Phone: 01904 672015 (h), 07960 801786 (m)
Name: Tim Jackson
Post: YMGC Student Liaison Officer
E-mail Address: camrau30.manchester@gmail.com
Phone: 07838 119 326 (m)
Name: Alan Jepson
Post: YMGC Promotions & Marketing Liaison Officer
E-mail Address: alanjepson@gmail.com
Phone: 07962 459671 (m)
Name: Paul Richards
Post: YMGC Member Without Portfolio
E-mail Address: ym@rbcamra.org.uk
Phone: 07974 889553 (m)
Name: Richard Chambers
Post: YMGC Member Without Portfolio
E-mail Address: rchambers2000@zoom.co.uk
Phone: 07734 330092
This webpage was last updated on
Sunday, 02 September 2007
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