Campaign for Real Ale  Enfield and Barnet Branch

CAMRA Young Members

CAMRA set up a Young Members Group (YMG) in 2000 to promote and encourage the drinking of RealAle among young people (the 18 - 30 age group) by encouraging Young Members and young nonmembers to join in with the numerous social activities that are organised nationwide, as well as encouraging and supporting Young Members who want to get more involved with CAMRA locally, regionally and nationally.

The YMG has a Committee that is made up of 7 younger members who meet four times a year at venues all over the UK to discuss matters that affect Young CAMRA Members. YMG Committee Meetings are taken seriously by CAMRA because visiting Young Members are actively encouraged to add their voice to the meetings. After the Committee Meetings we always have a pub-crawl of the town/city, which are led by local Young Members, because it’s not all work, work, work!

YMG events are roughly every three months. Contact Gus Manning for further details.

Over 6% of CAMRA members are under 30 years old and it’s our strategic aim to increase this to 10% by the time we reach 100,000 members. About a third of CAMRA members are female.

How much does it cost to join CAMRA?

From 1st January 2007 annual single membership for under 26s is £13 (£11 by Direct Debit) or joint membership for two under 26 at the same address is £16 (£14 by Direct Debit). These are savings of £9 - £11 on the normal membership rates.

Further discounted rates are available if you're a member of a University Real Ale Society that takes advantage of Affiliated Membership.

Membership benefits

CAMRA membership brings you the monthly colour newspaper 'What's Brewing', free or discounted admission to over 150 CAMRA Beer Festivals and discounts on many CAMRA products including the best selling Good Beer Guide. Visit the CAMRA national website for more benefits.

There is a CAMRA Young Members Google Group. The Google Group was set up as a discussion group so that Young CAMRA Members can air their views about subjects related to their membership, including Young Members social events and CAMRA policy, as well as talking about pubs, breweries, beery news. Just E-mail Gus Manning (the Chairman of the YMGC) to request to join.

Contacts:-

For Enfield and Barnet area:- Paul Johnson , phone 07718 422190 (m).

For Greater London:- Alan Jepson, phone 07962 459671 (m).

Membership Marketing Manager Tony Jerome, at CAMRA HQ can tell you about setting up a University Real Ale Society and Affiliated Membership. Phone 01727 867201.

Link to Young Members section on the CAMRA national website.

Come and join us on our social events. We're a friendly bunch of young Real Ale drinkers who always enjoy good beer, good company and a good day out. Most of our events are open to members and non-members. Young Members are of course welcome at any Enfield and Barnet event.