Hi everyone
Thanks for the interest!
We’ve been working on developing our membership plans for a couple of years. A key part of this is launching this new digital-only membership and making membership a lot easier to take out on your phone.
We’re hoping that this new digital membership will be successful and increase our younger members. Whilst it is only for U27s at the moment, we're looking to make it available to everyone after the initial 12-month trial.
BMC individual membership is currently:
- £12 / year intro Direct Debit offer for U27s
- £24 / year U27 membership
- £19.97 / year intro Direct Debit offer for full individual membership
- £39.95 / year full individual membership
Why join? You’ll help us:
- Be a powerful voice for all climbers
- Protect our crags and mountains
- Campaign for improved access
- Promote environmental sustainability
- Provide technical and safety advice
- Help climbers improve their skills, confidence and achieve personal ambitions
- Keep our climbing heritage alive
And you’ll also get the personal benefits including liability insurance. This means that you’re protected if you’re involved in a climbing accident (such as a belay accident or dropping rocks on someone). In the event of a claim against you, you have £15 million of insurance cover.
Steve McClure explains more:
https://intouch.thebmc.co.uk/rock-climbing/
This digital membership is just the start of our plans. Look out for some members-only GB Climbing coaching content and hill walking skills content, coming soon. This has been developed for the U27 members but will be available for everyone.
Thanks Rob for that feedback on the insurance, we'll work on explaining that more.
Feel free to fire any membership questions or feedback at me and I'll try and help.
Alex