Young Members

What ever is the case, this page is dedicated to the thriving group that is CAMRA young members. With over 6% of the total national membership being aged between 18 - 30 years old, it is time for us Young Members to stand up, be counted and raise our glasses high in the air!

Well apart from supporting Birmingham CAMRA at monthly branch meetings and going on pub fact finding missions on Mondays, we run our own pub crawls, visit breweries, drink at beer festivals, work at beer festivals (with other Young Members at other branches) and generally do any other social activity involving drinking ale! It is that simple.

CAMRA branches around the country will have a Branch Young Members Contact (BYMC). It is his or hers duty to ensure that the branch considers the needs of young members when planning campaigns and social events. Also it is their duty to get like minded young members more involved with the branch. These BYMCs communicate with both regional and national Young Members Contacts, to keep informed about what everyone is doing and to keep CAMRA HQ in check. Finally over seeing all this is the Young Members Group that deals with any issue involving young people with CAMRA; be it about working socials at beer festivals or liaising with universities.

Your Birmingham branch YMC is Jon Thorne. Jon took over the role from Joe Roberts and is working hard to increase the young members within the branch.

If you are currently not a CAMRA member, then it is easy to join. For all young people under 26 years old, the full UK membership rate of £18 per annum is reduced to only £10! If you join by Direct Debit, you’ll get 15 months membership for the price of 12. Further discounted rates are available if you're a member of a University Real Ale Society. Just pick up a leaflet or visit the CAMRA website.

If you are already a member, or not and still want to get more involved, the best way to be kept informed is by either looking at the Branch Diary on this website, joining the Birmingham CAMRA mailing list.