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Membership

BCA Membership is split into 4 categories: Individuals, Honorary Groups and Associates.


Individual Members join annually as either:

  • Club Individual Members (CIMs)
  • Club Individual Members Plus (CIM Plus)
  • Direct Individual Members (DIMs)

Individual Members are represented on Council by four Individual Member Representatives.

All Individual Members (with the exception of the President and BCRA's Honorary Members) pay an annual fee. The individual membership process is handled by the Membership Administrator. Information on this process is on the Membership Processes pages.


There are 3 sub-categories of Group Members. Each Group Member has one vote in the Group Member “House” at General Meetings.

Clubs join annually and pay a basic membership fee, and can then elect to “top this up” with various additional benefits, such as Speleology and BCRA Membership. The Club membership process is handled by the Membership Administrator. Information on this is on the Membership Processes pages.

Club Members are represented on Council by four Group Member Representatives.

Regional Councils have their own Constitutions and run their own affairs. They carry out certain functions on behalf of BCA and are entitled to send a representative to Council, and all of Council's Standing Committees. They do not pay a fee to BCA and receive costs from BCA for much of their work. The BCA website has a full list of Regional Councils.

Constituent Bodies have their own Constitutions and run their own affairs. They carry out certain functions on behalf of BCA and are entitled to send a representative to Council, and all of Council's Standing Committees. They do not pay a fee to BCA. The BCA website has a full list of Constituent Bodies.


Associate Membership is available for those Groups who are interested in BCA's activities and/or wish to support its aims and objectives, but who are not caving, mining-history clubs, or access-controlling bodies. Typically this includes: outdoor-activity service providers, commercial organisations and other “corporate” bodies.

Associates join annually and pay a basic membership fee, which includes all BCA's publications. The Associate membership process is handled by the Membership Administrator. Information on this is on the Membership Processes pages.

Associate Members are not entitled to vote at General Meetings.

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