British Caving Association
The 2023 BCA AGM was held by Zoom at 10:30 on Sunday the 11th June 2023. Dear Members, The British Caving Association would like to invite you to participate in this years AGM. The AGM was be held by video call at 10:30am on Sunday 11th June, and will be live-streamed online for those not […]
GPF and BCRA have joined forces to organise a few seminars aimed at any caver involved in exploring new cave passage on expeditions abroad. They are intended to be accessible to any caver regardless of academic background, and will cover the fundamental skills and knowledge required to document scientific finds on expeditions. The seminars will […]
Watch the dramatic BBC documentary covering the 54 hour rescue from Ogof Ffynnon Ddu last year! The legendary rescue of George Linnane, who faced multiple life-threatening injuries within Britain’s deepest cave system, was made into a documentary and broadcast recently on UK television. A year on following the incident, the documentary has not been broadcast […]
The Ghar Parau Foundation is holding a dinner to celebrate its 50th anniversary, and you’re invited! Read below for all the details: What is the Ghar Parau Foundation? In 1971 a group of British Cavers visited Iran and explored the Ghar Parau cave system. They returned to continue the exploration in 1972. The first expedition […]
A reminder about upcoming deadlines to apply for financial support for caving expeditions from the Ghar Parau and Mount Everest foundations. Please note the following deadlines for applications for 2022 Autumn expeditions: Ghar Parau Foundation: 14th September 2022Mount Everest Foundation: 30th September 2022 The MEF has awarded over £120,000 so far in 2022 for exploratory […]
Summary: Andrew Eavis is elected as an Individual Member Representative, and the motion passes thereby reducing the number of Member Representatives on council. The full results of the Online Ballot following the 2022 Annual General Meeting are in! A total of 393 ballots were returned using the online voting platform. Elections For election of the […]
The Online Ballot of all members following the 2022 AGM runs between 23:59 on Sunday 12th June and 23:59 on Sunday 26th June. Members should receive an email instructing them on how to submit their votes. Summary There is one motion and one election on the ballot this year. BCA Council is the elected body […]
The Annual General Meeting this year is coming up (Sunday 12th June, 10:30am on Zoom), and the deadline for proposals and nominations in has now passed, so the Agenda has been finalised. The AGM will be held Zoom with electronic voting to follow, and all BCA members are entitled to attend and vote. The AGM […]
Thanks to the work of Linda Wilson and Howard Jones in conjunction with the Youth and Development team, the British Caving Association are happy to announce the availability of a new grant for groups of young people to attend the 2022 International Congress of Speleology. Two grants of £500 are available to groups of 3 […]
Ian Timney was a keen caver and member of the Wessex Cave Club, with whom he did a number of sporting caving trips abroad including the Gouffre Berger. Following his untimely early demise his caving friends held fund arising events in 2021 and then donated £1,500 to the Ghar Parau Foundation to distribute in his name. […]
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