British Caving Association
This year the Kendal Mountain Festival is going online, and the line-up looks fantastic. The highlight for us of course will be the Petzl Underground Session, live on Wednesday 25th of November at 8 PM. Steered by the ever-psyched Steph Dwyer from Yorkshire Dales Guides, Steph chairs a light-hearted panel discussion with Diane Arthurs, Holly […]
You can find the new Eurospeleo Newsletter here, it contains an update to what the FSE have been doing as well as more information on the UIS (the International Speleological Union) 18th congress in France next year.
The BCA Demographics report has been uploaded to the website and gives some insight into our membership statistics mainly confirming an old membership profile relative to that of the UK population and that participation among young women is increasing relative to men. It and its recommendations are due to be discussed in the upcoming BCA […]
This event has now finished. Many thanks to all involved for a fantastic day. The BCRA’s Cave Science Symposium will be held online on Saturday 14th November. A full day of seminars across a range of cave science topics has been prepared by Dr Mike Rogerson of Northumbria University, where the event was to have […]
The results of the BCA vote following the AGM are now available. A huge thank you must be given to all the members that made the effort to engage and took the trouble to vote. Secondly another huge thank you should be extended to the IT group for pulling off a remarkable number of achievements […]
The Online Ballot deadline has been extended from 23:59 31/10/2020 by 24 hours to 23:59 01/11/2020 We have been made aware that the voting website has been unavailable since 6pm this evening, and may continue to be unavailable until 10am tomorrow due to essential maintenance from our web hosting provider. As such the BCA is […]
Porth yr Ogof by Gary Evans As the National Governing Body for Cave and Mine Exploration in the UK, the British Caving Association recognises the valuable contribution Outdoor Education Centres provide to young people in the UK, providing a safe introduction to the wonders and adventures to be had underground. Outdoor Education Centres across the […]
All BCA Members can vote electronically on the proposals discussed at the AGM. Dear BCA Members, Yesterday, the BCA held its first Virtual AGM, which seemed to pass with reasonable success. This is largely due to the very hard work undertaken by the BCA IT working Group that should be given great praise for this […]
Just a reminder that membership renewal for Direct Membership for 2021 can be found at this link. Unfortunately this year reminders cannot be sent out by post, and there’s still some way to go with the membership database overhaul and BCA online. We appreciate how difficult things have been this year, so many people have […]
For the first time ever the BCA Annual General Meeting was held using online video conferencing software and broadcast live to members around the world. The recording is now available for members to watch online. Voting is now open for members to vote on the elections and proposals discussed during the AGM. More information is […]
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