Getting younger people into caving is essential for the continuity of our sport, as well as to promote an appetite for the outdoors and a healthy lifestyle.
The underground world of caves and abandoned mines, gives access to truly exciting, fun and memorable environments. For many, once they have had their initial taste of a journey underground, they become inspired and it leads to regular participation of the sport.
It’s not all about the horror stories you might hear of really tight spaces, crawling in water, coldness and rescues, caving even just within the UK can offer a vast range of environments, including those much more conventionally enjoyable.
The BCA are passionate in engaging and promoting opportunities for young people to become involved with cave and mine exploration, and the Youth & Development working group take the lead on this.
Some avenues which exist for getting into caving are shown below, and further information is available at the New To Caving website.
See below for a range of articles produced by the Youth and Development working group.
BCA Young people grants for ICS
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...
Article from Josh White in Youth and Development In a recent conversation with Badger, we were recalling some of our favourite memories as Scout Cave Leaders, and one that stood out for him was a young lad called Jamie. If you’re inspired by the following story and want to be able...
In early 2020 a proposal from the Youth & Development group resulted in the BCA providing funding to the Yorkshire Dales Guides Adventure Academy, a not-for profit scheme aimed at young people in the Yorkshire Dales. The project would take keen young people from the area, and give them not...
In order to give university clubs an opportunity to continue socialising (whilst meeting in person isn’t possible) and to keep fitness and flexibility up, Rob Watson, training officer for CHECC, approached the Youth and Development team requesting funds to provide a series of zoom yoga sessions. Eight sessions have been...
Earlier this year the BCA granted two groups of keen young people some funds to go to the International Congress of Speleology in France. Both these groups have provided their accounts of the week, describing how such a small provision from the BCA has managed to benefit their clubs and...
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