Katie
Active member
Hi all,
For 2024 BCA have voted to become greener by sending out less plastic cards.
Currently the BCA posts out over 7000 plastic cards per year, and the majority of these are green 'club caving member' cards (hence the title of this post!)
These cards are only used for a maximum of one year, and their distribution involves additional waste in terms of envelopes and packaging plus the carbon footprint of distributing them around the country.
Instead BCA will be sending out electronic membership cards this year. These will be in a format you can save to your mobile device, or print and have as a hard copy if you prefer. As with the current plastic cards individual members of BCA will receive their electronic card directly from BCA, whereas club cavers will receive theirs via their caving club.
We are confident the vast majority of our membership will welcome this change however for 2024 only we will still send plastic cards if you request one (*only available whilst current card stocks last......)
This news was communicated to club membership representatives last week and so far the response has been very positive! (Especially from those large clubs who will no longer have to post out 200+ cards every year!). I have attached the news as sent to the clubs.
So good news for the planet, good news for the BCA, good news for the club membership representatives BUT bad news for all those cavers who have been too tight to buy ice scrapers for their windscreens and have spent years using their BCA card.........
Katie
BCA membership administrator
For 2024 BCA have voted to become greener by sending out less plastic cards.
Currently the BCA posts out over 7000 plastic cards per year, and the majority of these are green 'club caving member' cards (hence the title of this post!)
These cards are only used for a maximum of one year, and their distribution involves additional waste in terms of envelopes and packaging plus the carbon footprint of distributing them around the country.
Instead BCA will be sending out electronic membership cards this year. These will be in a format you can save to your mobile device, or print and have as a hard copy if you prefer. As with the current plastic cards individual members of BCA will receive their electronic card directly from BCA, whereas club cavers will receive theirs via their caving club.
We are confident the vast majority of our membership will welcome this change however for 2024 only we will still send plastic cards if you request one (*only available whilst current card stocks last......)
This news was communicated to club membership representatives last week and so far the response has been very positive! (Especially from those large clubs who will no longer have to post out 200+ cards every year!). I have attached the news as sent to the clubs.
So good news for the planet, good news for the BCA, good news for the club membership representatives BUT bad news for all those cavers who have been too tight to buy ice scrapers for their windscreens and have spent years using their BCA card.........
Katie
BCA membership administrator