Young Members
	of	BRIGHTON & SOUTH DOWNS CAMRA
	updated:	23rd July 2010
	Contact:	Kevin Brook brightonyoungmembers@hotmail.co.uk

The Young Members' Section

We wondered why there were other Young Member's Groups (YMGs) across the country... but not one in Brighton and its surrounding area. This, we decided, had to change.

Within our branch we have many superb pubs, local breweries and a membership of over 1000 which contains over a hundred and fifty under 35 year olds. So we believe it’ll make sense to have an active YMG.

The Young Members Group was formed in the summer of 2009 by myself Kevin Brook, (the Young Members Branch Contact) and Jon Skinner.

Here we are then, and what do we hope to achieve? Well, first and foremost we hope to promote and encourage the drinking of real Ale among younger people and importantly have some fun along the way. Real Ale and Cider is an amazing drink (as I’m sure you well know) and, simply put, we want to celebrate that with other young CAMRA members in Sussex. CAMRA’s official definition of a Young Member is a person under 30 but we want to include anyone who wants to join us whether you’re 18 or thirty something.

And what are we going to do and how can you join in? While the group is still very much in its infancy we do hope to arrange social events such as pub crawls which are easy for people to attend and so that young CAMRA members get a chance to socialise with like- minded Ale drinkers. Hopefully (if the crawls are successful) we can arrange some more varied events throughout the year for young members.

You are invited to join us on Facebook. The Brighton and South Downs Young Members group page can be found at http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=691800982&k=4VDTY55SWTYF3GABT12VPVWQUT1G2Y&oid=217615466601
or visit the Young Members pages of the national CAMRA’s website http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=ymg which explains of the role Young Members groups have at a broader national level.

With suggestions and input from Young Members and young people (whether it be positive, negative or indifferent), we hope this page will grow into a more informative and exciting part of the website. So if you want more information, have ideas for subjects you'd like to see on this page or want to get involved please get in touch with us at brightonyoungmembers@hotmail.co.uk (where you can also register your e-mail address to be informed of future events).

The Young Members' Group is sponsoring the music at "Ale at Amberley 5" (the beer festival at Amberley Museum) on Saturday 4th September. Which means there may well be a Social there and some free or reduced-price tickets as a result. Look out for more details. aleatamberley.co.uk

Adrian Towler
Co-Organiser of Ale at Amberley

Kevin Brook
(Brighton and South Downs Branch Young Members contact)
& Jon Skinner