Young Members
	of	BRIGHTON & SOUTH DOWNS CAMRA
	updated:	17 Oct 2011
	Contact:	Kevin Brook brightonyoungmembers@hotmail.co.uk

The Young Members' Page

Within our branch we have many superb pubs, local breweries and a membership of over 1200 which contains over a hundred and fifty under 35 year olds.

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

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.

How can you join in? While the group is still young (!) we have arranged social events such as pub crawls, a visit to Harveys Brewery and trip to Ale at Amberley where we sponsored the live music. Events must be easy for people to attend, so that young CAMRA members get a chance to socialise with like-minded Ale drinkers. Hopefully, if successful, we can arrange more and 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.

SOCIALS are planned to be the first Saturday of each month (I have no details of any at the moment – webmaster)

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).

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