BMC Club Registration | Benefits of Registration  

Some of the key benefits include:

• Access to specialist support

Clubs registered with the BMC will be able to more easily access the specialist support provided via the BMC Office.

• Combined Liability Insurance

All club members, whose names and addresses we hold, benefit from £15 million Combined Liability Insurance worldwide.

The BMC provides comprehensive Combined Liability Insurance cover for your club members.  The policy provides combined liability protection for all members in connection with hillwalking, climbing and mountaineering activities.  This policy will provide protection for the club members whether they are participating on a club event, heading out with a group of friends or on their own.

The limit of indemnity in respect of any claim made during the period of insurance is £15 million in any one event. (For members who are resident in the Republic of Ireland, the total limit for Public Liability is £10m).

For clubs eligible to register through our Affiliated Club route, there is additional Combined Liability Insurance cover for the committee, volunteers, trustees and others in club support roles.

More details can be found on the BMC Insurance Website.

• Access to the BMC Club Training Workshops

The BMC provides a range of training opportunities for your club officers and committee members, and club leaders.  Ranging from courses about working with novice members, and workshops to help committee members.  Many of these courses are subsidised for members of registered clubs.

More details can be found on the Club Support Pack page.

• Specialist Club Guidance Notes

Access to specialist advice from BMC staff and the volunteers on the Specialist Committees, such as through the Club Guidance Notes and the Huts Guidance Notes.

• Hut Access

Access to BMC Mountain Huts through the BMC reciprocal arrangement scheme where you may advertise your club hut on the BMC hut list, and make use of BMC-registered club huts for club meets. There are currently over 60 buildings providing great value, high quality, self-catering accommodation for hillwalkers, climbers and mountaineers - typically situated in the heart of the popular mountain areas in the UK.  Most are managed by affiliated-clubs, with National Huts run by BMC and Mountaineering Scotland volunteers for the benefit of BMC and MS members.

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• Annual Summit Magazine

All club members will be able to access Summit, the BMC’s quarterly digital magazine, by using their membership number and email address to log-in.

• Outdoor & Adventure retail discounts

BMC club members can get discounts on outdoor gear purchases, training courses, online mapping, accommodation and holidays, climbing walls, and the Reciprocal Rights card for discounts in Alpine Huts when shopping with the retailers on our list.

Key discounts include 15% off at Cotswold Outdoor and Snow+Rock,  20% off intro courses at Plas y Brenin and 10% off accommodation and food at the centre. Annual YHA membership for only £12.50 (or £1 for Under 26’s!).

• Access to BMC Travel and Activity Insurance

Our specialist travel insurance policies are designed for those participating in mountaineering activities – BMC Insurance is the most comprehensive travel and activity insurance around.  Members of registered clubs can take out our BMC Travel Insurance to cover medical, rescue, baggage and cancellation.  Rates are available to cover activities from beach holidays to an ascent of Everest, from 3 days to annual cover.

• BMC Areas

Our local areas offer you and your club members the opportunity to take an active part in the work of the BMC by attending area meetings and exercising your right to discuss and vote on issues raised.  Clubs will be able to join Forums arranged by the elected club reps and run specifically for clubs to engage with each other in a supportive environment.

• Access to Mountain Training registration

If you wish to undertake any Mountain Training qualifications such as Mountain Leader Award, Rock Climbing Instructor, Climbing Wall Development Instructor or Hill & Moorland Leader Award then you need to be a member of the BMC

• Facility to claim back club fees for any club member registered via more than one club

• Supporting Access, Conservation & Environmental Sustainability

Be part of an organisation that represents your interests, fights your corner and is there for you when you need help and advice.  Our access, conservation and lobbying work is one of the most important and highly regarded of the BMC functions.  Over the years, the programme has gone from strength to strength coordinated by BMC officers in England and Wales with many regional access volunteers and specialist advisors.  "On the ground" work is undertaken by area volunteers who, backed by the BMC officers, liaise with landowners and conservationists in their areas to negotiate access agreements and deal with any conflicts that arise.

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