In a climate of rising energy costs, high interest rates and household spending cuts, money worries are a major barrier to enjoying the outdoors for many. While spending time in nature carries the illusion of being free for all, the costs of equipment, training, travel and provisions soon add up.

If you climb at Cheddar Gorge, enjoy hill walking across the Mendip Hills, or regularly visit the area, now is your chance to help shape its future.

The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) has announced today a new 2-year relationship with Lifesystems, designed to help climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers stay safe and better prepared during their adventures. 

Thanks to your generous donations, the BMC Access & Conservation Trust are funding a two-year apprenticeship role within the National Trust path repair team in Eryri, part of the 2026 Mend Our Mountains campaign.

The BMC Access & Conservation Trust have donated four heavy duty cargo nets to Fix the Fells to help them move large stones during path repair work.

The BMC Access & Conservation Trust are helping to fund the repair of badly eroded paths on Roseberry Topping in North Yorkshire as part of our ongoing Mend Our Mountains campaign. Here's the latest update.

The BMC's Get Stuck In path repair and upland conservation events are going from strength to strength, with eight new path repair dates now available this year in Cumbria and North Wales.

Volunteers are the beating heart of the BMC so it's tremendous to celebrate almost 200 of our fantastic members coming together to repair paths, restore the landscape and carry out conservation work in 2025. Here are the latest stats.

In addition to welcoming four new trustees, the BMC Access & Conservation Trust has been busy in 2025, securing grants and creating fundraisers to support crag and mountain path repair, moorland restoration and landscape conservation in hill walking and climbing areas. Here are this year's highlights.