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The Worcester CAMRA branch
Worcester CAMRA has grown rapidly in recent years along with Worcester having it’s the best range of pubs for decades. Today we are a vibrate social hub for everything beer in our part of Worcestershire.
CAMRA will be celebrating its 50th birthday in 2021 and with over 191,000 members is still going strong, campaigning for real ale, cider and perry in thriving pubs and clubs..
You will find a warm welcome at any of social activities and events. I’m sure with so much going, there will be something going on to suit all.
Worcester CAMRA Boundaries
Worcester Branch looks after the area of South Worcestershire centred around the City, but stretching to Tenbury Wells in the West and nearly Evesham in the East. This area also includes Malvern, Upton upon Severn and Pershore.
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Facts and Figures
Here are some figures to give you a feel of our size and wide range of social meetings, events and activities.
Current Active Members
Actively Involved Members
Yearly Survey Trips
Yearly Member Meetings
District Real Ale Pubs
Yearly CAMRA Social Trips
Have you say
Worcester CAMRA has a dedicated team of people providing help and support to our members, pubs and breweries in our part of Worcestershire.
There's always room for improvement, so why not let us know your suggestions, comments and views.
Why not write an article or submit some pub news all will be updated on our website blog and could appear in our quarterly newsletter which goes out to 1000s of people.
Worcester CAMRA Regular Activites
January
One of three Worcestershire Survey trips: east, south and west, Worcester North City Tour and Worcester CAMRA Members Meeting
January
One of three Worcestershire Survey trips: east, south and west, Worcester North City Tour and Worcester CAMRA Members Meeting
Feburary
Worcester CAMRA Good Beer Guide(GBG) and Pub of the Year(POTY) selection evening, Worcester CAMRA Social Trip and Worcester CAMRA Members Meeting
March
Worcester CAMRA Pub Festival,Worcester CAMRA GBG and POTY submission, Worcester CAMRA Members Meeting and Worcester CAMRA Committee Meeting
April
Worcester CAMRA Social Trip and Worcester CAMRA Members Meeting
May
Worcestershire CAMRA Pub of the Year(POTY) Survey Trip, Worcestershire Pub of the Year submission and Worcester CAMRA Members Meeting
June
Worcestershire CAMRA Pub of the Year(POTY) Survey Trip, Worcestershire Pub of the Year submission and Worcester CAMRA Members Meeting
July
Worcester CAMRA Social Trip and Worcester CAMRA Members Meeting
August
Worcestershire Beer,Cider and Perry Festival
September
One of three Worcestershire Survey trips: east, south and west and Worcester CAMRA Members Meeting
October
Worcester CAMRA Social Trip,Worcester CAMRA Members Meeting and Worcester CAMRA Committee Meeting
November
One of three Worcestershire Survey trips: east, south and west, Annual Worcester CAMRA trip to Three Kings Pub Beer Festival at Hanley Castle and Worcester CAMRA Members Meeting
December
Worcester South City Tour, Worcester CAMRA Christmas Social
Worcester CAMRA Activties Explained
Here are some of our main Worcester CAMRA activities. City pub tours and survey trips are too review pubs for good beer guide(GBG) and pub of the year(POTY) nominations. Social events are to explore neighbouring county pubs, festivals and events. Member meetings where all CAMRA members are welcome, we catch up on everything going on and plan for subsequent months.
City Pub Tours
Worcester City north and south pub tours
Two walking Worcester city pub tours annually to survey Worcester pubs. WhatPub beer scoring considered for city pub tour itinerary
Worcester pubs in previous GBGs or POTYs are reviewed. Pubs are surveyed as part of the trips and WhatPub information updated accordingly.
Pub Survey Trips
Worcester CAMRA survey trips keep us up todate with rural pubs in our area
Four mini-bus survey trips annually covering Worcestershire South, Worcestershire West, Worcestershire East and Worcestershire Pub of the Year. WhatPub beer scoring(NBSS) is considered for a pub survey list. Pubs are surveyed as part of the trips and WhatPub information updated accordingly
Social Events
Worcester CAMRA have social events most months of the year
Worcester CAMRA has a range of events we get involved with from Pub beer festivals, CAMRA beer festivals, Boat trips, and others to simply meeting up in a nice pub for a chat, sometimes talking about topics other than beer.
Member Meetings
Worcester CAMRA meetings happen 9 times a year and is where we catch up on everything beer and CAMRA
All member meetings have a full agenda covering all member activities such as beer scoring, locale, pub surveying, and the latest pub news. A topic of the Evening is an open discussion on a specific CAMRA related topic
Worcester camra bRANCH oBJECTIVES 2019/2020
Every year Worcester CAMRA sets their branch objectives for the following year, at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), which takes place in May of each year. Objectives are discussed and occasionally voted on at member and committee meetings before the Worcester CAMRA AGM.
Goals
Approach
Modernise Branch
Redesign Worcester CAMRA Website revamp to improve reach and engagement
Improve pub and brewery engagement
Engage with Email campaigning, surveying, WhatPub, Beer scoring
Improve Cider and Perry presence
Looking at events such as cider evenings / cider trail / national cider trail
Increase new members
Beer festival membership stand run by Worcester members and email campaigning
WORCESTER CAMRA BEER SCORING LEAGUE TABLE
Our Worcester CAMRA beer scoring league table is lots of fun and can get a little competitive. The league runs from 1st May to 30th April of each year. You score 10 points for every new pub you visit and record in our area and 1 point for each beer scored. Rating beer is easy on WhatPub.
