CAMRA Revitalisation Project moves forward

24-May-2016 - Last updated on 26-May-2016 at 09:12 GMT

The project to determine the future of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is now in its second stage, where it will analyse the data from a survey it conducted with its members.

There will also be a series of meetings with pub, brewing and political experts, which aim to find out opinions on the organisation.

Revitalisation Project chairman and one of the CAMRA founders, Michael Hardman, said: "It's important to emphasise that while we are now analysing the results from the initial survey, this is only the start of the process and consultation is continuing as it would be wrong to base our proposals simply on one part of the consultation process."

There will be 40 more meetings that will run alongside consultation events this summer.

Results

More than 24,000 people responded to survey, which will mean the project steering committee has a huge and complex job to analyse the information.

Hardman added: "The results from the survey and the mass of opinion expressed at the consultation meetings to date confirm how broad a church CAMRA is."

Hardman expressed his pleasure at the interest the project has sparked with non-members because more than 1,000 people have filled in the survey and many have downloaded the consultation document from the CAMRA website.

He added: "Now we have successfully launched the project, the real hard work begins as we will be adding additional specialist experience and knowledge to the steering committee to help us analyse the data."

Hardman also said that the proposals will be tested and refined throughout the summer via additional surveys and consultations of members.

Members will vote on any proposals made during CAMRA's annual general meeting in 2017.

For more information on the upcoming meetings, visit camra.org.uk/revitalisation.