BCRA > Information > Membership Fees and Benefits

You do not have to be a member of the BCRA to take part in its activities or to purchase its publications. However, if you do want to join BCRA, please note that membership of BCA is handled as an 'option' to our parent body, the British Caving Association.

The shortcuts, below, will take you directly to application forms for membership and subscription to BCRA periodicals.

Shortcuts: Subscribe to BCRA publications | Join BCRA or renew your membership

For more general information, including lists of fees and benefits please see the BCA Membership Information pages. Our membership benefits vary slightly depending on the category of membership. Individual members receive our periodicals Speleology (3 per year) and Cave & Karst Science (3 per year), as well as reduced admission fees to meetings, a discount on BCRA publications and a discount on the BCA travel insurance scheme. BCRA membership fees are now handled by BCA but please scroll down for some 'historical' information on...

• Gift Aid Scheme and Legacies
• BCA v. BCRA Membership Categories
• Standing Order Payments to BCRA

For historical interest, also see... The BCRA / BCA 'Road Map', and info about BCA public liability insurance 103K PDF (Speleology 5, pp42-43)

This table explains the relationship between BCA and BCRA membership categories.

BCRA has not accepted standing orders as a valid method of paying membership since 2006. This was stated in our newsletters and renewal notices, where we announced that standing orders that continued to be paid in 2006 would be treated as donations to the Association, without granting entitlement to any benefits of membership.

However, some standing orders continue to be paid to BCRA. Unfortunately, because of the nature of standing order payments we are unable to cancel these payments ourselves, nor are we able to trace them via the issuing bank. Therefore, unless you specifically wish to continue to make a donation to BCRA, we should be grateful if any members who are still paying a standing order would contact their bank to arrange for its cancellation.

For the further avoidance of doubt, please note that if you wish to join BCRA or to subscribe to Cave & Karst Science you must make a payment to the British Caving Association (BCA). Any standing order payment that you continue to make to BCRA cannot be used to pay for your BCRA membership or services and it will be treated as purely a donation to the Association.