Join the Oread

How to join the Oread Mountaineering Club

The first thing to do is come along to some local evening or day meets, and introduce yourself to some members. Also ask them about the Yahoo email group which you can join to keep abreast with what is happening. Click on " About the Oread" on the top menu, for email contact details of all current Club officials.

There are then two stages to joining the club:

Prospective Membership
Full Membership

Prospective membership is intended to let you get to know the club and its members, and for them to get to know you, prior to progressing to full membership.

Prospective members must be at least 18 years of age. Otherwise there are no special conditions for joining.

The current annual fee for prospective membership is £25.00 (2010). The membership year is from January to December; if you join after 1 July the fee is reduced by 50%.

Prospective membership gives you:

The monthly newsletter (sent electronically), which will keep you informed of future meets
Limited rights to use the club huts
BMC club membership and one copy of Summit magazine per year
BMC third party insurance
Access to the members’ area of the club website

There’s no problem coming to a few daytime/ evening meets without joining as a prospective member, but you are encouraged to join if you want to come on any longer/ more serious meets. It is very good to have the reassurance of the BMC 3rd party Insurance.

Your eventual application for Full membership will require your support from six other members, and some demonstration of climbing/ outdoors experience/ commitment.

Full membership will additionally give you:

Full rights to use the club huts
Reciprocal rights to use other BMC affiliated club huts
Voting rights at the club AGM

Click here to download an application form for prospective membership.

In the future, when you feel you are ready to apply for full membership, click here to download the full membership application form