[NLMC] Find out about Joining the North Leicestershire Mountain Club

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We welcome anyone interested in joining the club to come along to any of our meets, events, or nights out during the week either with a view to joining or just to see what we get up and weather or not our club is for you.

If you are interested in getting involved - simply contact our Membership Secretary (details on the Contacts page) who will give you all the information you need and make arrangements for you to meet some of our members and hopefully join us on our next weekend meet. We understand that it can be awkward and intimidating to have to turn up in a pub and try and find a group of people you don't know, so we try to make as easy and friendly experience as possible.

Once you have decided that you would like to join, you can download an application form (coming soon) from this page. All you need to do is return it with the relevant subscription fee's to our Club Membership Secretary who will enter your details onto our members list and you will receive a membership card and login details for the members only section of the website.

[This draft policy is currently work in progress!]

Many of us began walking and climbing when we were children, this may have been with friends and family, but for a lot of us who's parents didn't share the same interests, walking and climbing with a club provided many opportunities that we wouldn't otherwise have had. Although we recognise the concerns that many other clubs have with accepting young members under the age of 18, we also feel very strongly that our young people should have every opportunity to get involved with our activities and to learn and progress into experienced mountaineers if they wish.

With this in mind we welcome young people to join the NLMC as Junior Members. Children aged 15 and under may join the club only if one or other of their parents is also a full member, and providing that that parent is prepared to take full responsibility for, and supervise their child at all times whilst attending any club meet or event. Young people aged 16 - 17 may join the club independently, but parental consent will be required at the time of joining, and a parent/guardian will need to appoint a full member of the club to act as a responsible parent in "loco parentis" for that young member during their participation in club activities.

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