Awareness examines the actions we are taking to increase our environmental and sustainability efforts and how often we change this in order to keep up with industry knowledge and standards. 

Sustainability is one of the key Club focus areas with the aim to ‘continue our journey of responsible actions to improve our environmental and social impact. We also ensure every member of staff takes part in the Club's introduction to Sustainability to raise awareness and understanding.

Our Club Campsites also provide awareness through their information rooms. 

Black Knowl Club Campsite provides information on the New Forest via a road show that informs visitors about local habitats and wildlife.   

Community looks at how the Club works towards achieving a more sustainable world through community support and collaboration

Our Club campsites really got involved this year with lots of different sustainability projects, from tree planting, growing a wild meadow, installing bird boxes and bug hotels, waste reduction projects, raising money for local charities, collecting second-hand clothing for local charities, promoting local business, hosting local food vendors and donating a percentage of the money raised in the shop to the local community.

Health and wellbeing looks at all the ways the Club creates a clean, safe and healthy environment for staff, volunteers, members and visitors that positively impacts their physical and mental health. 

Some of the ways we do this is with health and wellbeing initiatives for staff as well as an allowance to spend on things that would improve general health. We also create a good, clean and safe working environment for all staff and volunteers.

Recently we have trialled happy to chat benches which encourage site guests to take some time out and have a chat with others on site.

Tewkesbury Club Campsite Happy to chat bench.

Equality, diversity & inclusivity focuses on the work we all do to ensure the Club is as equal and inclusive as possible.

We take every step to ensure everyone feels welcome to join and belong to our Club and to create an environment where diversity and inclusion is so ingrained in our culture that it is organic and part of the Club’s day to day life. 

Experiences focuses on how the Club works to create, support and promote sustainable experiences, meetings and events for our members.

The Club's site network offers a wide range of uniquely local experiences, for example Southport Club Campsite provides information and maps to guide members to the National Trust's Red Squirrel Walk in the woodland at nearby Formby.

The Club has negotiated discounts for members at hundreds of local attractions and experiences close to Club campsites, ensuring our members pay less for local experiences through our Great Savings Guide.

Moreton-in-Marsh Club Campsite has local restaurants advertised for visitors and has local vendors visiting the site.

The Travel section investigates how we work to mitigate and reduce the environmental impact of the travel associated with the Club.

Morvich Club Campsite, for example, has created a Go Green sign to promote using public transport while staying on our Club campsite.

Head office has started a car sharing scheme after a staff member sent the idea into the staff suggestion scheme.

Broadway Club Campsite upcycled hail and ride bus stop.

The Food and Drink section looks at how we work to ensure that the food and drink that our members and guests purchase when staying on our Club campsites is sustainable, responsible and is ethically sourced, as well as how we try to ensure that the dietary needs of our members and guests are met.

Carnon Downs has several food vans which visit the site each week. They also hold a weekly Pint and Pasty night where they bake locally made pasties and serve this with Cornish beer. They also promote food events on local Facebook pages and the site shop only stocks local Cornish produce. Moreton-in-Marsh Club Campsite also sells local honey. 

Hillhead Club campsite has an on-site restaurant which sells locally sourced fish from Brixham and has a catch of the day which is advertised and promoted in the restaurant by the chefs. 

Cayton Village Club Campsite local honey for sale.

Biodiversity considers all the work that we as a Club do, to not only support the flora and fauna at our Club Campsites as well as across the local community but also how much we limit the impact of biodiversity loss further afield through supply chain management and other initiatives.

Multiple numbers of our Club campsites around the network, including Crystal Palace Club Campsite and Knaresborough Club Campsite have utilised the new "No mow" signs to create wildlife havens and refuges.

Bromyard Downs Club Campsite has a ‘Green Ideas board’ where they explain their current environmental projects and encourage visiting members to suggest their own project ideas. Bromyard Downs also has a Nature Notes board where they ask guests to monitor the wildlife they have seen while staying on site. They have also taken part in no mow May and grown wildflowers. They also promote off site activities to do with biodiversity such as the Blossom Festival which has educational activities around pollination, bees and composting.

The Waste section explores how the Club works to monitor, manage and reduce our waste streams.

We have a few, selected sites around our Club network that are taking part in a new method of waste collection trial to understand new and improved ways of working and reducing our overall waste volumes.

Willingcott Club Campsite has introduced a surf/beach items recycling centre for customers to leave their unwanted beach items for others to ‘borrow, enjoy and return.’ This has been very popular and has also raised money for the local RNLI.

Willingcott Club Campsite recycling area.

The Water section focuses on what the Club is doing for physical and behavioural measures that we have put in place to ensure monitoring, managing and conserving water throughout the Club's sites network.

An example would be where new developments are built with water-saving flow restrictor taps, showers, and toilet tanks to reduce water consumption and wastage.

The Club is also trialing fresh water harvesting with water butts to use wasted water. 

Freshwater harvesting at Tewkesbury Club Campsite.

The Chemicals section looks at the steps the Club has taken to ensure the products we use and the practices that we have in place are as sustainable as possible.

Across the whole Club site network, we are committed to offering only green toilet chemicals in the site shops to lessen the risk of environmental impact.

A trial will begin in October 2023 to try a new range of eco-cleaning products. If successful it will be rolled out to more Club Campsites on the network. As well as eco-cleaning products the Club is also trialing different approaches to weed control to reduce the amount of chemicals used on sites.

Green chemicals on sale at Littlehampton Club Campsite.

The Carbon section examines the steps that we take to manage our carbon emissions, as well as any work we have done to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

In our head office, the Finance team includes carbon reporting in the Club's annual financial report.

Littlehampton Club Campsite showing a range of posters displaying some environmental initiatives.