ClimbScotland club membership
If you are involved in a club that takes part in indoor or outdoor climbing or mountaineering activities, or you would like to set up a club to get young people in your local community climbing, we can help you!
We have a network of over 140 clubs and groups, including 20 youth-focused clubs. Join us and your club, club officers and club members will get a wide range of benefits for an annual cost per member of the club.
Types of clubs we support
- Youth focused climbing clubs
- College and University climbing clubs
- School climbing clubs
Benefits of club affiliation
The ClimbScotland team is here to help your club operate safely and sustainably, improving the quality of experience for young club members and those who support them, whether it be parents, teachers or other volunteers. What we offer:
- Liability insurance for the club's members and volunteers (essential for those belaying others, organising activities or meets)
- Support and advice on child protection matters and free PVG sign up for club volunteers
- Free skills and coaching training for your volunteers
- Instructor and equipment hire (subject to availability and advance booking)
- Help with planning or running indoor and outdoor club activities
- The chance to get together with other clubs for fun competitions and other events
- Guidance on how to set up, manage or develop a youth-focused climbing club, tailored to your group's needs
- Promotion of your club on our social media, websites and members communication channels
What your members will get
For an annual cost of just
£20.15 per adult and
£11.75 for under 18s, your club members will become members of our parent body,
Mountaineering Scotland, the representative body for climbers and hillwalkers in Scotland, this gives them:
- Discounts on entering Scottish youth climbing competitions
- Eligibility for climbing training and coaching events
- Magazine dedicated to Scottish climbing and hillwalking four times a year
- Email newsletter packed with the latest news, views and updates
- Discounts at outdoor and climbing shops, places to stay and other activities, like Go Ape!
- Plus, much more...
Stirling Spiders climbing club and Orkney Climbing Club
How we support you
The support ClimbScotland offers clubs can cover a huge range of areas, from advice on starting up and recruiting new members, to support with developing the right club structure and management, as well as a range of training, coaching and competition activities to help both young members and club volunteers to improve their skills.
With two regional development officers, we can run fun sessions tailored to what you want, whether that be offering a new adventure or demonstrating how to progress in climbing - our overall aim is to develop your skills, enabling your club to flourish in the long term.
Whether a club is part of a school, youth organisation or simply led by local parents, we find there is always a core of dedicated people that are the driving force behind it. We want to support these people in what ever way they need.
Who are our clubs
The next step...
One of the clubs that joined us most recently is the Lochgoilhead Climbing Club, they had been running for a while in Lochgoilhead Scouts Centre. They heard what we do and got in touch to ask about all the benfits of affiliating to ClimbScotland. Since then we have worked with them to organise some great events, including a coaching day and a fun-comp.