Hi All.

Hi All.

Many thanks for all your comments on our post last week and a special thanks for all of you who joined the club. Almost 1000 new members in 1 week.

There were some cynical comments made and I would like to address them here, to put everyone’s mind at rest. 

We are a legitimate government authorised club. For anyone who doubts our legality please contact Natural England with Ref number 518, they will confirm our authority.

We live in a democratic society and since its birth, millions of people have died to protect it. An underpinning principal of a democratic society is freedom of choice. This is what we are offering, an alternative way of operating certified sites and an alternative way for members to access those sites. 

We are not a threat to the CCC or CC as they are massive corporate companies with respective annual incomes of 49m and 107m. They have vast cash reserves and assets. They have around 270,000 paying members and 350,000 members respectively. We are a start up community club. Yes there are many people who will like what we offer and some may choose to leave the other clubs in favor of ours, but I suspect as we offer free membership most will remain members of there current clubs and join ours so they get the benefit of both. 

Before anyone comments. I did say around 270,000 paying members for the CCC and not 450,000, this is not a mistake. Roughly a third of the 450,000 members quoted by the CCC are 2nd members, spouses and partners, they are not paying members. not sure if the CC operates a similar method of calculating members numbers, maybe someone can clarify?

For members of either club, our existence can only be a benefit. If you join our club, there is no financial loss and you gain by getting a free night caravanning or camping every year. The more members we have the higher the perceived threat will be to the other clubs. The greater the perceive threat the more likely the other clubs will reduce membership fees or offer greater incentives to its members, after all membership fees only accounts for 20% of the CCC income, so it would not kill them, just make them more competitive. You can not lose! Join here! www.freedomcampingclub.org