{"id":195,"date":"2015-05-26T22:18:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T22:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sst.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2023-03-30T10:01:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T10:01:30","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sst.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=195","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sunderland &amp; South Tyneside CAMRA<\/span><\/strong> are a local branch of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.camra.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CAMRA<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span> (<strong>The Campaign for Real Ale<\/strong>) a national, independent, voluntary, not-for-profit organisation campaigning for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Real ale, real cider and real perry.<\/li>\n<li>Community pubs and clubs.<\/li>\n<li>Consumer rights in the above areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have over 150,000 members nationally.\u00a0In the Sunderland &amp; South Tyneside Branch area we have over 500 members.<\/p>\n<p>We hold 6 formal branch meetings each year (January, March, May, July, September &amp; November) in pubs around the branch area. To discuss &amp; plan our involvement in Local, Regional &amp; National campaigns relevant to our organisation (see <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sst.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Future Events<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span>). There are also several less formal social get togethers were you can meet up with fellow members and network while enjoying good beer &amp; good pubs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All branch members are encouraged to join meetings if possible<\/strong>, but if you can&#8217;t make to a meetings still get involved &amp; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>contact us (below)<\/strong><\/span>, else send us an email or interact via social media&#8230;We really want to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If your thinking about <a href=\"https:\/\/sst.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=1034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joining us<\/a><\/strong> in CAMRA why not come to a meeting say hello &amp; find out more about the campaign.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Sunderland &amp; South Tyneside<\/strong><\/span> branch covers the area bounded on the map by the red line.{The boundary shown is only approximate}. We are bounded to our north by <a href=\"https:\/\/tynland.camra.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyneside &amp; Northumberland CAMRA<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camradurham.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Durham CAMRA<\/a> to our South &amp; West. All three branches work quite closely and form part of <a href=\"https:\/\/northeast.camra.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CAMRA North East Region<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The age range of our members:<\/strong><br \/>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-23\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-23\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Age Groups<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Percentage of Branch Members<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Percentage of CAMRA Members Nationally<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Under 35<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">8%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">35 to 49<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">18%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">50 to 65<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">43%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">41%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Over 65<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">31%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">30%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">All ages (Female)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">24%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-23 from cache --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where our members live: <\/strong>Membership breakdown within the branch area is approx:<br \/>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-24\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-24\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Location of branch members<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Currently<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">10yr Ago<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sunderland<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">47%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">South Tyneside<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">31%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">30%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Washington<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">12%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Houghton-Le-Spring<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">9%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Outside Branch Boundaries<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1%<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-24 from cache --><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=207226695190714746919.0004c7ade7d80996f5a39&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=m&amp;ll=54.917671,-1.456375&amp;spn=0.189433,0.439453&amp;z=11&amp;output=embed\" width=\"420\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<small>View <a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left;\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=207226695190714746919.0004c7ade7d80996f5a39&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=m&amp;ll=54.917671,-1.456375&amp;spn=0.189433,0.439453&amp;z=11&amp;source=embed\">SST Boundary<\/a> in a larger map<\/small><\/p>\n<p>We maintain details on Real Ale &amp; Cider Pubs in our area <a href=\"https:\/\/whatpub.com\/search?q=sunderland+%26+south+tyneside+%28camra%29&amp;code=SUN&amp;t=b&amp;p=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE on WhatPub<\/a>. Please let us know of any amendments via the &#8220;Submit Updates&#8221; tab available on each pubs page.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-4-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-4\">Branch Contacts<\/h2>\n<span id=\"tablepress-4-description\" class=\"tablepress-table-description tablepress-table-description-id-4\">Enter the \"hashtag\" as quoted anywhere into the subject line of the contact form (below) to direct your message to that individual. <br \/>\nMultiple hashtags can be used if you wish.<br \/>\nMessages with no hashtag in the subject line go initially to \"Misc. Online Contact\" who will forward to the appropriate contact(s) }<\/span>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-4\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-4\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-4-name\" aria-describedby=\"tablepress-4-description\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Role in Branch<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><strong>Name(s)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><strong>Contact #hashtag<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Chair<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Alan Harrison<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#chair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Secretary<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lynn Dobson<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#secretary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Treasurer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Steve Drummond<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#treasurer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Membership Secretary<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Steve Drummond<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#members<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Social Secretary<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sid Dobson<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#social<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Public Affairs Coordinator<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Michael Wynne<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#publicaffairs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Pubs Officer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ken Paul<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#pubsofficer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Pubs Protection Officer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">vacant<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#ppo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Clubs Officer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sid Dobson<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#clubs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Cider Officer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Steve Clough<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#cider<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Webmaster<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ian Monteith-Preston<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#web<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Social Media<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Stan Johnson<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#socialmedia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">CAMRA Angle Editorial Team<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sid Dobson<br \/>\nKen Paul<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#magazine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Advertising <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ken Paul<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#ads<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Press &amp; Media Contacts<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Michael Wynne<br \/>\nIan Monteith-Preston<br \/>\nStan Johnson<br \/>\nKen Paul<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#press<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Equipment<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Sid Dobson<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#kit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">All Committee<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">All<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Misc. Online Contact<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lynn Dobson<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><i>no hashtag required<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Brewery Liaison Officers:<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">BLO for Brewlab Bewery &amp; Training Centre<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Michael Wynne<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#BLObrewlab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">BLO for Lazy Lizard<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Neil Walters<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#BLOlazylizard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">BLO for Maxim Brewery<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ken Paul<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#BLOmaxim<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">BLO for North Pier <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Stan Johnson<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#BLOnorthpier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">BLO for Vaux Brewery<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mo Moseley<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#BLOvaux<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">BLO for Wear Beer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ken Paul<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">#BLOwearbeer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-4 from cache -->\n\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f31-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"31\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpages%2F195#wpcf7-f31-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" aria-label=\"Contact form\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<fieldset class=\"hidden-fields-container\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"31\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"6.1.5\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"en_US\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f31-o1\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>Your Name (required)\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-name\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-name\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Your Email (required)\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-email\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-email wpcf7-validates-as-required wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-email\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"email\" name=\"your-email\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Subject\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-subject\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-subject\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Your Message\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-message\"><textarea cols=\"40\" rows=\"10\" maxlength=\"2000\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-textarea\" aria-invalid=\"false\" name=\"your-message\"><\/textarea><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><input class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit has-spinner\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\" \/>\n<\/p><p style=\"display: none !important;\" class=\"akismet-fields-container\" data-prefix=\"_wpcf7_ak_\"><label>&#916;<textarea name=\"_wpcf7_ak_hp_textarea\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"100\"><\/textarea><\/label><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ak_js_1\" name=\"_wpcf7_ak_js\" value=\"155\"\/><script>document.getElementById( \"ak_js_1\" ).setAttribute( \"value\", ( new Date() ).getTime() );<\/script><\/p><div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunderland &amp; South Tyneside CAMRA are a local branch of CAMRA (The Campaign for Real Ale) a national, independent, voluntary, not-for-profit organisation campaigning for: Real ale, real cider and real perry. Community pubs and clubs. Consumer rights in the above areas. 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