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What is social camping?
Social Camping is a term The Camping and Caravanning Club uses to describe the Meets and Temporary Holiday Sites organised and managed by our District Associations, Regions or Special Interest Sections.
The term was chosen because it explains what this style of camping is all about – camping events run by passionate members, for members who share the same interests. Social Camping offers some of the most inexpensive camping available, and you’ll always be guaranteed a warm, friendly welcome.
Weekend meets
Organised and run by the Club’s Regions, DAs and Special Interest Sections, Meets offers thousands of opportunities each year for members to enjoy idyllic surrounds locally or further afield.
Offering minimum facilities, a Club Meet will normally take place over a weekend, but can last for up to five days. Members can stay for a night or the entire duration, and all fees paid go back into the Club to ensure that we can continue to offer future events for members.
Many offer entertainment or are organised with a particular theme, however some Meets sole purpose is to enjoy the peace and quiet in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
Club Meets are only available to our members, so you can guarantee a ‘Friendly Club’ welcome, while being surrounded by like-minded campers who take the same pleasures from camping and caravanning that you do.
Temporary holiday sites
Situated in popular holiday destinations, seaside resorts and countryside retreats, Temporary Holiday Sites offer members the chance to camp affordably throughout the UK.
Organised and run by the Club’s Regions, DAs and Special Interest Sections, Temporary Holiday Sites offer alternative pitches to commercial sites by utilising land exclusively available to the Club. Stewarded by experienced members who are always at hand to help with the friendly approach our Club is famous for.
While the majority of sites have basic facilities of fresh water and somewhere for waste disposal, others will have additional facilities such as toilets, showers and electrical hook ups.
You can stay for a night or the entire duration and all fees paid go back into the Club to ensure that we can continue to offer future events for members.
You are also welcome to bring non-members along who can stay in your unit for a small fee. Or they can join on site, enabling them to also experience life in the Friendly Club.
With over 350 to choose from, there is a perfect THS for every member, no matter where or how they camp.
About our regions
The Club’s District Associations are grouped into 13 Regions, each covering Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Each Region organises a whole host of camping opportunities including Meets and Temporary Holiday Sites.
An elected representative from each Region, District Association and Special Interest Section sits on the Club’s National Council, the Club’s governing body of elected members who make the Club’s policy decisions on behalf of members.
Eastern Region Award
The Eastern Region award was introduced in 1985. For the years 1985 to 1987 the Regional Award went to the person that the Regional Council had nominated for the Club Certificate of Honour. From 1988 it was decided to have it as a separate award and nominations could be submitted to Regional Council by any member of the Club who was a member of the DA’s and Sections within the Region.
In some years the nominations were considered to be of such a high calibre that two awards were made. The award is conferred on a member who has given long and valued service to the Club. It gives us an opportunity of saying thank you in a tangible way to those who have given exceptional or outstanding service to the Club. We should consider those members who have helped us in a quiet way, which has not attracted the limelight that normally shines on those who hold office within the Club, although the award is open to Councillors and Committee Members.
PREVIOUS REGIONAL AWARD RECIPIENTS
To Nominate a member- in the first instance send the details to your DA Secretary along with the reasons why the individual ( or couple ) should be considered
2025 Chairmans Nomination Mary & Mike Kingdon
2024 Andy & Vicky Barker Chairmans Nomination Steve & Hazel Thompson
2023 John & Ronnie Macleod , Gill & Dave Samuels
2022 Stuart & Jenny Lawler , Molfrey French Owen
2021 Roger & Jean Bedford
2020 Andy Window
2019 Eve Wann, Chris Barber
2018 No Recipient
2017 No Recipient
2016 No Recipient
2015 Ross & Jane Walker
2014 Carol & Kevin Hodges
2013 Tony Lavell
2012 Bill & Janet Flynn
2011 No recipient
2010 Barrie & Carol Williams
2009 Mark Walland
2008 Stephen Holland
2007 Linda Walsh
2006 Jane Read & Dave Gooding
2005 John Tyrie
2004 Ian Humber & Julie Pengelly
2003 Frank Hammond
2002 Brian Boldero
2001 Joy Calton
2000 Gordon Belling & Derek & Elizabeth Durrant
1999 Marjorie Lang
1998 Peter Bodell
1997 John Read
1996 Eric Cullum & Tony Ward
1995 Ivy Lake
1994 Doug Bedford
1993 Derek Dockrill
1992 John Clark
1991 Nick Nicholson
1990 ‘Pop’ Norman
1989 Keith Jackson
1988 Marjorie Slaughter & Chris Ward
1987 Dennis Holland
1986 Rose Wright
1985 Danny Clark
Club Certificate of Honour
Club Certificate of Honour
This award is given to members who have contributed to the Club either in the limelight or more often in the background, by being there, just helping or making a difference.
The Region can forward suitable nominations to National Council each year. National Council will then approve the recipients who are then awarded their certificate and pin badge by a member of the National exec.
The following are all members of Eastern Region who have Received this prestigious award
2015 Linda & Ian Walsh
2014 Anne & Wol Bailey
2013 Michael & Ros Lawler
2013 Charles & Yvonne Wisby
2012 Steve Holland
2011 Graham Wilkin
2010 Steve Harris
2009 Chris & Jill Nursey
2008 Brian Boldero
2007 John Hopkins
2006 Tony Ward
2005 John & Jane Read
2004 Joy Carlton
2003 John Clarke
2002 Derek & Elizabeth Durrant
2001 Derek Dockrill
1998 Brian & Sue Welham
1994 Mick Wicks
1993 Keith Jackson
1992 Marjorie Slaughter
1991 Dennis Holland
1990 Jim Norman
1989 Rod Daniels
1986 George Adie
1985 Jim Nichols
1983 Alan Foster
1981 Dia Evens
1980 Sonny Hastings
1979 Ron Bailey
Please note any member can in the first instance forward details to their DA or section of fellow members who they consider may be worthy of an awardTake a minute to write an introduction that is short, sweet, and to the point.