Campaigns

Current CAMRA Campaigns

Keep Cask Alive

A recent seven-part documentary series called ‘Keep Cask Alive’ from the ‘The Craft Beer Channel’ on YouTube has highlighted the importance of cask ale and its association with the UK. The series follows founders Jonny Garrett and Brad Evans as they travel across the UK, visiting breweries, pubs, festivals and farms to highlight the challenges and opportunities facing cask ale. The journey is part of a larger campaign to secure recognition for cask ale as Intangible Heritage under UNESCO’s framework – a status that would help preserve this tradition for generations to come.

Scan the larger QR code aside or click the link below to add your name to the petition. Reaching 10,000 signatures in April 2025 triggered an initial response from the government, and at 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in parliament. That’s well below the CAMRA membership nationally, and it only takes 2 minutes.

Meanwhile, you can watch the series (and anything else the channel has done) by simply scanning the smaller QR code aside, or clicking the link below - it’s well worth a watch.

Sign the petition
Keep Cask Alive (CAMRA article)
Watch the YouTube series

Handpump hijack

Big brewers’ plan to mislead consumers For generations, a handpump on the bar has been a sign of quality. Where cask is well kept, consumers can be sure of a spotless cellar, well-trained bar staff and a commitment to offering the best of UK brewing.

Now, Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company – one of the world’s largest brewery conglomerates – has resorted to misleading consumers by hijacking the handpump to serve its “Fresh Ale” product. CMBC says this is “preserving the beloved hand pull ritual that delivers the traditional theatre of serve that ale is famed for”.

CAMRA believes consumers deserve better than CMBC play acting at serving cask – a product they claim to champion while closing breweries and removing cask lines from bars. Our handpump hijack campaign calls on brewers to be proud of all their whole range of beers by serving them in a way that won’t mislead their customers.

Save your local pub

Pubs across the UK are being lost forever to conversion or demolition as developers look to cash in on the desirable locations and unique architecture of pubs and social clubs.

CAMRA tracks the extent of conversions and demolitions, as well as cases of potentially unlawful redevelopment across the UK, with our uniquely comprehensive database. Anyone can help power our campaigning by letting us know if our information for their local is up to date, and sending any changes via the simple form on the pubs listing page.

Pubs across the UK are being lost forever to conversion or demolition as developers look to cash in on the desirable locations and unique architecture of pubs and social clubs.