Campaigns
Current CAMRA Campaigns
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.
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.
Past Campaigns
Keep Cask Alive (1st April 2025 - 1st October 2025)
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.
The petition closed on the 1st October 2025 with 41,026 signatures. The government response is as follows:
"As part of the implementation of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the UK Government is working closely with the Devolved Governments to create inventories for each of the four nations in the UK; these will combine into one inventory of Living Heritage (or Intangible Cultural Heritage) in the UK.
Following a public consultation (www.gov.uk/government/consultations/2003-unesco-convention-for-the-safeguarding-of-the-intangible-cultural-heritage) on the inventory process, we will open a call for submissions later this year for communities to submit items of living heritage.
The Government would welcome a submission from the cask ale community on the production and serving of traditional British cask ale. Subject to the submission meeting the criteria outlined in the consultation response, the item would be included.
Inclusion in the inventories of an item would provide recognition of the item's significance, contributing in part to the safeguarding of the item through greater awareness and understanding. The Government will set out its approach to further supporting communities to safeguard their living heritage later this year."
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Read the response to the petition on the government website
Keep Cask Alive (CAMRA article)
Watch the YouTube series
Horse & Groom, Linby (28th June 2025)
Unfortunately, despite attracting over a thousand signatures, the petition failed, and the Heineken-owned Star Pubs would go ahead with the refurbishment. The refurbishment will include upgrading the AV system and TVs, and converting one room into a ‘Sports Area’.