The Board have now approved an Aikido Development Plan which sets out its Board's main aims and strategies See more..............................

INSURANCE  - UPDATES  April 2009

Following discussions with Perkins Slade the following additional information has been obtained:-

1. Insurance for participants on courses run by BAB Associations ........

2. Non BAB Instructors .......

Is your Aikdo club looking to save money? Are you looking for ways to fund new facilities or invest in existing ones? Would paying dramatically reduced business rates or claiming money back on Gift Aid donations given to your club help your club’s finances? The Government’s Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) scheme allows you to do just this. Since April 2002, more than 4,200 clubs have registered as CASCs, each saving an average of nearly £4,000 and ensuring more money raised by sport stays in sport.

http://www.bab.org.uk/Misc/casc/casc.asp

Membership Umbrella – New Opportunities for Membership

Are you a visitor to our website, and not currently part of the BAB family ? – then this item is for you.

The Board is aware that for a number of reasons many organisations and clubs are not currently affiliated to the Board and it is our vision to make the Board more inclusive and in so doing raise the overall standards of Aikido in the UK.

Of course the minimum requirement for Association membership is 100 individual members, and we recognise that this level inevitably excludes some of the smaller organisations, many of whom may have been established for many years and provide high standards of instruction. It has therefore been agreed to give such groups the opportunity to apply for Licentiate Membership, which would bring with it all the benefits of a Member except that they would be non voting.

Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre - Saturday 27th September 2008