Beer drinkers group wants members to take unconscious bias and cultural diversity training
A BEER-drinkers group wants members to take unconscious bias and cultural diversity training.
The Campaign for Real Ale is to offer the tuition to volunteers after it was accused of being full of “old, boring, white, straight men”.
Camra has asked members about their age, gender identity, ethnicity and sexual orientation as part of a recent inclusion, diversity and equality review.
Its report recommended that “inclusion, diversity and equality training is built into training for festival organisers” and said there should be a “robust complaint handling process on site”.
Men account for 80 per cent of Camra’s 150,000 members — with three quarters aged over 50.
One woman told the review: “I was made to feel like an anomaly as a beer-drinking woman, as I was routinely offered wine, prosecco and halves instead of pints.”
Another member said: “Informal training is really important.
“It’s cultural change that is required in how we think about and accommodate people in a way that shows we are thinking about people’s specific needs rather than removing everyone’s.”
Camra has lost one in five members, with many worried it was becoming woke.
Some were driven away by the review, saying it was part of a “specific political agenda”.
Camra said: “These people have not been encouraged to remain members as their values are not aligned with those of the organisation.”