This exciting change will give members more of the content they’ve said they want to see via the magazine’s member feedback channels, including surveys, letters and traffic to our digital editions. So expect more help and advice, more on camping accessories and new kit, and more on touring.

The revamp will also raise awareness of Social Camping – that is, Meets and Temporary Holiday Sites (THS) organised by the Club’s local groups, which appear in the Out & About section of the magazine.

To support investment the Club has already made into the Out & About website and app – which see more than 500,000 member searches each year to find the most up-to-date social camping details – Out & About print listings will be produced as a stand-alone magazine.

From our January 2019 issue, look out for Camping & Caravanning magazine plus the new Out & About magazine. It’ll be posted to those with Paper Membership for three consecutive months, from January 2019 to March 2019 issues. Everyone with Paper Membership will be invited to ‘opt in’ if they wish to receive printed editions of Out & About beyond this date.

Out & About magazine: 10 things you need to know

1. Paper Members must ‘opt in’ to also receive Out & About magazine from the April 2019 issue of Camping & Caravanning.
2. Opt-in channels will be online, freepost and telephone, and will open in late December, when members receive the January 2019 issue.
3. Details of how to opt in to receive the Out & About magazine will feature in every issue of Camping & Caravanning from January 2019 edition.
4. The Out & About magazine will be free of charge to those with Paper Membership, and available free as a turn-page edition that can be viewed online at the magazine website. 
5. All new members with paper membership will receive one free copy of Out & About magazine, then be required to opt in.
6. All members with paper membership will be able to opt in to receive it at any point going forward.
7. Camping & Caravanning will showcase the joys of social camping with dedicated pages up front in every issue
8. The Club’s Voluntary Officers, past and present, who have paper membership will receive Out & About automatically.
9. Region, Meet and Section AGM notices, calls for elections and other governance matters will appear in Camping & Caravanning.
10. A significant majority of members tell us they don’t use the Out & About pages. Opting in to receive Out & About magazine is in the majority interest, saves on workload and waste.

For more info on Out & About magazine, visit the Social Camping section of the Club website.