The CLA London Branch

The CLA London Branch is an initiative which provides the opportunity to join a select group of people who have strong rural connections, both business and social, but who spend a good deal of their time in London. It will be of particular interest to individuals from a business, professional or landowning background. To belong you don’t have to live in London but you will need to be a member of the CLA.

CLA London Branch consists of a regular series of policybased and social meetings usually at a London venue and in the early evening. These meetings will be informative and topical featuring headline speakers, followed by questions and discussions. Through its own committee structure and representation within the CLA, views and ideas expressed at London Branch meetings will be fed into CLA policy formulation and political lobbying, so you can be sure that they will have a very solid outcome.

Members will have an unparalleled opportunity to meet, exchange views and share experience with others involved in landowning and rural economic matters, in particular with those from outside their own geographic or business area. These networking opportunities are important. CLA members own or manage over 60% of the rural land in England and Wales and the largest landowning members within the CLA are automatically entitled to join the London Branch as part of their subscription.

Membership of London Branch is open to all other CLA landowning, business and professional members too, regardless of location, and will provide a broad regional network and unrivalled access to those who have a significant stake in the countryside

Membership Benefits

• exclusive invitations to London Branch meetings which will include briefings, lectures and business topics and an invitation to members and partners to at least one social event. There will be a minimum of 4 London Branch events in a year;
• the opportunity to shape the CLA policy agenda through the Branch and Committee structure;
• the opportunity to host London Branch meetings and to target your own guests or business clients at certain events;
• regular London Branch e-news mailings and information on the CLA web site.

As London Branch members will also be full CLA members, you will also receive the full benefits of CLA membership including free advice, Government lobbying, a member services programme and much more.

How to join

Membership of CLA London Branch is at a standard annual fee, per person, which is supplementary to an existing CLA subscription. If you are not already a CLA member then you are most welcome to join the CLA and the London Branch at the same time.

For further information on CLA London Branch and how to join please contact:

Verity Hawkins
CLA London Branch
16 Belgrave Square
London SW1X 8PQ
0870 242 6017
verity.hawkins@cla.org.uk