Beard Liberation Front
2nd February
Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Beard Campaigners Back CAMRA’s Inclusivity, Diversity & Equality Review
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has welcomed a review by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) of its inclusivity, diversity and equality policies and practices
The review initially comes in the form of a questionnaire which is open to all including non CAMRA members.
The campaigners say that while beards do feature in the beer world, and the BLF organises the Beard Friendly Pub of the Year vote, beer drinking and pubs is about a great deal more than beards. While there is now more diversity and awareness of poor practices there is a still a lot to be done to achieve anything like inclusivity and equality.
The BLF believes that to exclude anyone on the basis of gender, race, sexuality, disability and other protected characteristics is fundamentally wrong and damages the world of beer and pubs where it occurs.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, we welcome CAMRA’s review and encourage people to fill it in. There has been perhaps unsurprising negativity and some media coverage suggesting that the world of beer is all about men with beards. It isn’t and nor should it be.
Beer Writer Pete Brown (@petebrownbeer) has written a post that is rightly critical of the reactionary below the line comments in a Daily Mail article on the survey and urged people to fill it in. You have until 14th February, please do!
Link to review, open to all (including non-CAMRA members) until 14th February
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