BRITISH NATURISM TO HOST 5 SUMMER BEACH DAYS
British Naturism (BN), the UK’s internationally recognised naturist organisation, is to host 5 separate days on officially designated naturist beaches around the coast of the UK this summer.
The beaches - in Dorset, Gywnedd, Hampshire, Kent and Norfolk - are spread out so as to give as many people as possible the opportunity to attend – especially first-timers.
Officials from BN will be in attendance, offering light refreshments, organising sports and games, and providing information about naturism in the UK and abroad.
BN President, Pat Thompson, said:
“Naturism is now a mainstream lifestyle and holiday choice for people in the UK, with acceptance and understanding having grown rapidly in the last few years. More and more people have sunbathed nude on foreign beaches and discover that it is a comfortable, healthy, relaxing, enjoyable and perfectly normal thing to do - and don’t want to go back to wearing a swimsuit when they return home! When the sun shines, there is nowhere like the British seaside and thousands of UK naturists flock to the nude beaches to enjoy it. We hope that plenty of people will come and enjoy themselves and find out more about the thriving naturist scene in the UK. The events provide a particularly good opportunity for people who have thought about trying naturism, to give it a go, knowing that they will receive a warm welcome and meet lots of like-minded people. Contrary to what you might think, no-one is forced to undress and newcomers are given time to feel comfortable enough to bare all – it doesn’t usually take very long!”
The Beach Days
July 9th – Studland, near Poole, Dorset
July 23rd – Morfa Dyffryn, near Barmouth, Gwynedd
July 30th – Eastney, near Portsmouth, Hampshire
August 12th – Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey, Kent – organised by BN’s Kent and South-East region
August 13th – Holkham, near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Further details of beaches in the UK and our events are available on our website here
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Contacts:
President:
Pat Thompson 01785 840079
07773 551706
president@british-naturism.org.uk
Commercial Manager:
Andrew Welch 07774 955138
commercial.manager@british-naturism.org.uk
Kent and South-East Regional Representative (for Leysdown beach day):
Steve Doerr 01474 327778
kserrep@british-naturism.org.uk
Notes for Editors
· British Naturism is the UK’s officially recognised naturist organisation. It exists to support and unite naturists around the UK and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2004, although previous incarnations have been in existence since the 1930s.
· Amongst the aims of BN are to campaign for more naturist places to be made available and to protect naturists against discrimination.
· In the UK, there are over 150 sun clubs, swim clubs and holiday resorts and 11 officially designated naturist beaches, with many more being used regularly by naturists. Membership of BN is around 16,000 people.
· BN co-produced Bare Britain, with Lifestyle Press in June 2005, a guidebook to naturism and naturist places in the UK. It is available in bookshops up and down the country, a landmark step for a book on this subject, and has become a best-seller.
· British Naturism organises and participates in many events around the country. Recent and forthcoming high profile events include clothes-optional days at Abbey House Gardens in Wiltshire and a naturist evening at the Arboretum at Castle Howard in Yorkshire, five beach days, a naturist evening at York Maze, a naturist weekend at Alton Towers hotel and waterpark complex and “The Garden of Eden” – a naturist evening at the Eden Project in Cornwall, to come.
· YBN (Young British Naturists) has a membership of 250 young men and women between the ages of 16 and 30 who get together at clubs and beaches many weekends. They represented the UK at the International Naturist Federation (INF) Youth Rally held in France in 2005.
· Naturism is good for you. Naturists report improvements in well-being, stress, chronic illness, self-esteem and body image.
· British Naturism have adopted Cancer Research UK (CRUK) as their President’s Charity of the Year. We are raising funds and awareness and working with them to promote safe sunbathing. A nude model – one of our members – was photographed in the CRUK prize-winning garden at Chelsea Flower Show in June 2006.
· For more information on British Naturism, please visit our dedicated Media Centre which contains useful information for those wishing to write about naturism or feature this wonderful world in their publications or programmes, including a downloadable Media Information Pack. There is also a contact page to ensure that any enquiries are directed to the right person and gain an appropriate and speedy reply.
