British Naturists to support BBC’s Children in Need

This coming weekend sees the 3rd Annual British Naturism (BN) Alton Towers Naturist Weekend , a full weekend of activities and events at the UK’s No. 1 resort. The park itself is closed, but guest will be able to enjoy the indoor facilities of Splash Landings hotel including the most fabulous waterpark, as nature intended. Activities include dance and photography workshops, tai chi, pub quiz, board games corner, cabaret, bingo and craft sessions, book group discussion, cinema, disco and plenty of activities, mostly in the water, for children and families.

On Friday, a special “Spot the Volleyball” competition will be run to raise money for the BBC Children in Need appeal.



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Contacts:
BN Media Contact
Andrew Welch 01753 481527
07774 955138
commercial.manager@british-naturism.org.uk


Notes for Editors
• British Naturism (BN) 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 and Victorian attitudes to the human body.

• Fact – simply being naked in a public place is not against the law. Various pieces of legislation and common law are often mentioned in connection with naturism but they are not relevant.

• In the UK, there are over 130 sun clubs, swim clubs and holiday resorts and 12 officially designated naturist beaches, with many more being used regularly by naturists. Membership of BN is around 13,000 people with up to 100,000 more being members of clubs affiliated to BN. The calendar of naturist events – not all run by British Naturism – is packed for 2008.

• YBN (Young British Naturists) has a membership of 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 Holland in 2008 and hosted the Rally themselves in the UK in May 2007 – see www.british-naturism.org.uk/news/detail.asp?article_ID=48 for details.

• Naturism is good for you. Naturists report improvements in well-being, stress, chronic illness, self-esteem and body image. It’s also a sensible choice of dress when the weather is warm. Naturists are normal people. The only difference between activities inside and outside of naturism is the dress code. See FAQs about naturism here www.british-naturism.org.uk/pages/pages.asp?page_ID=39

• British Naturism have adopted the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) as their President’s Charity of the Year. We are raising funds and awareness and working with them to raise money for their causes. www.mcsuk.org.

• For more information on British Naturism, please visit our website at www.british-naturism.org.uk/ For the media, there is a dedicated “Media Centre” atwww.british-naturism.org.uk/mediacentre/ 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 www.british-naturism.org.uk/contact/ at to ensure that any enquiries are directed to the right person and gain an appropriate and speedy reply.