As not everything can fit everything into a one-day Club Development Conference and some topics benefit from discussions during the year, online meetings allow us to stretch the conference. It is also easier to bring in guest speakers to these virtual, standalone sessions. The meetings take place most Mondays at…

It is less than eight weeks until the BGA Club Development Conference, an annual gathering for discussing the many aspects of running gliding clubs. It’s an event for hearing the latest developments and for sharing ideas between clubs. Last year a first time delegate was heard to say at morning…

In response to a Government consultation, the Sport and Recreation Alliance (S&RA), supported by the BGA as a recognised sport governing body member of the Alliance, has led the opposition to the proposed removal of Sport England as a statutory consultee and wider reforms to the National Planning and Policy…

Many people from across the BGA have been busy behind the scenes designing a BGA Club Development Conference programme which we hope will support clubs. The provisional programme and details of how to book are available here. Note: the Saturday evening has become a bit of a feature of the…

The newly named RAF Brize Norton Gliding Club (an RAFGSA club formally known as Bannerdown Gliding Club) hopes to make its first launch at MoD Colerne airfield in early April 2026. There has been a lot of careful work to establish gliding at Colerne and relationships with the airfield owner…

Do you have a few hours you can spare most months? Do you understand the issues that can result in barriers to participation in gliding? Would you like to help to increase the number of women glider pilots? If so, would you enjoy guiding and encouraging friendly, like-minded people, including…

Oxford Gliding Club reports that over the last three weekends they have covered an impressive amount of ground training, including: SPL Long Theory Briefings: Winch Launching, Stalling & Spinning, Circuit, Approach and Landing, and Principles of Flight. SPL Ground Exercises: Daily Inspections (DI), Rigging, Placard Limitations & V-speeds, and Flight Documentation….

Following club successes and learning from the 2025 National Women Go Gliding Weekend, plans are evolving for a similar initiative during 2026 over the weekend of 2nd-4th of May. More information will follow including direct to BGA clubs.  

The BGA is actively engaged in increasing participation in gliding and our strategy includes identifying actions and implementing those actions to increase women’s participation at gliding clubs. We are looking for a volunteer Women’s Advocate who can positively influence our work including engaging with others who are promoting women’s participation…

Club CFIs have been contacted by the BGA with details of how to online-renew CAA winch launch permissions, which are valid for five years.