Important changes to BCA's membership package

We are making important changes to our membership packages to better meet our members' needs. After reviewing our offerings, we have decided to adjust the benefits and pricing of our memberships.

Due to rising operating costs, including utilities, insurance, and conservation work, we need to update our membership options. We haven’t increased prices since 2022, and these changes align with sector best practices.

Depending on your chosen membership package, there may be a small increase in the annual price. This adjustment is essential for maintaining the high-quality services and resources our members expect.

We appreciate your understanding as we adapt to these challenges. All members will receive a letter by post, along with an email detailing the changes and an FAQ document, where appropriate.

The Board of Trustees appreciates your continued support for BCA.

BCA Membership changes and FAQ sheet and letter to members

BCA Custodian for Poole's Cavern

As a BCA Custodian, you will provide visitor services, including guided tours of our SSSI status heritage cave, while handling admission, retail, and membership sales. You'll also ensure the premises are clean and well-maintained, taking a proactive approach.

Occasionally, you may assist with events in our woodlands or the town, promoting the organisation and its charitable goals, including working with volunteers.

As part of a small team, you'll play a vital role in developing BCA into a financially resilient, customer-focused charity.

Recruitment Pack for Poole's Cavern Custodian

Equality Monitoring Form

Assistant Manager Retail

An exciting time to join the team following a retail refurbishment funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. With support from a retail consultant and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, we’re enhancing operations and customer engagement through a data-driven approach. Our new souvenir guide and focus on local produce and ethical trading demonstrate our commitment to a sustainable retail experience. As part of a newly established trading company within the Buxton Civic Association, you'll play a key role in shaping our retail operations alongside a dynamic management team.

Salary: £25,000 pro-rata (Starting) – Paid monthly on a salary basis. A higher salary may be
offered to outstanding candidates with exceptional skills and experience.

Assistant Manager Retail

Equality Monitoring Form

Assistant Manager - Maintenance and Compliance

We are thrilled to present an exceptional opportunity to join our dynamic team as the Assistant Manager of Maintenance and Compliance. In this pivotal role, you will take on a diverse array of responsibilities, with a primary focus on ensuring a safe, clean, and well-maintained environment for all users of our buildings and caves. Additionally, you will have the chance to work alongside our specialist team in the woodlands, enhancing our efforts in these vital areas. Your contribution will play a crucial role in our commitment to excellence.

Assistant Manager Maintenance and Compliance

Equality Monitoring Form

Food and Beverage Team Member

The roles are -
1 x Food & Beverage Assistant, Full time, fixed term until 1 November 2025 with the possibility of being made permanent.
1 x Food & Beverage Assistant, Part time (20 hours), fixed term until 1 November 2025 with the possibility of being made permanent.

Full details can be downloaded below

Recruitment Pack for Cafe and Beverage Team Member

A slide show reviewing the highlights of the year for BCA.

The talk confessions of an editor schedule for tonight (Thursday 21st November) has been cancelled due to the adverse weather forecast. We hope to be able to rearrange the talk in the New Year.

Are you passionate about food, great service, and working in a fast-paced café?

Join our lovely team at Poole’s Cavern Café at the Cavern as a Full-Time Food & Beverage Assistant!

For full details and how to apply, please download the recruitment pack and job description.

Recruitment Pack Food and Beverage Team Member

Food and Beverage Assistant Job Description

We want to involve our local community in contributing to our new souvenir guide for Poole’s Cavern & Buxton Country Park.
We're looking for beautiful images that celebrate our natural environment, along with Buxton’s heritage and historic architecture, including:
• Poole’s Cavern – with its stunning limestone formations
• BCA woodlands - Grin Low (Buxton Country Park), Corbar, Gadley, Sherbrook, Hogshaw Woods, Shay Lodge, Ashwood Dale in all seasons!
• Woodland wildlife - snapshots of the amazing flora and fauna in our woodlands
• Historic Buxton - iconic landmarks, local highlights, and scenes to celebrate our vibrant visitor economy.

Whether you are a seasoned pro or an enthusiastic amateur, we welcome your perspective! We only ask that photos are your own work and high-resolution to be used in print. We will provide a complimentary copy of the souvenir guide to the successful entrants!

In order to be considered, you must download the entry form from our website.
Complete and return the form, along with your photos, in an email to our Membership & Marketing Officer:

leah.mycock@buxtoncivicassociation.org.uk

Submit your photos and entry form by 6th December for a chance to be featured in this meaningful project supporting Buxton Civic Association.

Buxton Civic Association Photography Submission Form

Kate Dickson of Creative Heritage gave a talk to BCA Members titled "Rescuing Ruins - the challenges and opportunities of the creative reuse of old buildings" to watch the talk again please click on the link below or go to our You tube channel by following the link at the end of this post

Rescuing Ruins

As those who followed the Buxton Crescent project will recall, historic building projects take a long time and cost a lot of money. Why is that? Is it all about the funding, or the location, or technical problems, or is there something else? With 25 years’ experience of working on difficult historic buildings projects, as a project manager engaged by charitable organisations, a Trustee of the Architectural Heritage Fund and a mentor with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Kate will share some insights in an inspiring talk, illustrated with photographs of projects ranging from industrial dereliction to chocolate box cottages.

BCA You Tube Channel