Economic Impact Volunteering

What is the Economic Impact Survey (EIS):

The EIS is designed to calculate the scale of the benefits that climbing brings to the local economy. Showing the value of climbing will help us protect access and rally support for improved infrastructure in climbing areas, better transport, and improved services for visiting climbers. It will also give us data that can be used as a benchmark when we repeat this sort of study 5 or 10 years down the line.

How you can help:

Interviewing climbers:

You will be provided with paper surveys and some guidance on how to carry out interviews. We aim for around 1.5-2 hours of surveying.

Counting climbers:

You will be given a map of a specific route designed to cover the entire climbing area you have chosen. It’s important to follow this to make sure that our counts are consistent. Details about the length/elevation/difficulty of each route are detailed below the calendar and signup form.

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The calendar below displays slots which are currently filled, with time and location of count/survey. Surveys/counts on the same day are great as long as they are at different locations. We are targeting 10 counts in May.