Membership

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Why is the Rame Tourism and Business Association (hereinafter referred to as RTBA) good for your business ?

RTBA is the only official, member-led association dedicated to promoting the Rame Peninsula and its businesses. As a not-for-profit organisation, led by experienced local business people, it provides professional marketing through the recognised Visit Rame and Crabpot brands, supports local events, and works with key partners like Visit Cornwall. Members benefit from increased visibility, shared promotion, and strong local partnerships - all designed to help local businesses grow.

• it is the only official tourism body/Tourism and Business Association working solely to promote the Rame Peninsula and its member businesses

• it is membership led, and run by an elected Executive Committee of volunteers for the benefit of members

• Visit Rame is the core official brand of the Association and is widely recognised when working collaboratively with other stakeholders

• Crabpot brand and Crabpot.co.uk are owned by the Association and used for marketing purposes.

• the Association is non profit making, investing in its members and hence the community

• it is run professionally and voluntarily by experienced local business people

• it publicises events and member businesses in and around the Rame Peninsula

• it works on behalf of members to achieve economies of scale

• it engages with Cornwall County Council (Visit Cornwall) and other stakeholders and Tourism Associations, to promote the Rame Peninsula

• it works in partnership with leading businesses on the Rame Peninsula and has links to and from this website

• key local strategic partnerships have been developed to support our member businesses on the Rame Peninsula with these key businesses linking directly into our pages, hence avoiding duplication of effort

• the Association owns 2 websites www.visitrame.co.uk and www.crabpot.co.uk which are professional and mobile friendly. These websites are the only membership owned websites to find places to stay, eat, shop, get married and explore within the Rame Peninsula

How much is membership ?

Membership of RTBA is currently £60 per year (as at 1/4/26) – We recognise that some of our members may have more than one business (trading under the same legal entity)* so we will usually allow for up to two listings to be included in this eventuality. Charges for multiple listings are set at the discretion of the Chair and Treasurer as deemed appropriate depending upon the nature of the listings required.

How do I become a member ?

We are busy working on making it easy for you to add your business to our websites and become a member of RTBA. But for the moment, please can you contact our Chair Jan Ferguson via email jan@panachegallery.co.uk and we will send you a membership form for completion and invoice you accordingly.

General Data Protection Regulations 2018 (GDPR) –

• GDPR is a new data protection law which is effective from May 2018. It sets out the main principles of data protection and the responsibilities organisations have when handling personal data. It protects individuals’ personal information and improves their control over how it is collected, stored, shared and used.
• How does RTBA meet the new regulations ?  As a supporter and Member of RTBA we will contact you from time to time by email with newsletters, updates on our projects and events. You can unsubscribe from these communications at any time by emailing jan@panachegallery.co.uk
• Your data is held securely by the Executive Committee of RTBA. We do not share your personal data with any third parties. No payment information is stored during transactions. Should you have any queries regarding your data, please email jan@panachegallery.co.uk

Visit Rame and Crabpot are the brand names owned and used by the Rame Tourism and Business Association (RTBA)

*note : we recognise a business as being a single legal business entity with the same trading name; for example cafe and B&B. Business owners with more than one trading business or property will be able to explore membership fees with our Chair Jan Ferguson, email jan@panachegallery.co.uk.

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