The club actively tries to improve the diversity of the sailing population by engaging with the local community[1][2] Midland Sailing Club is an RYA training centre,[3] and courses for both beginners and more advanced sailors are run at regular intervals.

Apart from regular junior training courses and RYA OnBoard sessions, this also includes Stand up paddleboarding.

A letter from the Swiss embassy exists which allows the club to use the white cross on red background as its burgee.

The Edgbaston branch was the only one with a record of uninterrupted racing seasons from its foundation until the outbreak of the First World War.

During the war, racing was suspended, and the boats moored at the Norton branch were used as target practice by miners stationed there, who used to throw rocks into them until they sunk, effectively ending sailing there.