Dear Friends and Supporters,
This month: Excel programme sees 20 young people trained as snowsports instructors!
Welcome
to the April Newsletter! This is a special edition for
everyone at Snow-Camp as following the trip to Les 2 Alpes this
month we can now announce the success of 20 young people,
newly trained as Level 1 Snowsports Instructors!! This is the
first time since Snow-Camp was established that we have been able to
support young people to reach this level within snowports, and massive
thanks to Sport England for supporting the Excel programme and enabling
this to be possible! Find out more about the programme, read the Press
Release and see the young people with their certificates below!
Also,
the skydiving fundraising day - Jump for Snow-Camp - is taking off with
more people signing up to jump out of a plane in July - why don't you
join them?! We would love to have you onboard.
And
well done to Abi at VOS media who was first out of the hat with the
right answer that Snow-Camp was established in 2003 - Abi wins a
£100 Ellis Brigham voucher! Congratulations!
Enjoy this month's update.
The Snow-Camp Team
Excel Group Return from Les 2 Alpes!
After
5 months of training, the photo above marks the successful completion
of a fantastic journey for the first ever 20 young people to sign up for
our Excel instructors programme. The young people, from all across
London, were proud to receive their Level 1 certificates from
Snowsport England trainers who attended the week and carried out
the final assesments. 8 snowboarders and 12 skiers completed the
training successfully, some of whom will now progress to employment with
Snow-Camp, teaching their peers on our forthcoming summer programmes.
Click here to see the full Press Release!
Youth Projects - Sign Up Now for Free Places!
With
a range of bursaries now in place, now is the time to get in touch
and see if your young people can get involved with Snow-Camp.
Programmes for 2011/12 start in summer with the beginner course,
Snow-Camp London, and places are going fast! The brochure of our
programmes can viewed by following the link here: Download
the new 2011/12 Snowsports Course Brochure here!
Youth Club Visits to Your Area
During May,
we will be visiting all youth projects that have an interest in
attending Snow-Camp programmes. If you are involved in a Youth Service
and want to find out more about Snow-Camp, please get in touch to
arrange a visit to your youth programme.
More Young People Needed for Snow-Camp's Youth Forum!
We
are re-launching our Youth Forum this month and inviting young people
between 14 and 21 years of age to get involved directly with Snow-Camp's
work! There are loads of benefits so if you know of young people
who may be keen to get involved - please contact Liv Cheasty on
liv@snow-camp.org.uk
for more details.
Find out more about Snow-Camp here!
Win a holiday on Jump for Snow-Camp day!
Date: July 16th 2011 Venue: Headcorn Parachute Club.
If
skydiving has been on your list for a while, maybe now is the time to
tick it off and help Snow-Camp at the same time! Our friends at P and V
Holidays have even put up a week for 4 in a French ski appartment as a
prize for the top fundraiser!
See the link below for all the details - raise just £400 and Jump for FREE!
Go on have a look..everyone is welcome!
Find out more
about Jump for Snow-Camp here!
Graham Bell to host 2011 City Drinks event
Snow-Camp supporter Graham Bell has kindly agreed to host our 3rd Annual Snow-Camp
City Drinks evening, on 29th June 2011.
This event has been a fantastic way to engage City and corporate
support for Snow-Camp's work (as well as being very enjoyable!) and
we will be making sure this year's event is the
best yet! It certainly has the best venue to date,
as Norton Rose LLP have generously offered their spectacular roof
terrace overlooking the City as a venue for the evening.
City Drinks 2011 will
involve brief presentations and a short movie about Snow-Camp's
work, an auction and raffle to raise funds for the charity and
opportunities to find out about getting your company involved in our
corporate sponsorship programmes. Drinks and canapes will be
served, and we would love to see over 150 corporate and City
individuals attending. If you are interested in attending please email dan@snow-camp.org.uk
Thanks!
This month
we would very much like to thank:
-
Douglas, Becky, Cory, Rich, Mark and Gavin for their fantastic support volunteering on Snow-Camp Excel
- Gary @ Progress Film Company for images and video support
- Vicky Pullin and Chris Exall for all their work with the young people in Les 2 Alpes
- Jeremy and his amazing team at the European Ski School in Les 2 Alpes
- Kerry @
ProActive, Marie @ London Youth, Vix @ Samworth Foundation and Tim @
Snowsport England for Participation Fund support
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