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IOW Pupils sail the high seas thanks to Red Funnel In December 2014, Isle of Wight-based youth charity UKSA was unveiled as the official charity of car ferry specialists, Red Funnel. Today, UKSA and Red Funnel have launched their Year 6 sailing programme. Through the partnership, Red Funnel has set out to raise awareness and… Read more »
A course for young unemployed people has changed the lives of four young people from Southampton. Southampton residents Katie O’Connor 18, Shafi Hamidy and Jordan White both 21, and 25 year old Stephen Rees have successfully completed the ground-breaking Unlocking Potential programme. The course gives the students the chance to get their lives back on… Read more »
UKSA Ambassador receives Royal Yacht Squadron’s Isle of Wight Foundation bursary. One of UKSA’s Young Ambassadors, Danieka Jerram, 21 of Ryde, is one of the first recipients of the Royal Yacht Squadron’s (RYS) Isle of Wight Foundation bursary. Danieka who completed UKSA’s ground-breaking six week Change Direction programme which steers young people off benefits, returned… Read more »
Meet the Expert: Vanessa Hodgson Vanessa is our Superyacht Interior Foundation course instructor (pictured on the left) Vanessa originally got into yachting, and then superyachting, through event planning. She found that her work within these industries paid off her university fees and she really enjoyed it. She hosted yachts during Skandia Life Cowes Week and… Read more »
Can you or your business help Island good causes this summer? A wish list of items is needed by the young people volunteering on the National Citizen Service (NCS). The teenagers will spend four weeks on the scheme and part of that time includes working on community projects to help local charities and organisations. NCS… Read more »
Sailing the Eastern Mediterranean on a 54m classic motor yacht is the lifestyle currently being enjoyed by Professional Yacht Cadet Jaime Guerreiro. He graduated from the first phase of the Cadetship in March and spent a happy three months at Pendennis Shipyard in Falmouth working on the yacht, which was originally built in 1937 and… Read more »
Rachael Mew is loving life working for MedSailors in Croatia. She trained with UKSA, doing her Watersports Instructor Training then her Yachtmaster course, plus RYA Cruising Instructor. She then worked for UKSA as a watersports instructor but yachting was where she really wanted to be, and the offer of a job in sunny and beautiful… Read more »
Jamie Collins, 24, is now working for UKSA as a watersports instructor – which is something he never would have predicted this time last year! Jamie came to UKSA through a referral from JobCentre Plus, who recommended the Aweigh Ahead course, one of our successful Back to Work engagement programmes. Jamie had only had a… Read more »
Will Draper is living the dream, simple as that! He is living proof that training at UKSA can lead you to paradise and being a watersports instructor has to be one of the coolest jobs on earth. Will is currently in the Maldives where the sand is white and the sea is as blue as… Read more »
Working on a superyacht and helping guests enjoy the watersports toys and jet skis is a dream come true for UKSA professional yacht cadet Tory Armstrong. When we caught up with her recently, she was out in the industry working as sole deckhand on a 27m superyacht in Italy. She’s responsible for running the watersports… Read more »