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Young unemployed DCH residents from Plymouth are being invited to take part in a ground breaking engagement programme, delivered on behalf of DCH by Isle of Wight Youth Charity UKSA. DCH are funding the course, which begins with a number of selection events around Plymouth on The 11th, 12th and 13th April. For those interested and… Read more »
Spring, Summer and Autumn programmes for Isle of Wight 15 – 17 year olds are back for 2016 with the Governments National Citizen Service (NCS). In 2015, over 90 young people from the Island benefitted from the extraordinary friendships, newfound life and work skills and unforgettable memories gained while on the scheme which is delivered… Read more »
28 UKSA Professional Yacht Cadetship students (PYC) have swapped the more traditional career path of university for a life on the sea as they set sail on their dream career working as an Officer on-board luxury superyachts. The cadets who are currently on phase one of the revered PYC at leading maritime training provider and… Read more »
As part of fashion retailer Fat Face’s Black Friday offering, they chose to donate to charity through their ‘Thanks for giving’ campaign. Fat Face’s Cowes store selected Cowes based UKSA as their charity. The company’s incentive for the campaign came from a desire to support local charities by turning their Black Friday discounting into something… Read more »
Leading superyacht training centre and youth Charity, UKSA has joined forces with Nautilus International, the union for maritime professionals. Nautilus International is the leading professional trade union organisation for maritime professional in the British, Dutch and Swiss shipping industries. The Union has over 22,000 members, who work within the global maritime industry. UKSA is one… Read more »
World renowned sailor, Dee Caffari MBE has been announced as an Ambassador to Youth Charity UKSA. Dee became the first woman to sail solo around the world the wrong way, non-stop in 2006. Following her circumnavigation in 2006, her sixth place finish in the Vendée Globe in 2009 made her the first woman to sail… Read more »
UKSA and Sunsail create exciting new charter partnership Youth charity UKSA, the leading Maritime training centre, has joined forces with worldwide charter provider Sunsail giving sailors not just a wider choice of charter options including UKSA’s Cat 0 coded Farr 65 yachts, but also to make events more accessible to the public due to modest… Read more »
Superyacht Cadet Jean-Damien Barrier begun his cadetship with UKSA in 2005 is the first cadet to gain his Master 3000 Qualification. Described as ‘an incredible achievement’ by Cadetship Manager Emma Baggett, Jean is currently travelling the Caribbean for the winter. We caught up with him to get the low-down on where his career has taken… Read more »
One of the UK’s largest banks, NatWest has just jumped on-board with Youth Charity, UKSA to support twelve children from across the Island After seeing the huge success of UKSA’s ‘year six sailing initiative’ where over 1,123 Isle of Wight year six pupils took to the water, NatWest have chosen to support the charity with… Read more »
UKSA will enter a new era in 2016 with the appointment of Ben Willows as Chief Executive officer. Ben is the current Deputy Chief Executive, and will take on the leadership of the charity in the New Year. Ben is a passionate and avid sailor, having been part of GBR youth squads and then sailed professionally for over 10 years competing internationally in dinghies and yachts. Ben originally trained with UKSA to… Read more »