Dear Friends and Supporters,
Well
the winter season is upon us with tons of white stuff settling in
Europe and North America! We hope you're all dusting your kit off and
getting ready to head out to some mountains. Over the last month we've
been working hard getting the Snow-Camp Excel instructor programme
underway and we're really proud of the young people who are working hard
to achieve their Level 1 Instructor qualification. Plus, this month is
your last chance to sign up to the Snow-Camp Everest Challenge in
January, so if you'd like to raise vital funds for our work with young
people, and fancy the challenge of 15 ski resorts in 2 days, then please
do sign-up now!
Enjoy this month's update.
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Snow-Camp Excel The fantastic students on the new Snow-Camp Excel
programme have been progressing really well. 20 young people are working
to complete the course and become the first ever Snow-Camp Instructors,
leading to opportunities within the ski industry and to teach their
peers on future Snow-Camp programmes. Read all about the programme at:
Snow-Camp Excel Press Release |
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Snow-Camp Everest Challenge 2011 supported by Ellis Brigham
 There
are only 5 places left on the Everest Challenge which is happening 27th
- 30th January 2011. The deadline for signing up is the 26th November,
so don't miss out. Join us in this awesome fundraising event involving
over 150km of skiing across 15 different resorts, with two night stages
completing the experience. Just £185 secures your place and minimum
sponsorship is £1500. If you're interested in taking part, find out more
by clicking the link. We'd love to have you on board, so please sign up
now!
Snow-Camp Everest Challenge |
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Snow-Camp France 2011 Finally
we are ending this newsletter with the sad news that Snow-Camp France
2011 has had to be put on hold. The current economic crisis has lead to
severe cuts and funding challenges across the charity sector are these
are impacting on both Snow-Camp and many of the youth programmes we work
with. We have had to take some tough decisions to ensure the future
sustainability of the charity, and as such we are having to restructure
our range of programmes to reflect the reduced funding available.
Going
forward we are structuring our programmes to have a stronger focus on
the UK, which means for the first time we will be running a Snow-Camp
Scotland. Watch this space! Furthermore, we are expanding the
life-skills elements to include higher levels of vocational support for
young people, as well as expanding the opportunities for work experience
in the ski industry and to gain qualifications. Our central objective
remains using snowsports to show young people their potential by
overcoming the challenges in learning to ski or snowboard - and through
this inspiring and equipping young people to achieve more in their
education, employment and relationships, which is an increasingly
important role for Snow-Camp.
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Christmas Appeal  In
these challenging economic times we need your support more than ever to
help us continue to invest in and support young people. We hope over
the last year these newsletters have kept you up to date with our work,
and hopefully you have seen the huge amount of effort going towards
developing and delivering positive Snow-Camp programmes supporting ever
more inner-city young people. With only 5 staff we are still a very
small charity! But we want to see Snow-Camp continue to expand and we
need your help. In this newsletter we are launching a Christmas Appeal
to ask for your support to ensure Snow-Camp can continue to work with
young people who really need our support and the opportunities our
programmes provide.
Please consider making a small donation to
Snow-Camp's work this Christmas, every little helps and your support
would be gratefully received. Read more about funding a Snow-Camp Young
Person's Bursary at http://www.snow-camp.org.uk/support or you can
donate online at the JustGiving link below. Thank you.
You can read what the young people you will be supporting said recently about their involvement with Snow-Camp:
"Snow-Camp
has instilled so much confidence in me! I have come so far with
something I first knew nothing about. Snow Camp inspires me to pursue my
dreams and constantly reminds me I am capable of doing anything I
want!" (Thea, 16, Brixton)
"Snow-Camp has influenced me a lot
because it has giving me a once in a life time opportunity to do
something that I would have never thought of doing, also by helping me
gain self confidence to meet new people and make new friends. It has
also helped me to find something that I am good at and that I would like
to have a career in." (Kirbie, 17, Tulse Hill)
"Snow-Camp has
encouraged me to go after what I want and given me more confidence to do
it. It has also made me want to do for another young person what
Snow-Camp has done for me and many others." (Layal, 18, Victoria)
Thank you in advance for your support.
Snow-Camp JustGiving Page |
Please
get in touch if you're raising funds for Snow-Camp so we can feature
you in the newsletter. Please contact Elaine at elaine@snow-camp.co.uk
or 07545 431 824 / 01273 241 383.
That's all for now, thanks as
ever for your support and interest. We'll be back in the New Year with
our next newsletter, so in the meantime we'd like to wish you all a very
Happy Christmas.
The Snow-Camp Team
W: 01273 241383
E: info@snow-camp.co.uk
Web: www.snow-camp.co.uk
Registered Charity Number: 1101030 |