Dear Friends and Supporters,
This month: We relaunch our youth volunteering programme Peak
Potential, Ski Club of Great Britain gives Snow-Camp some
great press coverage and a new Social Enterprise agrees to
support Snow-Camp with 50% of their profi
Welcome
to the March Newsletter! It's been a busy month, so apologies for
the slightly late newsletter! In this edition read about the young
people signing up to gain work experience within the ski industry
and youth sector through our Big Lottery funded Peak Potential
programme. We also have just one week until the Excel
young people head to France to complete their attempts to
gain ski instructor qualifications, the first Snow-Camp young people
ever to get this far! And big news this month - corporate ski event
company, The Good City Ski Company, has agreed to donate 50% of it's
profit to support Snow-Camp's work! Find out more below, as well
as lots of other up-to-date Snow-Camp info...
Plus! We
have a £100 voucher from long time supporter Ellis
Brigham to give away! To be in with a chance of winning just answer
the following question:
Q: In what year was Snow-Camp established?
Send your answer to dan@snow-camp.org.uk and the winner will be drawn at random on Friday 8th April. Good luck!
And
now is the time to sign up to Jump for Snow-Camp! Why
not leap out of a plane for Snow-Camp this Summer - FREE! Details
of our new skydiving event on July 16th are below..
Enjoy this month's update.
The Snow-Camp Team
Programmes Update - Peak Potential relaunch!
We
are very pleased to announce the relaunch our youth volunteering
and work experience programme, Peak Potential, this month! Our
negotiations with the Big Lottery ended successfully,
with confirmation of a further two years of funding for
the programme!
Peak
Potential provides young people with a range of volunteering and work
placement opportunities to enable them to gain skills and
experience in the charity sector, youth sector and ski industry.
Placements are accredited through the AQA national youth awards scheme,
and we are currently looking for new placement opportunities for our
young people. If you are a youth programme or ski company and could
offer one of our young people a placement as part of the Peak
Potential programme - please do get in touch. Full support will be
given, and we are sure this will be a rewarding experience for all
involved!
Youth Projects - Sign Up Now!
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 April,
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
New Corporate Ski Event Company supports Snow-Camp!
The
Good City Ski Company delivers high end corporate ski events to
the city and corporate sector - and is going to be donating 50% of its
profit to support Snow-Camp's work! The new ski company is committed to
delivering fantastic, fun and professional ski events and to making a
difference through their work. Snow-Camp was an ideal partner for
the company - and we are really excited about the new partnership!
If you are looking to run a corporate ski event for staff or clients,
check out the Good City Ski company brochure and find out more
about their tailored corpoarte ski events.
Check out The Good City Ski Company brochure here!
Ski Club of Great Britain partnership
The
Ski Club of Great Britain have given some fantastic coverage to
Snow-Camp this month publishing an article on the charity and the Excel
programme. The Ski Club are keen supporters of Snow-Camp
- they have held their Annual Ball to support the charity
in the past and regularly promote Snow-Camp through their
media. 'The opportunities Snow-Camp offers young people are
unrivalled' said the Ski Club's Emma Pearson. 'We are really behind
the concept and look forward to seeing the new programme grow and
develop'.
Read the article and find out more about the Ski Club of Great Britain at the link below!
http://www.skiclub.co.uk/skiclub/news/story.aspx?storyID=8037
Numbers for Skydive day increasing!
This
Summer's Jump for Snow-Camp day has already got 11 intrepid jumpers
signed up to participate! We are aiming for 30
people in total to complete the event - why not get involved?! Even Ski
Sunday's Ed Leigh has said he would love to join in if he is in the
country...watch this space to see if we can get Ed leaping from a plane
with you all!
Date: July 16th 2011 Venue: Headcorn Parachute Club.
So
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 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.co.uk
Thanks!
This month we would very much like to thank:
-
DG3, Salomon,
Westbeach, Kandahar Racing, Barefoot Wine, Basecamp, Hemel Snowcentre,
Oakley, Fresh Chalets, snowforecast.com, VOS media, In The Snow, G Trek,
Skiers Trust, Grannies Inc and Ellis Brigham for sponsorship support to
the City Drinks event!
-
Liz and Nigel @ Snowsport England for training in CRB and First Aid this month
- Ski Club of GB for the press support
- St. Andrews Youth Project for use of their venue for training
- Matthew @ Big Lottery Fund for the support for Peak Potential
- Graham Bell for agreeing to host our City Drinks 2011
- Mark Browne for support on the Scotland planning trip
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