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2010 / 2011 Impact RepoRt

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ContentsForeword 03

aims and Impacts 04

careers 06

Schools and Youth Groups 08

Disability 10

Sporting performance 12

How you helped in 2010 14

contact details 16

Personal DeveloPment

InsPIratIon through learnIng

self esteem

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at UKSa we help individuals change their lives by giving them the opportunity to see their own potential, broaden their horizons and achieve outcomes that last for life.

From offering maritime career training as a vocational alternative to university, providing schools and colleges with an outdoor learning environment, to helping others back into employment, the breadth and depth of our work continues to grow.

the pages that follow will highlight our success over the past year to transform young people’s lives. You will see the importance and economic value of early intervention, where spending time and money on a young person now will not only shape and benefit their future outlook, but also our communities as they become an integrated and contributing member of society.

our ambition as we look ahead is to reach more young people who with our help and encouragement can change their life. With your support we can make sure that they are given the opportunities that all young people deserve.

Jon Ely, UKSA Chief Executive

Worklessness. Disability. Social disadvantage. Family challenges. Educational disengagement. These are just some of the barriers young people face everyday.

Foreword

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Aims and Impacts 2010

To expand our partnerships and work with other charities and like-minded organisations to reach more beneficiaries. existing partnerships such as the ellen macarthur cancer trust continue to go from strength to strength in providing more opportunities to individuals. New partnerships with charities such as toe in the Water enables more individuals to participate and benefit from water based activities. our pilot project aimed at Island young people has forged strong relationships with local authorities and businesses.

To continue to improve our maritime career courses through assessment of content, student mentoring and industry opportunities. With accreditation from the British accreditation council, our commitment to students has never been stronger. the expertise and experience of our staff helps each individual achieve at their best. courses such as the cadetship are a great alternative to university and its sandwich course format means that cadets spend time in paid work placements on some of the world’s largest superyachts.

To widen schools participation and develop school curriculum courses.We’ve continued to work with schools and colleges to provide curriculum courses, vocational education and outdoor activities. our training course in NVQ2 activity Leadership was hugely successful last year; an impressive 92% of students passed with several achieving outstanding results and winning awards.

To continue to provide solutions to worklessness. as part of an ongoing programme, we are using our facilities and teaching expertise to help long-term unemployed young people back into employment. Successful apprentices have found employment in the UK and overseas. our pilot project for Island children helps them break away from negative inter-generational patterns such as unemployment and crime and instead engage with local clubs and activities.

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Next steps…// actively build new partnerships with other organisations where

mutual support will benefit more individuals

// engage with other businesses as part of the expansion of our Island youth project

Next steps…// Build on our links with the marine industry to ensure maximum

employment opportunities around the world for our students

// continue to provide personal mentoring and industry guidance to every student so that they can achieve to the best of their abilities and make an informed decision on their future

Next steps…// Widen schools participation further by increasing communication

about the programmes we offer, access and assisted funding available

// Build strong links with new schools and colleges to offer non-standard educational options

Next steps…// Invest in a Youth Development coordinator to provide extra

support and mentoring to our young people

// continue to provide long-term solutions to worklessness through training and employment opportunities

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Careers

Investing in Young People‘Young people from families where no-one works are significantly more likely to struggle to find a job themselves. Some grow up believing their own destiny lies in the dole queue.’

(Destined for the Dole? Breaking the cycle of worklessness in the UK – Prince’s Trust 2010)

With many young people labelled as Neet – not in employment, education or training, we have created successful solutions to worklessness. In an ongoing programme, we retrain young people back into employment through a six month apprenticeship. Individuals gain a range of vocationalqualifications and transferable skills to utilise in the future.

It’s vital that we invest in young people today; in the short term youth unemployment costs the country £3.5m each day in Jobseekers allowance.* In the long term if young people are not working and paying taxes today, there will be little or no funding to finance those people wanting to retire in the next 20 years.

(*office for National Statistics, Labour market Statistics, January 2010)

It’s vital that we invest in young people today

‘the new skills I learnt through UKSa and the prince’s trust ‘Get into maritime’ programme led me to being offered a full – time job as a watersports instructor in Greece. everything feels different, I now have a long term plan and a future I can look forward to.’

mark Robinson, ‘Get into maritime’ student

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Maritime Careers‘The maritime industry is of truly world-scale significance and the UK is a major player in the supply of capital, hardware and skilled employees into both UK and overseas companies operating in this sector.’

(The Maritime Skills Alliance)

For those on career training courses, the knowledge and experience of our staff ensures that every student achieves at their best. Students receive personal mentoring and industry guidance to help and support them onto the first step of the career ladder.

UKSA Careers – Highlights// alternative to university

// offering a career change

// employment through uKsa apprenticeships

// gain academic qualifications

// Industry guidance for students

// access to 1500 jobs in the maritime industry

// Working in partnerships

// Working with young offenders

// assisted funding

// Breaking barriers to participation

‘the cadetship has given me a clear career path but without the student debt. the sandwich course structure of studying at UKSa and in paid work placements aboard superyachts, means that I get the most out of my training.’

ed collinge, UKSa cadet

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Educational Partnerships‘In one year 9,880 young people were permanently excluded from the education system. In the same year 344,510 young people were temporarily excluded from their school, with 201,780 of these pupils having been excluded more than once.’

(Department for Education and Skills 2003/2004)

Curriculum Engagement – children have a natural enthusiasm for learning, but they can also become disengaged if their school day is rigid and routine. With the option to link the curriculum to water based activities, pupils who visit UKSa not only get the benefits of learning outside the classroom but also personal development through teamwork, challenge and fun.

Inspirational Education - We work in partnership to deliver NVQ 2 activity Leadership and Btec in Sport and public Services in an outdoor learning environment. this helps not only those students who struggle in a classroom setting but also those who simply want a more practical and hands on approach to learning.

Well-being in Children‘Children and young people believe that five outcomes are key to their well-being in the future – being healthy; staying safe; enjoying and achieving; making a positive contribution and achieving economic well-being.’

(Every Child Matters: Change for Children – Department for Children, Schools and Families)

a key focus of our work is to help young people enjoy their childhood through confidence and self-belief but also develop the resilience, skills and competences needed to make a successful transition into adulthood.

If young people grow physically, mentally and emotionally in an encouraging and positive environment, it helps take them one step closer to achieving the outcomes they believe are essential to their own well-being.

‘During our visits to UKSa we get the opportunity to witness the less confident and introverted learner grow in self confidence, experiencing both success and pride in their achievement.’

chris marshall, Headteacher, Ivy Lane primary School

Schools & Youth Groups

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Youth Engagement‘Studies show that the most prolific offenders start early, between the ages of 10 and 13 and have longer criminal careers than other criminals’.

(Make Me a Criminal: Preventing Youth Crime – Institute for Public Policy Research 2008)

In partnership, we created and launched an inspirational pilot project for young people on the Isle of Wight. With volunteer mentors, our partnership for Youth engagement worked with young people to increase their personal development and skill sets through on-the-water challenge and adventure.

By the end of the programme, each young person had the confidence to engage with local clubs and activities and build positive relationships with their school and local services.

projects such as this help individuals realise their potential whilst confronting negative inter-generational patterns such as violence, drugs and crime that can pose a threat to their future and the community.

Children have a natural enthusiasm for learning

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Disabilities

‘We want to create a society where everybody is treated with dignity and respect and has the chance to fulfill their potential and unlock their talent. We need to ensure that disabled people are a full part of this agenda.’

(Independent Living Strategy – Office for Disability Issues 2006)

By removing barriers to participation in sailing and watersports, we provide opportunities for people with disabilities to develop their skills and confidence through on the water activities.

For some people we offer the chance to try new experiences and gain as much independence as possible. For others who want to pursue sailing as a career, we take steps to help them achieve this. For everyone, spending time on the water is empowering.

this year through schools, groups and assisted funding, over 175 disabled individuals have spent time with us through day visits or residential trips. We work alongside charities and organisations such as RYa Sailability, toe in the Water, Fishbourne Sailability and the British VI Sailing team to help people participate and benefit from on the water activities.

through our tailored programmes we offer fun, structured activities, which can help individuals take control, make choices and see that what they’ve achieved on the water with us can also be transferred into their daily lives.

positive outcomes such as this can go a long way in breaking down any emotional barriers and fear of doing something new that disability can cause.

“ For everyone, spending time on the water is empowering

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Working with UKSa to enable our students with learning difficulties to access allthat it has to offer has been fantastic; on a professional and personal level it isa fine example of an innovative and inspiring partnership. my students and staff thoroughly enjoy working with the instructors; their commitment to our group is always exemplary.

Julie Golding-clarke, assistant Head teacher, Heritage House

During my time with UKSa, I’ve had new experiences with others who have similar needs to me. this includes fulfilling a life long dream to participate in cowes Week. It has helped and encouraged me to make new friends and to never give up on something no matter how challenging.

craig Rose, Stroke Survivor

UKSA and Disabilities – Highlights// making sailing and watersports

accessible to all

// Providing tailored educational programmes

// Working in partnership

// offering a positive future

// assisted funding

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Sporting Performance

‘One of the lessons from the Active England programme is that simply providing activities and a logical argument about why it is a good thing is not enough.’

(Active England Final Evaluation Report 2009 - Sport England)

We also believe that it takes more than just providing the boats, venue or instructors to encourage sporting performance. For people to get the most out of their experience, whether it is to learn new skills, gain qualifications or improve their fitness, we offer encouragement, support and mentoring.

Sporting performance is an important part of our organisation; the healthy competition it creates inspires our students and gives them the determination to achieve at their best.

H2O Clubs – for Island youngsters aged 8 -16, our H2o clubs offer different watersports activities throughout the year. clubs are a great way to encourage children to improve their sporting performance by keeping fit, making friends and working towards qualifications in a fun and safe environment.

Gurnard Sailing Club – by working in partnership with this local club, we were able to help talented young people develop their competitive sailing skills as they planned, organised and participated in racing in Italy.

British Keelboat Academy (BKA) – since 2009 we have worked in partnership with the RYa to give talented young people the chance to achieve sporting excellence through competitive yacht racing.

To empower our sailors, training is combined with competitive racing“ “

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Competitive Racing ‘Winning on the international sporting stage is incredibly tough and the margins between success and failure become smaller with each passing year…we need to ensure that the UK’s most talented athletes have every chance of realising their potential.’

(World Class Performance Programme – UK Sport)

the BKa programme has been designed to coach the next generation of competitive sailors. Selected young people aged 18 – 24 are given the opportunity to train with like-minded people and develop the skills, attitude and ability needed to achieve.

the skills that our sailors gain through competitive yacht racing such as confidence, decision making and teamwork are also valuable life skills that can be used in many different career paths, situations and opportunities.

2010 BKA Race Success // 4th overall sevenstar round Britain

and Ireland race

// 1st Class super Zero, rorC offshore series

// Winner of Peter harrison Youth tophy, rorC offshore series

// 4th overall sevenstar round Britain and Ireland race

// 1st overall, rorC st malo race

// 4th J80 national Championships

// 3rd class 3, rorC easter Challenge

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How you helped in 2010

Grants and Donationsthroughout the year we received donations and grants from trusts, Foundations, major donors and supporters. their financial support enables us to support young people and is essential to the important work we do.

Volunteersoften driven by their own experiences, our volunteers are inspired to help make a difference to the lives of others.

FundraisingFunds were raised for us through corporate gifts, community donations and from our energetic staff and supporters through events fundraising.

Partnershipsour existing partners understand our vision and are keen to help us achieve our goals. they enable us to provide support to thousands of individuals each year. this includes other charities, local and national businesses, corporate partnerships, schools and groups, local authority and constabulary.

number of individuals benefiting from Charitable activity in 2010

Charitable Activity

5401 Schools and Groups

802 maritime careers

278 Disability

141 Yacht Racing

600 Leisure

all visitors benefit from our community of volunteers, partners and supporters. In 2010, we raised funds to financially assist 17.5% of the 7222 individuals that visited UKSa.

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Inspired by those that we work with, we help and encourage people to build a better life and reach their true potential.

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there are a number of ways to support us. to find out more about making a donation, volunteering or fundraising on our behalf:

Visit: www.uksa.org

Call: 01983 294941

Email: info@uksa.org

Fax: 01983 295938

Write to us: uKsaarctic roadWest CowesIsle of WightPo31 7PQ

registered charity. no.299247

We are UKSA, the charity working to change lives through maritime education and personal development.