We have made grants to both of these incredibly inspiring charities
Jamie's Farm
Jamie’s Farm acts a catalyst for change enabling young people at risk of social and academic exclusion to thrive and engage more fully with education, at home and in their community.
Last year Jamie’s Farm took 1,148 vulnerable young people for a week living on one of their five farms.
For more information about Jamie's Farm and their brilliant work please have a look at just some of their photos below and also their website here... https://jamiesfarm.org.uk/
Last year Jamie’s Farm took 1,148 vulnerable young people for a week living on one of their five farms.
For more information about Jamie's Farm and their brilliant work please have a look at just some of their photos below and also their website here... https://jamiesfarm.org.uk/
Snowcamp
Snow-Camp is the UK's only charity using a unique combination of skiing, snowboarding and vocational opportunities to support and empower inner-city young people. Snow-Camp plays a key role in motivating and inspiring young people from communities with high levels of deprivation, enabling them to gain qualifications and to develop key life-skills.
Snow-Camp is passionate about providing an alternative approach to engage young people by providing an energising environment at artificial ski slopes in the UK in order for them to build relationships and gain employment. Snow-Camp’s programmes require initiative, individuality and courage. And therein lies the attraction and the challenge, providing a much-needed complimentary service to youth organisations working closely with those in local authority care, the youth justice system and excluded from education.
Young people can gain their accredited Snow Life Award, ASDAN in Sports & Fitness Certificate, Safeguarding and First Aid Certificates, BASI and Snowsport England/Scotland instructor qualifications and an NVQ in Activity Leadership through their programmes. Thus noticeably improving their CV.
Furthermore, for every hour on the slopes, the same amount of time is spent in life-skills sessions which have been planned to help young people reflect upon the skills they are demonstrating whilst learning to ski or snowboard – namely perseverance, commitment, listening, patience and overcoming fear as well as learning how to respond to challenges, deal with peer pressure and setting goals for their future. All of which are essential skills young people need in order to deal with the problems they may face in their everyday lives.
Snow-Camp is passionate about providing an alternative approach to engage young people by providing an energising environment at artificial ski slopes in the UK in order for them to build relationships and gain employment. Snow-Camp’s programmes require initiative, individuality and courage. And therein lies the attraction and the challenge, providing a much-needed complimentary service to youth organisations working closely with those in local authority care, the youth justice system and excluded from education.
Young people can gain their accredited Snow Life Award, ASDAN in Sports & Fitness Certificate, Safeguarding and First Aid Certificates, BASI and Snowsport England/Scotland instructor qualifications and an NVQ in Activity Leadership through their programmes. Thus noticeably improving their CV.
Furthermore, for every hour on the slopes, the same amount of time is spent in life-skills sessions which have been planned to help young people reflect upon the skills they are demonstrating whilst learning to ski or snowboard – namely perseverance, commitment, listening, patience and overcoming fear as well as learning how to respond to challenges, deal with peer pressure and setting goals for their future. All of which are essential skills young people need in order to deal with the problems they may face in their everyday lives.
Haroun Al-Goned, age 20, snowboarder, from London
Haroun joined Snow-Camp through New Horizon’s Youth Centre and he has been homeless for over a year. He regularly moves from one hostel to the next, often sharing rooms with multiple people. He dreams of living in a permanent flat with his own room. Horoun said:
“I find it difficult to keep myself positively occupied, it’s so easy to make bad decisions and to get into trouble when you feel there’s no other option in life. I’ve made mistakes in my life. Last year I was given an electronic tag by the police, which kept me on a strict curfew to steer me away from the trouble on the streets.
Snow-Camp has helped me to make positive steps forward in life. Being on Snow-Camp programmes, out on the snow and in the cold, makes it is easier for me to clear my mind. The weight of my day to day life is lifted and all I need to focus on is my snowboard. The snowboard is my therapy! I feel more mentally, emotionally and physically better with Snow-Camp.
Thank you to the Ned’s Fund for this opportunity. It has really changed my life. I'm so happy that you will be following my journey through Excel, thank you.”
Haroun joined Snow-Camp through New Horizon’s Youth Centre and he has been homeless for over a year. He regularly moves from one hostel to the next, often sharing rooms with multiple people. He dreams of living in a permanent flat with his own room. Horoun said:
“I find it difficult to keep myself positively occupied, it’s so easy to make bad decisions and to get into trouble when you feel there’s no other option in life. I’ve made mistakes in my life. Last year I was given an electronic tag by the police, which kept me on a strict curfew to steer me away from the trouble on the streets.
Snow-Camp has helped me to make positive steps forward in life. Being on Snow-Camp programmes, out on the snow and in the cold, makes it is easier for me to clear my mind. The weight of my day to day life is lifted and all I need to focus on is my snowboard. The snowboard is my therapy! I feel more mentally, emotionally and physically better with Snow-Camp.
Thank you to the Ned’s Fund for this opportunity. It has really changed my life. I'm so happy that you will be following my journey through Excel, thank you.”
Kavell Gottshalk, age 17, snowboarder, from London
Kavell joined Snow-Camp through Ealing Young Carers. Kavell has spent much of his young life living in foster care, moving from one placement to the next. He now lives independently in a hostel. Due to a constant unsettled home life, Kavell has not had a “normal” education and has missed out on so much, through no fault of his own. Kavell didn’t receive any senior school education but he’s now trying to catch up on the time he has missed.
Kavell has been in trouble with the police in the past. With no positive role models in his life, Kavell has been led down a negative path. But through Snow-Camp and the Ned's Fund, we hope to give Kavell a positive opportunity and the chance to start again.
So far, Snow-Camp has given Kavell a real purpose and he is starting to see that he could have a future in the snowsports industry. We have given him something to look forward to and focus on.
“The highlight of Snow-Camp so far has been finding a new positive hobby, it’s an opportunity for me to start a career. Thank you to the Ned’s Fund. I appreciate the opportunity that you are giving me thank you so much.”
To see Kavell on Snow-Camp's programmes with a smile on his face, away from the negativity that surrounds him on the estates gives us hope that we will be able to help him to stay on a positive path and to provide him with the opportunities in life he so desperately needs.
In August 2019, Haroun and Kavell joined our two-day First Tracks programmes, taking part in two slope sessions and two life-skills classroom sessions each day. In the life-skills sessions Haroun and Kavell reflected upon the skills they were demonstrating on the slopes –perseverance, commitment, listening, patience and overcoming fear as well as how to respond to challenges, deal with peer pressure and setting goals for the future. At the end of the two-days Haroun and Kavell had made significant progress on the slopes and experienced, for the first time, the feeling of coming down a ski slope. An awards ceremony the programme, with Haroun and Kavell receiving a Snowsport England Snow Life Award along with a medal and certificate.
Having experienced the thrill of snowsports for the first time on First Tracks, Haroun and Kavell moved onto our Graduate Programme in October. With 6 days on the snow, spread over six weekends, the Graduate Programme gave them both the opportunity to take their snowboarding to the next level. Group classroom sessions held before each slope lesson exposed Haroun and Kavell to the wider world of skiing and snowboarding, with talks each week from snowsports industry representatives and Snow-Camp ambassadors including Jamie Barrow and Jenny Jones.
Haroun and Kavell will begin our Excel Programme in February. It’s a hugely exciting time for them both as they will now take part in 10 weeks of advanced snowsports training with assessment by Snowsport England, which includes 20 hours shadowing their instructors during a 9-day residential to Austria with Equity Ski. The programme includes life-skills sessions throughout which will focus on career opportunities, working with young people and the theory of teaching snowsports. Haroun and Kavell will receive a Snowsport England Instructor qualification and First Aid and Safeguarding certificates.
It is at this point in the Snow-Camp programme journey that the young people become an integral part of the development, delivery and monitoring of Snow-Camp programmes becoming young leaders and ambassadors for the charity. When a young person completes Excel and gains an instructor qualification, they then volunteer by teaching the next cohort of young people on First Tracks the following summer. Not only is this empowering for them, it's inspirational for the new young people who they may already know from their youth club or estate, showing them exactly what can be achieved in one year at Snow-Camp. We look forward to updating you on their progress!
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Kavell joined Snow-Camp through Ealing Young Carers. Kavell has spent much of his young life living in foster care, moving from one placement to the next. He now lives independently in a hostel. Due to a constant unsettled home life, Kavell has not had a “normal” education and has missed out on so much, through no fault of his own. Kavell didn’t receive any senior school education but he’s now trying to catch up on the time he has missed.
Kavell has been in trouble with the police in the past. With no positive role models in his life, Kavell has been led down a negative path. But through Snow-Camp and the Ned's Fund, we hope to give Kavell a positive opportunity and the chance to start again.
So far, Snow-Camp has given Kavell a real purpose and he is starting to see that he could have a future in the snowsports industry. We have given him something to look forward to and focus on.
“The highlight of Snow-Camp so far has been finding a new positive hobby, it’s an opportunity for me to start a career. Thank you to the Ned’s Fund. I appreciate the opportunity that you are giving me thank you so much.”
To see Kavell on Snow-Camp's programmes with a smile on his face, away from the negativity that surrounds him on the estates gives us hope that we will be able to help him to stay on a positive path and to provide him with the opportunities in life he so desperately needs.
In August 2019, Haroun and Kavell joined our two-day First Tracks programmes, taking part in two slope sessions and two life-skills classroom sessions each day. In the life-skills sessions Haroun and Kavell reflected upon the skills they were demonstrating on the slopes –perseverance, commitment, listening, patience and overcoming fear as well as how to respond to challenges, deal with peer pressure and setting goals for the future. At the end of the two-days Haroun and Kavell had made significant progress on the slopes and experienced, for the first time, the feeling of coming down a ski slope. An awards ceremony the programme, with Haroun and Kavell receiving a Snowsport England Snow Life Award along with a medal and certificate.
Having experienced the thrill of snowsports for the first time on First Tracks, Haroun and Kavell moved onto our Graduate Programme in October. With 6 days on the snow, spread over six weekends, the Graduate Programme gave them both the opportunity to take their snowboarding to the next level. Group classroom sessions held before each slope lesson exposed Haroun and Kavell to the wider world of skiing and snowboarding, with talks each week from snowsports industry representatives and Snow-Camp ambassadors including Jamie Barrow and Jenny Jones.
Haroun and Kavell will begin our Excel Programme in February. It’s a hugely exciting time for them both as they will now take part in 10 weeks of advanced snowsports training with assessment by Snowsport England, which includes 20 hours shadowing their instructors during a 9-day residential to Austria with Equity Ski. The programme includes life-skills sessions throughout which will focus on career opportunities, working with young people and the theory of teaching snowsports. Haroun and Kavell will receive a Snowsport England Instructor qualification and First Aid and Safeguarding certificates.
It is at this point in the Snow-Camp programme journey that the young people become an integral part of the development, delivery and monitoring of Snow-Camp programmes becoming young leaders and ambassadors for the charity. When a young person completes Excel and gains an instructor qualification, they then volunteer by teaching the next cohort of young people on First Tracks the following summer. Not only is this empowering for them, it's inspirational for the new young people who they may already know from their youth club or estate, showing them exactly what can be achieved in one year at Snow-Camp. We look forward to updating you on their progress!
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