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We are finally able to share with you the dates for our summer RYA courses 🥳

Please get in contact if you would like to book onto any of the courses either by text or email.

Please note: Regular club members will have priority of bookings ⛵

It's been another busy week on the water ⛵️🚤

We've had

● Powerboat Level 2 courses on Monday and Tuesday
● Volunteer training on Wednesday evening
● 2 sailing club sessions on Thursday evening and Saturday morning,
● Plymouth College dinghy sailing on Friday evening
● A trip on Friendship for DCRS and Odils Learning Foundation on Saturday afternoon.

Looking forward to seeing what next week brings! 🥳

After the wettest and coldest month imaginable, the boats are finally on the water, rigged and ready to go! ⛵️

Our first sail was on Tuesday evening with a handful of volunteers. Although the sun was shining, there was still a nasty nip in the air, so many layers were required!

We are looking forward to our first club session of the year tomorrow evening with our regular members.

If you would like more information about how you can get out on the water, please either text on 07712 657610 or email [email protected]

Thank you so much to Mayflower Marina for the lovely write up!

There are going to be a lot of changes over the next 6 months, but hopefully, with your support, we will fight this recession and come out on top.

🥰For as long as we have money in the bank, we will always be there with welcoming arms for those who need us the most.🥰

Thursday 18th April is planned to be the first Thursday evening sailing session and I can't wait!! ⛵

⭐️WANTED⭐️ - Seasonal RYA Senior Instructor

Job Title: Seasonal RYA Senior Instructor
Contract Type: Seasonal Full time – 40 Hours
Contract Duration: April 1st – October 31st 2024
Responsible to: Operations Manager + Board of Trustees
Salary: £23.000 - £25.000 pro rata. Dependant on experience.

Horizons (Plymouth) is looking for an enthusiastic RYA Senior Sailing Instructor (Seasonal) to become a key part of our senior delivery team. They will work closely with our Operations Manager to deliver opportunities for our participants to engage in all of the RYA small boat scheme as well as powerboating and motorboating.

This role offers the chance to be part of a busy, fun and varied activity programme, working in the historic naval port of Plymouth.
Although we currently only have a small team of 2 paid staff, we also have a team of 60 volunteers to help deliver our programmes. The Senior Instructor will need to be comfortable managing a team of volunteers and previous experience in working with Young People and those with additional needs would be very desirable.

For the full Job Description and more details, please email our Operations Manager: [email protected]

Thank you to some of our lovely volunteers for helping with our winter maintenance tasks.

Our jobs on Wednesday included, washing sails, replacing halyards, storing masts, and finally drying the sails for their winter of rest!

Thank you so much for everyone's help.

Look forward to seeing you again soon for another fun day of tinkering! ⛵

Thank you to Plymouth Marine Centre for all their hard work on Nutcracker and Skippy. The 'Twins' are now ready for a well earned winter of rest!

Did you know Horizons provide Royal Yachting Association courses?

We run all the Youth Sailing Scheme, National Sailing Scheme and Advanced Modules in Dinghies, Keelboats and Multihulls. We even have an exciting foiling Aero! ⛵

As well as sailing, we can also provide Powerboat Level 1+2 courses, plus Safety Boat.🚤

For more information, and a list of all the other courses we can provide, please click the link below!

https://horizonsplymouth.org/horizons-sea-school/

RYA South West Plymouth Sound National Marine Park

The Benfact Group are offering an amazing funding opportunity for charities that do great work in their communities with young people (aged under 23).

Please nominate Horizons (Plymouth) for the chance to win a £5,000 award to support our inclusive youth sailing projects.

We would be incredibly grateful for your support, and this award would make a huge difference to our work.

Thank you! 🙂

Movement for Good - Nominate a charity Nominate a charity for a Movement for Good award now.

Although it's scary to believe, Christmas is quickly approaching and many of us will be looking at getting our shopping online instead of in the High Street.

Give as you Live Online is the free and easy way to raise money for us at Horizons at roughly 6,000 different stores.

All you need to do is sign up for an account (takes roughly 5 mins!) and every time you shop online, Horizons will get a donation. It's as quick and easy as that!

Please click on the link below for details on how to sign up.

Thank you, and happy shopping!

https://www.giveasyoulive.com/join/horizons--plymouth-/371022/0?utm_source=charitytoolkit&utm_content=628493&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=CTGenericCampaign

Trustee’s News: Farewell to Simon!

After 12 years of dedication and commitment, our Horizons Chief Executive, Simon, has decided that it is time for a change and he will be leaving the team at the end of October.

Simon joined Horizons in 2011 as a Senior Instructor, then became Chief Instructor, and has done a brilliant job leading the organisation as Chief Executive for the last 6 years.

Under Simon’s leadership, Horizons has expanded and he leaves a fine fleet of boats maintained to his very high standards. Simon’s sailing and organisational skills are remarkable and his departure leaves a big void that will need to be filled.

Our team of Staff, Trustees, Members and Volunteers would like to say the biggest THANK YOU to Simon! We wish him all the very best, and look forward to hearing about his new adventures!

Dr James Hill
Chair of Trustees

On today's grey and gloomy day, we're having a look back at some of the RYA courses we have run on the very few sunny days we've had this summer! ⛵

I hope these brighten up your day a little bit! 🌞

Plymouth Sound National Marine Park
RYA South West

If you have a free 5 minutes, please may you fill out this safeguarding survey for the RYA?

Every bit of information they receive will hopefully make boating as safe and inclusive as possible.

Thank you!

Help us create a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.

We’re calling for as many people within the boating community to complete one of two RYA Safeguarding Surveys, aimed at children and young people, and adults.

All insights gathered will help us understand how we create and support safe and inclusive cultures for people to enjoy their sport and recreation.

Complete the survey now - http://rya.org/jCg550PnuTT

After a very busy start to the season, we are quickly approaching our RYA courses month.

Please have a look at the dates below and let us know what you would like to do.

Please note, these are only available to existing club members and those who have been waiting the longest will get first priority.

5 of our youngsters have been enjoying doing their RYA Essential Navigation and Seamanship Course today.

Thank you to Andrew for delivering a great course. Looking forward to another day of learning tomorrow ⛵

Royal Yachting Association RYA South West Plymouth Sound National Marine Park

Places are going fast, so please book-in soon to not miss out.

On Saturday 27th May, Horizons will be running our RYA Discover Sailing events.

This will be a morning event where we will run 45 minute taster sessions for Young People and their families to get on the water in the National Marine Park.

If the Young People enjoy it, they then have the opportunity to join our weekly sailing club.

For more information, or to book your place, please contact Lois on [email protected] or 07712657610.
Plymouth Sound National Marine Park RYA South West

On Saturday 27th May, Horizons will be running our RYA Discover Sailing events.

This will be a morning event where we will run 45 minute taster sessions for Young People and their families to get on the water in the National Marine Park. If the Young People enjoy it, they then have the opportunity to join our weekly sailing club.

For more information, or to book your place, please contact Lois on [email protected] or 07712657610.

Plymouth Sound National Marine Park RYA South West

https://horizonsplymouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Horizons-Quarterly-newsletter-Apr-2023-3.pdf

Have a look at what we have been up to over the last few months in our quarterly Newsletter! ⛵️

horizonsplymouth.org

Thank you so much to Friends and Families for a wonderful day of Friendship trips!

Glad you all had a lovely time 🥳

Hope to see you all again, soon! 🚤

Hi everyone, there is a fundraising project called 'Movement for Good' where you can nominate your chosen charity and give them a chance to win a £1,000.

If you wouldn't mind, please may you pop in a nomination for Horizons?

It’s a very short and simple form. When you search for Horizons, the right option should pop up. Our Charity Number is, 1096256 and please chose the “education and skills” category when asked.

Thank you very much!

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After a bit of a wet and wild sail last year, we are starting to get the ball rolling for this year's Eddystone Charity Sailing Pursuit.

This year it'll take place on Saturday 17th June.

As always, we will be using our 4 Hawk20 keelboats, and wondered if there are any other budding yacht owners who would like to enter their boat for Horizons too?

If you are interested in entering for us, please let us know by emailing Lois at [email protected]

Thank you! ⛵️

We're back in action!⛵🚤

As well as chocolate, these 6 Volunteers have got their RYA Powerboat Level 2 to enjoy this Easter!

Well done to all involved! 🥳

https://horizonsplymouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Horizons-Quarterly-newsletter-Jan-2023.pdf

Our most up-to-date newsletter is now available to view🥳

If you would like to have a read about what we have been up to, please click the link below!

horizonsplymouth.org

On Saturday we enjoyed a really exciting trip to the National Marine Aquarium where we learnt how to dissect a squid and have a really good look around all the marine animals.

Thank you to Freyja who looked after us so well! 🐠

We have had a fun-filled New Year so far 🥳

For our Winter Youth Group, we have enjoyed a visit to the Theatre to see, Pinocchio and had the RNLI come to our office to explain the importance of keeping safe on the water. On Saturday we're really looking forward to going to the Aquarium 🐠

While the children have been enjoying themselves, Simon and Lois have been lying under the Hawks scraping off old antifoul ready for a fresh coat to be popped on for the summer season. ⛵

We have also celebrated Simon being awarded a trophy in recognition of Endeavour and Involvement in the Sport of Sailing. This was awarded due to his long-term commitment in helping with events within the Port of Plymouth. ⛵🚤

https://www.thedevondaily.co.uk/news/local-news-charities/plymouth-oddfellows-provide-wheels-%E2%80%98horizons%E2%80%99-sailing-charity

Thank you to The St Andrew Lodge 4276 for their kind donation which has gone towards buying some new wheels for our Bahia dinghies. ⛵️

The Bahia's have proven to be a very popular boat over the last few years, so it's important that they are maintained to the highest possible standard. 😄

Plymouth Oddfellows provide wheels for ‘Horizons’ sailing charity | The Devon Daily Plymouth’s ‘Pride of the West with St. Andrew’s Lodge’ of the Plymouth and Truro District Oddfellows has recently supported the ‘Horizons’ Children’s Sailing Charity by supplying sets of wheels for use on their dinghy trailers. Plymouth Oddfellows chose to assist ‘Horizons’ who wer...

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After a busy last few weeks of being Santa's Elves, cleaning ribs, bowling and crazy golf, we have gotten to the end of the year and are ready to pack up for Christmas.

Attached is a link to our yearly facts and figures. This shows that we have had a great year with a brilliant recovery from the two years of COVID!

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!🥳

Thank you to the Engineers at Plymouth Marine Centre for their brilliant work on both Nutcracker and Jubilee!