More than 100 people attended this year’s UK Sail Training Conference which took place yesterday in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard. The event was organised by ASTO (Association of Sail Training Organisations), which is a Gosport-based charity promoting Sail Training in the UK. The attendees at this year’s conference were comprised of shore-based staff, sea-staff,…
Our UK Sail Training members are hiring and as part of an initiative to get more people into #SailTrainingCareers, we are sharing stories from Sail Trainers to highlight the benefits of working in this incredibly rewarding sector. We recently reached out to The Island Trust’s Craig Young to tell us about his experience working…
This week (1-7 Nov 2021) is Youth Work Week, and the theme this year focuses on the ‘Champions of Youth Work‘. All of our UK Sail Training Skippers, Mates, and Watch Leaders are champions of youth work thanks to the vital work that they do to help transform young lives all over the country.…
Success for all at ASTO’s annual Cowes Small Ships Race 2021. This weekend (Saturday 2nd October), over 90 young people took to the water for the Cowes Small Ships Race. This youth charity sailing race is organised by ASTO (Association of Sail Training Organisations), a Gosport-based charity that promotes Sail Training in the UK.…
John Hepburn manages The Island Trust’s Ocean Discoverability Project and sails on day trips as the On-Board Ocean Educator. At the end of 2019, he ran a two-day course in Plymouth for Sail Trainers interested in helping their young people become more Ocean Literate. According to the Ocean Conservation Trust, the widely used…