|
 |
Nov 09
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh officially opens
Carole Nash House
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, visited leading educational charity The Outward Bound Trust’s Aberdovey Centre on Friday 13 November, to officially open the new Carole Nash House.
Carole Nash House is a new accommodation building which provides 28 new beds, and completes phase one of a rolling £4.8m programme of works at the Aberdovey Centre. This represents the biggest re-development at the site for almost 20 years, and will allow the charity to offer its programme of experiential outdoor learning to many more young people aged 9-25.
The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron of The Outward Bound Trust, used his visit to personally thank the benefactor, Carole Nash, a successful motorcycle insurance entrepreneur, for her support, as well as to meet with some children attending an Outward Bound course and hear about key life skills they had learnt and how they would use them in the future.
Nick Barrett, Chief Executive of The Outward Bound Trust, said: "If we had more bed spaces, more young people would benefit from the kind of unique and enduring learning experience that Outward Bound offers. That is why Carole and Fred Nash’s wonderful contribution to the centre is so important. As a result of their generosity, the number of participants able to attend Aberdovey next year will grow from 7,500 to over 9,000, which is just fantastic".
The opening day also gave Prince Philip and over 60 guests an insight into the continuing rejuvenation of the charity’s founding centre in Aberdovey and was an opportunity for The Outward Bound Trust to offer thanks to existing supporters, and to inspire new friends to get involved in supporting the charity’s life-changing work.
As well as guests of honour, Carole and Fred Nash, other guests included Sir Jeremy Chance, who attended the first-ever Outward Bound course, which was held at Aberdovey in 1941. The Duke of Edinburgh presented Sir Jeremy with a book to mark the event. Bee Gees legend, Robin Gibb was also in attendance in his role as ambassador for The Outward Bound Trust.
-ends-
Notes to Editors:
- The Outward Bound Trust is an educational charity, established 68 years ago to boost personal learning and development through a programme of challenging activities in the outdoors. The Outward Bound Trust is the original and leading facilitator of experiential learning in the outdoors.
- The charity runs courses and expeditions in the UK for young people aged 11-24. Courses last from 3 days to three weeks (www.outwardbound.org.uk).
- Outward Bound® for young people is delivered at four residential centres across the UK – Ullswater and Howtown in The English Lake District, Loch Eil in Scotland and Aberdovey in Wales – and through the Metro project (urban) in Glasgow and Scotland’s Central Belt.
- The Outward Bound Trust also facilitates Apprentice Development and currently works with some of the UK’s largest companies on their apprentice programmes.
- In 2008, over 25,000 young people benefited from an Outward Bound® experience. Over half of these participants were financially supported by bursaries raised by The Outward Bound Trust through private donations and in conjunction with its corporate partners, as part of the Patron’s Company scheme.
- The charity also works with volunteer groups across the UK called Outward Bound® Associations, whose members have mostly experienced Outward Bound®, and they source participants from local schools in their areas and help fundraise for their courses. These volunteers include Youth Reps, fresh from their Outward Bound® experience, who provide advice and support for other youngsters (see www.myspace.com/outwardbounduk).
- The organisation runs a professional training and development centre for adults at Eskdale in The Lake District, called Outward Bound® Professional.
|
 |
|
