2018/19 NATIONAL YOUTH CHARITY ANNUAL REVIEW Celebrating 15 Years of SNOW-CAMP CHARITY SNOW-CAMP.ORG.UK CONTENTS WE ARE SNOW-CAMP 03 WHO WE ARE Founded in 2003, Snow- people who are not in education, opportunities to learn a new sport, 04 WELCOME Camp are the UK’s only employment or training, those who work towards qualifications and find charity using a combination have been affected by knife and careers in the snowsports industry 06 WE LISTENED of snowsports, life-skills and gang crime, have behavioural and and beyond. It’s a unique form of vocational training to support emotional needs or have faced training, since the training provided 08 OUR PROGRAMMES inner-city young people. social inequality. can only be received by those who Everything we do is rooted in Each year, our young people share similar experiences. It’s a MEET TOMAS MAKARAS 14 the challenges of young people work with us to develop and model that works and one that we who are living in the most deprived deliver a training progamme that have worked to promote over the last 16 WORKING WITH THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND areas of the UK. This includes young provides them with life changing 15 years. 18 APPRENTICESHIPS 22 YOUTH FORUM FIVE REASONS WE’RE HERE 24 THANK YOU 30 OUR EVENTS 34 FUNDRAISING SUCCESS PROVIDE 35 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW a safe environment CONNECT where young people young people from a 36 15 YEARS OF SNOW-CAMP range of ethnic backgrounds, can thrive, develop enabling them to build 37 GOALS FOR THE FUTURE and have fun. relationships, experience inclusivity and develop their 38 OUR TEAM skills together. 40 OUR TRUSTEES, DEVELOPMENT BOARD, PATRONS & AMBASSADORS EMPOWER GIVE young people with the skills IMPROVE they need to raise their young people 44 MAKING HEADLINES levels of accessibility aspirations, enabling them a voice in their and participation to gain qualifications and 45 OUR AWARDS communities and employment. in snowsports for inner- nationally. city young people. 3 While government funding remains programme which we feel will person’s choosing. The impact has a small percentage of our overall represent a step change for us at been fantastic and we’re proud to WELCOME income (5% in 2018-19), we have Snow-Camp in the years to come. announce that we will be running been pleased to receive grants Over recent months we have been Uplift programmes nationally next year FROM SNOW-CAMP FOUNDER AND from the London Mayor’s Young successfully piloting a new mental across all Snow-Camp programmes, DIRECTOR, DAN CHARLISH Londoners Fund, Sport England’s wellbeing programme called Uplift with the generous support of the Sportivate and the Welsh Council for at our London programmes, with Gompels Healthcare Foundation. Voluntary Action over recent years. the support of the George Bairstow We’re also planning to expand We hope that much needed funding Charitable Trust. Run in partnership with our award-winning Apprenticeship their communities; to winning a range to support inner-city young people. will continue to be made available to Kevin Hempsted Counselling, young Programme by supporting more of local and national awards. Youth club closures continue to put youth organisations doing essential people attending Snow-Camp apprentices than ever before across However, things have not young people at greater risk of work across the country. programmes had the opportunity to London, Scotland and the Midlands always been plain sailing. There violence. In England, local councils For now, we are looking to the take part in group workshops and while introducing the programme have been many challenges have reduced funding for youth future with a positive mindset with informal 1-1 counselling sessions for the first time in the North West. along the way, and it’s services by 40% on average in the the knowledge that we are making a alongside the snowsports activities – Watch this space! important for us to remember last three years (source All-Party difference to some of society’s most just to talk about anything they had Here’s to the next 15 years, thank what we have had to face, Parliamentary Group on Knife Crime vulnerable young people and with on their minds. For young people you all for your support - onwards what we have learnt and - APPG). Thanks to the generosity your support we are hoping to do so that then wanted more support, more and upwards! how these challenges have of the Snow-Camp community much more over the next year. focused counselling support was helped us to become the we are continuing to work with And just one final note on a new offered at a location of the young Dan strong and resilient youth many partners and grassroots charity we are today. organisations to offer young people When the financial crash hit the opportunities and support they so in 2007, Snow-Camp lost 80% of clearly need. its statutory funding. At the time many Like many people, we have been charities faced closure, and we were following the news on increasing determined not to let Snow-Camp youth crime closely. This quote from ’m so pleased to present our be one of them. We diversified our MP Sarah Jones, the Chair of the Annual Review for 2018/19, fundraising model and created a APPG really resonates with our work I in the year that Snow-Camp number of fundraising events to help at Snow-Camp: celebrated its 15th birthday. From us engage new supporters to get “We cannot hope to turn around very small beginnings, it has been an behind our vision. These included our the knife crime epidemic if we don’t incredible 15 years of hard work and annual City Drinks event and Alpine invest in our young people. Every determination to get to where we are Challenge (which are still running time I speak to young people they today - and we are so proud to have today!) From these and other events, say the same thing: they need more been able to support over 10,000 we began to build the invaluable positive activities, safe spaces inner city young people across 6 UK supporter base of individuals, to spend time with friends and regions during this time. corporates, trusts and foundations that programmes to help them grow and Our efforts have been recognised Snow-Camp has in place today. As develop. Our figures show how in several ways: From seeing first- this supporter base grew, so did our in areas where support for young hand how our young people thrive charity – and we honestly wouldn’t be people has been cut most, they in employment, apprenticeships and where we are today without you all – are more at risk of violence. Youth education; to hearing directly from so thank you. services cannot be a ‘nice to have’. youth workers about the positive We know that there is still so Our children’s safety must be our impact our programmes have had on much more that needs to be done number one priority.” 4 5 WE LISTENED In 2018/19 83% of our 88 youth volunteers young people told us that and apprentices worked they needed more mental with us to make sure that health support, so we piloted our programmes met Nearly half a new metal wellbeing 83 youth the needs of our of our young people programme called Uplift young people clubs referred young told us that before in London people on to Snow-Camp they had our programmes very little hope for the future OUR IMPACT In 2018/19 836 young 93% of young people joined our people, who completed programmes in London, our Graduate and Excel Bristol, Cardiff, Scotland, Programmes have moved the North West and onto either employment, 92% of young the Midlands further training or 1,955 volunteer people gained one education hours were carried out or more new qualifications on our programmes 6 7 The apprentices and volunteers are so inspiring. When they spoke on the First Tracks Programme, OUR PROGRAMMES I identified with their journeys – getting involved From July 2018 – June 2019, people are more likely to engage reaching the young people most with the wrong crowd, not focussing on anything young people, who would not with our activities if their peers are a in need of support. On each otherwise have access, were able key component of the training plan. programme there were multiple youth and drifting away from school. It has inspired me to experience snowsports for the Not only is this empowering for our projects taking part, enabling not to become an apprentice as I want what they first time through to training to be youth volunteers and apprentices, only young people from different have, a positive and supportive qualified instructors. They were taught it’s inspirational for the new young estates and youth projects to meet by our apprentices, youth volunteers, people. Many will know these young and build relationships but youth community around me while Snow-Camp staff and external trainers from their neighbourhoods workers too. Working with on the developing my skills on the training providers. and youth organisations showing them ground, grassroots organisations has slope. I’m ready to be the best Youth-to-youth training and what they themselves could achieve. enabled us to have a greater impact development is essential to our We worked directly with youth in some of the most deprived inner- snowboarder in the world! organisation. We know that young projects to ensure that we were city communities. Snow-Camp young person FIRST TRACKS 866 young people joined our First Tracks Programme in July and August 2018.