Youth development sailing charity announced as this year’s IIMS
President’s Charity
Tall Ships Youth Trust (TSYT) has been announced as the International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS) President’s Charity this year.
TSYT is a youth development and outdoor learning charity that has been providing transformational voyages to young people aged 12-25 years from across the UK since 1956. The trust, which has a particular focus on young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, delivers its life-changing residential voyages all year round via its fleet of four 72ft Challenger yachts and a 55ft ketch.
This year the charity has launched a five-year strategy for 2023 to 2028, which sets out its plans to support even more young people, including the implementation of its new three-voyage programme of Exploration, Empowerment and Leadership. The three-year programme is designed to support young people on their journeys into adulthood and in the long term to sustain them throughout their lives.
TSYT CEO, Alastair Floyd, said: “Each voyage experience encourages and challenges our young people to create better outcomes for themselves and their communities. On our voyages we can identify and develop future leaders, offering clear pathways into our volunteering roles and for those who want it, careers in the maritime sector and the ocean environment.”
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As part of the strategy work, TSYT has also refreshed its values to ensure its youth development offering is nurturing and inclusive, positive and challenging and striving for social change.
As well as this, TSYT voyages also have a strong focus on sustainability as the charity is passionate about protecting and sustaining the ocean environment, and works hard to ensure that its environmental impact is minimal both on and offshore.
Alastair adds: “Our voyage experiences deliver highly effective personal and social development, offering young people the chance to embrace a healthier more active lifestyle and consider their environmental impact, while opening their minds to a newfound passion for sailing.”
TSYT is one of the UK’s largest issuers of Royal Yachting Association (RYA) certificates, awarding more than 500 each year. In addition, up to 20% of the young people who sail with the trust are recommended to return and train as a volunteer member of the voyage crew, giving them the opportunity to support others and work towards a career in the maritime sector. E.g., through work experience placements and community project collaborations, such as apprenticeships.
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