BLUE SPIRIT

Registered charity 1201278 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLUE SPIRIT LAURY GRATIET BURSARY FUND

Blue Spirit provides sailing experiences for young people (aged 12 to 25) who are experiencing a mental health challenge or facing social / economic disadvantage. Working in partnership with sail training organisations in the north-east of England, we offer anything from half-day dinghy sailing, weekend sails and 6-day residential voyages.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING POOR MENTAL HEALTH AND/OR FROM SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS THROUGH: (A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN SUBSIDIZED SAILING EXPERIENCES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
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Trustees · trustee networks

• Solenn Leeschair
• Felicity Jane Pocklington
• Ira Hakim
• Lauren Ainsborough
• Lily Mae Kroese
• STUART PAGE
• Thomas Benjamin Maskell

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Operates in: France · Throughout England And Wales

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