Buoyed Up is a SEA change for 10 to 12 year old children growing up in areas where there are fewer opportunities to develop different interests and learn about the wider world. It delivers a unique experience focusing on Sailing, Enterprise and Achievement.
Buoyed Up introduces the children to new role models – such as sailing instructors, business people and those who have been successful in sport and the arts – who underline the value of resilience and perseverance to achieve goals and aspirations.
In addition to these encounters with inspiring individuals, we introduce the children to whole groups of people engaged in the maritime world of work.
In half day visits to shipping and engineering companies and nautical colleges, the children find out from a combination of practical activities and meeting different skilled people what it’s like, for example, to work in: engineering, design, navigation, naval architecture, marketing, catering, finance, Communications, IT.
Sir Thomas Lipton Foundation. Image Credit Marc Turner
Buoyed Up activities take place mainly within the school day. This is to ensure that all of the children can participate and that the activities are supported and monitored by the class teachers and classroom assistants whom the children know and trust. We have found the cooperation, commitment and enthusiasm of the teachers critical to the success of Buoyed Up.