Endeavour Community Sailing, a non-profit educational sailing organisation that leverages sailing as a platform for teaching experiential education and building confidence and skills amongst Bermuda’s young people will benefit from a multi-year sponsorship from Butterfield & Vallis. Over the next 3 years, Endeavour Community Sailing will receive an annual cash donation from Butterfield & Vallis… Read more »
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Orbis Invests In Endeavour Community Sailing
Endeavour Community Sailing, a non-profit educational sailing organisation dedicated to engaging students from different socioeconomic backgrounds across Bermuda through hands-on experiential learning and STEAM [Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math] through sailing education, will benefit from a multi-year investment from lead sponsor Orbis Investments. Jennifer Pitcher, representing Endeavour Community Sailing, said, “The partnership with Orbis originated in… Read more »
Springboard Programme Benefits Local Youth
Endeavour Community Sailing, a non-profit dedicated to providing experiential science, technology, engineering, arts, and math [STEAM] education through sailing to Bermuda’s youth expanded its programmes earlier this year to include training to local youth to become sailing instructors, increase their skills, and expose them to maritime industry career pathways. A spokesperson said, “The Endeavour Maritime… Read more »
Young Achiever: Italian job for sailor Tre
A young Bermudian’s success in the America’s Cup Endeavour sail training programme has led to a job as a sailing coach in Italy. Tre Maxwell, 18, will teach children and adults at Lake Garda in the north of the European country. He will also represent Bermuda in a sailing regatta on the lake before… Read more »
Bright future for Endeavour graduates
Eleven mariners have graduated from the Endeavour Maritime Careers Springboard Programme. The graduates, aged between 16 and 29, underwent intensive training that qualifies them to be sailing instructors, increases their employment skills and opens channels to maritime industry careers, according to a press release from the Bermuda Government. It came through the America’s Cup’s… Read more »
BF&M & Endeavour Sailing Combine For Autism
BF&M and Endeavour Sailing launched a pilot programme earlier this year in April during Autism Awareness Month with students and teachers from Dellwood Middle School, Prospect Primary School, and West Pembroke Primary School. A spokesperson said, “Inclusivity is one of the core values of the Endeavour Community Sailing, a non-profit educational sailing programme that engages students in experiential Science, Technology,… Read more »
Students with autism learn to sail
Students attending Paget Primary school’s autism department have learnt how to “trust the unknown” through the Endeavour’s education-through-sailing programme. According to Freda Trimm, special aid teacher at the school, the students were taught how sailing demands discipline and teamwork. Ms Trimm told The Royal Gazette: “Our class motto states ‘You can learn something new every… Read more »