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UKSA

UKSA, previously the UK Sailing Academy, is a charity based in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight.

Today UKSA’s charitable work is split into four areas:

– Training for maritime employment
– Non-standard education for school age children
– Building essential life and work skills
– Adventure and personal challenge

Their patron is HRH The Princess Royal. Dame Ellen MacArthur; Shirley Robertson OBE and Hilary Lister are all Ambassadors for the charity.

Below are the article that OnTheWight has published about UKSA.

1, July 2013·1 min read

Redundancy risk for staff at UKSA

UKSA say they expect the redundancies to affect 10% of their permanent workforce.

4, December 2013·1 min read

£50,000 grant helps heats UKSA ‘green’ swimming pool

This is the first of its kind to be installed on the Island. The £50,000 grant helped UKSA as well as the Island company who fitted it.

11, December 2013·1 min read

UKSA receives funding boost from Police Commissioner

UKSA was the only IW organisation to benefit from the Police Commissioner’s £138,000 Protecting People and Places fund.

9, January 2014·1 min read

UCAS Accreditation for unique UKSA Degree Course

Cowes youth charity UKSA has become the first yacht training establishment to secure UCAS Accreditation on a professional maritime course.

17, November 2015·1 min read

UKSA boss, Richard Thornton, leaving for the New Year (Updated)

Word reached OnTheWight yesterday that Richard Thornton was leaving UKSA. They've now confirmed to us he'll be leaving for the New Year.

15, December 2017·2 min read

Over £4,500 raised for UKSA at WightFibre Charity Star Wars Premiere

The charity premiere event raised 50% more than the first event that took place in 2015, bringing on over £4,500 for Isle of Wight charity, UKSA.

8, February 2018·1 min read

WightFibre Star Wars charity event raises over £4,500 for UKSA

The money goes to UKSA to fund their ‘Test the Water’ programme offering Year Six Island children a chance to spend half a day at UKSA taking part in a sailing or watersports session.

4, February 2021·2 min read

Work to begin on UKSA’s new £3.7m centre in Cowes

Over £3.7m has been raised to build the new accommodation centre which will enable an additional 3,000 children and young people to visit UKSA each year

30, April 2021·2 min read

30 new graduates from UKSA’s Superyacht Cadetship course ready for work

Almost half the graduates from UKSA's Superyacht Cadetship course have already secured work, with 37 per cent having had their courses paid for by donors