WHAT VOLUNTEERING MEANS TO US
Volunteering for the Sail Training Trust is a hugely worthwhile and fulfilling role, where you can experience first hand the transformative effects our programme has on young people.
Through the gift of your time and passion, you can be instrumental in transforming lives.
Many of the young people who join the programme face economic and social challenges that limit their opportunities. By joining our dedicated team of volunteers, you become a mentor, a role model, and a source of inspiration.
As a volunteer, you’ll help these individuals discover their inner strength, learn valuable life skills, gain life-changing qualifications, and experience the joy of exploration on the open water. Together, we can break down barriers and empower these young people to reach for a brighter future. Your involvement will ripple through generations, leaving a lasting legacy of positive change.
How to get involved
The STT programme offers more than a chance for young people to get out on the water; it’s a pathway to personal growth, resilience, and self-belief.
Whether you can give a little or a lot of your time, we would love to hear from you. Please give us a call on 02392 663873 or send us a message to chat about our volunteering roles.
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The programme is an amazing opportunity for students to learn life skills through new and fun activities. The instructors are great with the young people and can open the students minds with great, unique activities.”
All of the students who turn up to the sailing have benefited immeasurably from the programme. PSTT provides them with a safe space and adults they trust, as well as new social skills, friends and knowledge”
The sailing programme really helped me to gain confidence and work towards my career in the Navy. I can now control my feelings of frustration much better and have made new friends at college.
The transformation in this young man was unbelievable, he loved sailing and you could see his confidence grow. He would speak when commanding the boat and his body language shifted, he was confident and upright and would make eye contact.
Students in our school attend after school revision sessions. The average attendance of their year group was 35% for after school revision, the group who attend PSTT was 89%.
As a group, [our PSTT students] got some of the best results in the school and the best SEN results in Portsmouth. They achieved the highest SEN results in our academy trust from all the TKAT schools in the country.
