Hello, we’re UKSA!
Our Mission: To widen access to maritime training enhancing the life skills and employment within the sector.
We are a youth education and maritime training charity based in Cowes, Isle of Wight. Our charitable status enables us to deliver so much more than training and certification alone. We provide a unique environment and exceptional opportunities for everyone, focusing on both practical and life skills. Our careers students also benefit from our unrivalled mentoring service, realistic advice about the incredible opportunities available within the maritime industry, and access to our job placement website.
Our work is focused in four key areas: training for maritime employment, non-standard education for school-age children, building essential life and work skills, and adventure and personal challenge.
For more information on what we do visit our website, uksa.org. Also don't forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @uksasailing
Surfers Against Sewage is a national marine conservation and campaigning charity that inspires, unites and empowers communities to take action to protect the ocean and our blue spaces.
Home to the Million Mile Clean, Plastic Free Communities, Plastic Free Schools and the Safer Seas & Rivers Service.
Our Campaigns
Water Quality - Sewage and agricultural pollution still plague the rivers and ocean. We are calling for an end to sewage pollution to guarantee safe seas, all year round. Our ambition is to end sewage discharges into UK bathing waters by 2030.
Ocean & Climate - To reverse the ocean and climate crisis, we need urgent and drastic reduction in carbon dioxide emissions as well as the rapid embracing of nature-based solutions to limit carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. Our ambition is for the UK to be net-zero by 2030.
Ocean Recovery - The UK’s seas host some of the most biodiverse life in the world. However, due to the increasing pressure from human activities, marine biodiversity has decreased dramatically. Our ambition is for 30% of the ocean and all UK Marine Protected Areas to be highly protected by 2030.
Plastic Pollution - To solve the plastic pollution crisis, we need to reduce the production and consumption of non-essential single-use, throwaway and polluting plastic, and build a circular economy that ensures plastics are designed to be reused and repaired. Our ambition is to end single-use plastic pollution on UK beaches by 2030.
Inspired by Julia Bradbury’s love of walking, we have routes suitable for complete beginners and experienced hikers, plus a collection of accessible walks suitable for wheelchair users and families with buggies. We’ll also give you advice on the best places to stay, eat and drink on your walking trips, plus expert tips on walking gear to buy.
The Outdoor Guide Foundation raises money to buy and donate waterproof jackets trousers and welly boots to State Primary Schools. Fact kids get outside less than prison inmates. Barrier - not the right kit! We have the solution. See www.theoutdoorguidefoundation.org