Bosdet leases Brig-y-Don
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Bosdet leases Brig-y-Don
The Bosdet Foundation has agreed to lease Brig-y-Don House from Brightly Charity. Bosdet will utilise the house to run Camp Bosdet and other holiday programmes for disadvantaged children, as it did with the Island Scout Centre last year. But with this five-year agreement, Bosdet will be able to expand the programme beyond the main summer holidays to offer opportunities for local schools and respite-type breaks. Bosdet is also very keen to develop further its links with other children's charities on how we can make the best use of Brig-y-Don House to benefit our Island's children.
Bosdet intends to move rapidly to offer a starter programme this Easter and then will grow the programme over the summer.
Bosdet will be investing £250,000 into Brig-y-Don each year as a ring-fenced sub-group working closely with others so that where possible we can increase this sum and do more at the House for children. All the money for Bosdet comes from the profits of Les Ormes that it wholly owns.
In the last two year, Bosdet has made best use of many local young adults who are undertaking training as teachers, or other related degrees, offering them the chance to work at Camp Bosdet –not only training them but also giving them experience and the opportunity to give back to their Island. Bosdet will also be seeking local volunteers to assist our programmes be it educational or activity based at the House.
Alan La Pavoux, the Bosdet Foundation charity manager who instigated Camp Bosdet over the last two years, will lead at Brig-y-Don. ‘We are determined to offer the very highest standards of care, food, experiences, and fun for the children who attend.
‘As with all major social events, there is long-term impact on individuals. With the global pandemic we have seen the suspension of normal social activity along with the usual opportunities for children to play and learn in all its forms. Camp Bosdet has shown the positive impact coming together to experience new opportunities can have on the mental and physical well-being of the children attending. There is substantial evidence to show that the more opportunities children have the better outcomes they gave in later life. Recently I was driving behind two horse riders they appeared to be mother and daughter. It was wonderous to watch the interaction, learning and love between them. It struck me that so many children do not have this opportunity, so many families rely on two incomes just to meet their basic needs and the time they have together is limited.