Please just get in touch if you think you can help with any of these ingredients used in the baking of a strong shore defence!
Training Opportunities
Here are details of some firmed training opportunities early in the spring this year:
- Paddleboard training /Assessment Day has now been arranged, this will be held as two One Day sessions over the weekend of 8/9 March 2025. The Assessor team from Lochgoilhead will be leading this event to support our own activities. The aim is to either assess for a permit or provide a suitable plan to each person to get one.
Beyond that, we can offer courses in:
- Dinghy sailing
- Kayaking
- Powerboating
- Raft Building
- Marine VHF Radio
Which can lead to national qualifications if you wish to gain one of those, and/or to a Scouts Activity Permit which then enables you to lead activities with your own groups of young people.
Many aspects of seamanship such as: weather and meteorology; Tides and Currents: Basic navigation skills; knots, lashings and ropework.
We can also provide course for Badges for Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and Young leaders.
These can in some cases cover the entire syllabus of a particular badge, and in many cases can cover one or more elements of a wider scope badge.
There are many badge options relating to water activities – there’s even one for ‘helping out at activity centres’ which may be of interest!
We strongly recommend having a discussion with us about what you might like to cover, how we can support that, and how best we can plan it in for next year – or even the year after!
For information on, or to register an interest in, any of these courses please contact us at getinvolved@longcraig.info
Volunteering?
Last year we welcomed a good number of new volunteers to help us operate the Centre and to help deliver the activities that young people want. As the demand for our activities grows and we constantly seek to expand what we can offer, we need more volunteers to help us implement our plans. We now have a super-duper warm up to date activity centre to welcome volunteers into!
We’re still happy to hear from any potential volunteers whether your interest is on the water or off the water supporting the Centre.
Just get in touch for a chat, or come along to one of our Volunteer Drop In Sessions at Longcraig:
- Tuesday 25th February at 7pm
- Saturday 15th March at 1pm
We’ll take care of the rest!
Do please let us know if you would like to come along to any of these sessions. getinvolved@longcraig.info