Students helped to scale new heights with climbing sessions

Sunday 16 May 2021

Charitable funding has allowed Les Voies students the chance to have weekly indoor climbing sessions.

The sessions are being run by Climb LBG, a Guernsey-registered charity which delivers climbing, hill walking and mountaineering activities.

£1,500 was donated from the Skipton Community Fund to cover the costs of the initiative.

“It is fantastic to be working with Les Voies to provide a weekly indoor climbing session with their young people," said Chris Harvey, Director of Climb LBG. 

"It has been great to see how excited the boys were to return to climbing after the lockdown. I was really impressed by how they had retained their skills over this long period and how they couldn’t wait to use them again. We are really grateful to the Skipton Community Fund for supporting us in this initiative.”

Les Voies Teacher Max Hunter said his pupils were really enjoying and benefiting from the opportunity.

"The benefits of exercise are well known, so to have the financial support to allow our students to reap these benefits whilst also granting them access to an activity they may have initially never accessed is fantastic," he said.

"We have students well on their way to completing their NICAS Awards, and showing great potential and enthusiasm to take this activity and qualifications further.”

Other local good causes that have successfully applied to the Skipton Community Fund recently include The Accidental Zoo and Guernsey’s 20-bed Dementia unit, Corbiere Ward.

“The Skipton Community Fund was created to assist those smaller charities that may often be overlooked when seeking external funding," said the firm's Commercial Manager, Aaron Walden. 

Pictured top: Skipton’s Commercial Manager, Aaron Walden, trying some climbing with pupils, along with Max Hunter (kneeling), teacher at Les Voies school and Chris Harvey from Climb LBG.