Archive: January 2012
Posted: 30th January 2012
Brathay is delighted to announce that we have secured the future of two outdoor education centres, in the Lake District, thanks to an exciting new partnership with Wigan Council.
At a meeting on Thursday January 26 members of Wigan Council’s Cabinet decided to enter into an agreement with Brathay to manage the twin centres of Low… Read More...
Posted: 25th January 2012
Our Professional Development team are throwing open the doors to our magnificent residential training HQ, Brathay Hall, on the shores of Lake Windermere, to help all those who are responsible for developing Graduates, Talent, Leadership and Teams, to find out just what it is that makes Brathay such a force in the business world.
And in… Read More...
Posted: 19th January 2012
Brathay Trust today welcomed 7 eminent professors to Brathay Hall, our Ambleside residential training HQ, to debate and theorise Brathay’s extremely successful youth development practice.
The 3-day event, funded by the Economic Social Research Council, is the culmination of a six month collaboration between Brathay’s Research Team and the University of Bedfordshire. This has included desk… Read More...
Posted: 16th January 2012
The 2012 10in10 runners gathered at Brathay Hall, over the weekend, to undertake a briefing session on what they can expect from arguably the most difficult endurance run on the planet.
They also took the opportunity to run the 26.2 mile course around Lake Windermere, and view the facilities and accommodation that they will be using… Read More...
Posted: 10th January 2012
Now in its 6th year the Brathay Windermere Marathon has gone from strength to strength since it was launched, in 2007, originally as a one off event to celebrate Brathay’s 60th anniversary.
And now we have received the ultimate accolade for our annual flagship fundraising event, as it has been named as the second most popular… Read More...
Posted: 4th January 2012
With as many as 25% of young people, in some northern cities and towns, not in employment, education or training it’s heartening to see the development of a programme aimed at helping young workers, and volunteers, build a successful career in the Social and Community sector.
Brathay Trust, the national charity that inspires young people to… Read More...
Posted: 3rd January 2012
Thanks to Brathay Trust one of the most iconic football shirts in the history of English football has gone on public display, for the first time, this week.
The shirt, worn by former Manchester United, Arsenal and Nottingham Forest star, Viv Anderson, when he became the first black player to represent England, will now be on… Read More...