Family Harkess

Fundraising for Snow Camp in memory of Joe Harkess

Fundraising for Switch180
£8,791
raised of £10,000 target
by 70 supporters
In memory of Joe Harkess
Snow Camp
Campaign by Switch180 (RCN 1101030)
Snow Camp is a life changing snowsports programme for young people. Working at indoor snow domes across the UK, young people learn how to ski or snowboard alongside life skills training, qualifications and mental health support.

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The Harkess Family are proud to be raising funds to support Snow Camp in Joe's memory.

Snow Camp are a life-changing national youth charity who turn young lives around with the power of snowsports.

Since 2003, Snow Camp's dedicated staff team have positively impacted the lives of more than 20,000 underprivileged inner-city young people across the UK.

Throughout the 12 month Snow Camp programme journey (delivered at artificial UK slopes plus a life-changing week in the mountains) young people gain invaluable life-skills, qualifications, vocational opportunities and mental-health support; empowering them up to go onto many other positive destinations in life in the snowsports industry or beyond with their aspirations raised and their horizons truly broadened.

Given Joe’s passion for snowsports and the mountain environment, we couldn’t be more delighted to support Snow Camp’s life-changing work.

To date, thanks to your kind & generous donations, we have successfully raised £8000 (and counting!) which will have a significant impact on Snow Camp’s young people in the 24/25 programme year by funding:

- 240 young people nationally receiving a live mental health & wellbeing talk delivered during the Snow Camp Intermediate Programme (October/November)

- 100 young people nationally gaining a mental health awareness qualification delivered during the Snow Camp Advanced Programme (February/March)

- 10 young people supported become BASI Level 1 Snowsport Instructors – including a BASI Foundation Award (training, preparation, theory) with Live Teaching Days gained in the UK and on Snow Camp’s annual residential trip, plus a full BASI Level 1 qualification (delivery & assessment).

To find out more about Snow Camp and their life-changing work, visit snow-camp.org.uk or follow them on social media @SnowCampCharity.

We can’t thank you enough for the support and we look forward to keeping you updated with more activities over the coming year.

Sev, Keith and the Harkess family.

About the campaign

Snow Camp
Campaign by Switch180
Snow Camp is a life changing snowsports programme for young people. Working at indoor snow domes across the UK, young people learn how to ski or snowboard alongside life skills training, qualifications and mental health support.

About the charity

Switch180

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RCN 1101030
We provide innovative programmes focusing on physical and mental health to help young people gain the skills and tools they need to live positive and healthy lives. To achieve this, we run two programmes called Snow Camp and Stop.Breathe.Think, which support young people across the UK.

Donation summary

Total raised
£8,790.53
+ £590.00 Gift Aid
Online donations
£7,188.53
Offline donations
£1,602.00

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