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Archived News
24 September 2010
We are announcing the date of the Annual General Meeting, on 7 November 2010, to be held at the Charities HQ. An agenda will be produced and any points you have can be emailed to any of the executives (chairman, vice-chairman or secretary. Of course, as with any Charity AGM, you are welcome to attend as everything we discuss impacts the whole charity! If you would like to help out with the Charity, or be on the Committee or simply have an input to how things are run, let us know!
26 August 2010
We are pleased to announce the dates of our 2011 trip. We will be departing from Heathrow on 20 Feb 2011 and returning on 28 Feb 2011. As usual, we will be using the excellent facilities offered by the NSCD, staying in the Viking Lodge in Winter Park, and having an amazing time! If you would like to go, either as a volunteer or as a young person, please get in touch as soon as you can. You can find our details on the contact pages.
You can also find out lots more details as we announce them on the 2011 Home pages.
25 February 2009
We're back! Everybody was successfuly reunited with their parents yesterday at Heathrow airport - parents and young people alike were happy to be home. The trip has been extremely successful and everybody has had a wonderful time.
This trip has been made successful through the hard work of the committee, the volunteers, our supporters and friends, fundraisers and our teams of friends in the USA. A big thank you goes out to everyone involved with the Salveson Ski Group and we are very grateful that you all continue to make these trips possible for our young people. We look forward to more trips in future - please feel free to join in if you wish!
You can see how we got on by looking at the trip diary at 2009 Diary pages.
17 February 2009
Well, we've finally made it to the USA and we are all settled in Winter Park. The weather, so far, has been good and the skiing fun. The team are all well and happy and loving the skiing. The accommodation is good, the food tasty (and super-large portions) and the staff at the NSCD are looking after us very well as always. We have also met up with our Lakewood Police friends and are grateful for their support.
You can follow our progress by looking at the trip diary at 2009 Diary pages.
08 February 2009
This week, 11 young people with disabilities will be embarking on an amazing adventure to America. They will be travelling to the National Sports Centre for the Disabled (NSCD) in Winter Park, Colorado with the Salveson Ski Group, a UK-based charity. The overall aim of the trip is to encourage personal development and build character through an adventurous activity, namely skiing.
The Charity is taking young people from many different counties around the UK: Cornwall; Wiltshire; Berkshire; Bedfordshire; Oxfordshire and Lincolnshire - and range from 13 to 16 years of age. Their disabilities include Visual Impairment, Learning Difficulties and Amputees, each of which poses a different challenge on the slopes! The instruction is provided by the NSCD staff and will cover sit-skis, 3-track and 4-track skiing and hopefully some snowboarding! One year ago, I doubt any of these teenagers would have said they would be trying skiing!
The young people are looked after from beginning to end by a dedicated team of volunteers, all working with the Salveson Ski Group. This team gives their time during the year to run the fundraising that makes this trip possible and then gives up their time for the two weeks of this trip, at their own expense, to look after the young people. Each disabled person has a dedicated volunteer to help them, and those in wheelchairs have two volunteers allocated to them. As part of the team, we also take a doctor (the charity chairman) and a registered nurse to provide any specialist care. We are also lucky enough to have a prosthetics expert coming on the trip to look after any spare limbs!
Whilst the skiing is important, it is not our focus on the trip. The intention is to help the teenagers learn a new skill and develop their confidence by interacting with other teenagers like themselves who may have very different disabilities and, as an extra bonus, have time away from home on their own; sometimes for the very first time. I know the parents might appreciate the latter too! The transformation of previous teenagers on this trip is very noticeable to those lucky enough to interact with them.
Throughout this trip, we will be maintaining a diary on our website, located at www.salvesonskigroup.org and this will include photos of our teenagers on the slopes - learning their new skills! The site also includes considerable information about us, the trips, the volunteers and the young people.
The Salveson Ski Group became a registered charity in 2004 and is named after our founder, Katherine Salveson. She was taking teenagers on trips to Lourdes and the NSCD over a 15 year period and we successfully transitioned to become the Salveson Ski Group to comply with new Charity Commission rules. Since 2004, we have taken over 40 teenagers away so far, with 11 more this year.
This trip is funded entirely by friends, families, volunteers and some companies working tirelessly to raise the money. In an increasingly difficult market, the donations are extremely generous and without them, none of this would be possible. We are very grateful to everybody involved and we know it will make a huge difference to the lives of these 11 teenagers. A big thank you from them, and the trustees, to everyone involved with the Salveson Ski Group.
Download a copy of this release: Pre-Trip 2009 Press Release
01 February 2009
It is getting very close now, only 2 weeks to go! I know everyone is excited and looking forward to it - lets hope everyone remembers their passports and visas! You will be able to follow how everyone gets on by looking at the daily diary in the trip section.
25 January 2009
Yes, only 3 weeks to go until our latest batch of intrepid adventurers set off to the NSCD for SSG09. The team met yesterday for the first time and everyone got on very well so we are all very excited about going to America in February. Don't forget your passports and visa applications everybody! You can follow our progress on the trip by looking at the daily diary in the trip section.
27 October 2008
Congratulations to our 10 runners for successfully completing the Great South Run on 26 Oct 08. Everyone made it over the line safely! A big thank you, too, for raising such a large amount of money. Between the 10 of us, we have raised about £3500 which is a tremendous achievement - although money is still coming in. It's not too late to add to our tally if you wish, as a final boost to the teams efforts!
03 October 2008
The date for the AGM has had to be moved to 19 October 2008. This will still be at the HQ (details on the contact page) and you can either attend or submit your comments to one of the committee as before. We apologise for any inconvenience caused for anyone wishing to attend.
11 September 2008
We are announcing the date of the Annual General Meeting, on 11 October 2008, to be held at the Charities HQ. An agenda will be produced and any points you have can be emailed to any of the executives (chairman, vice-chairman or secretary. Of course, as with any Charity AGM, you are welcome to attend as everything we discuss impacts the whole charity! If you would like to help out with the Charity, or be on the Committee or simply have an input to how things are run, let us know!
23 July 2008
Due to some booking conflicts and availability of flights with British Airways, we have had to move the trip by two days. It will still be happening over the half term break though! We will now depart on 15 February 2009 and returning on 23 February 2009. Full details of the trip are available on the 2009 Trip Page.
23 July 2008
I am delighted to say that we have filled all 10 spaces on the 2008 Great South Run. You can follow our progress, training and run on our GSR page and you can sponsor us as a team on our TeamSSG web page. If you would like to be considered for a reserve space in case someone pulls out, then please email the Vice Chairman.
07 January 2008
We are pleased to announce that we have 10 spaces available in the Great South Run (Portsmouth). The date of the event is 26 October 2008. Details are available in our fundraisers pages. You can sponsor any of the runners or apply to take part yourself.
9 November 2007
It gives us great pleasure to announce the details of the 2009 trip. We will be travelling to the NSCD on 13 February 2009 and returning on 22 February 2009. This gives us 6 days of Skiing, 1 day of activities in the middle of all that, and a few days travelling either side. This ties in with most Half Term breaks but may require a day off school either side! Further details will be released on the 2009 Trip pages.
11 October 2007
The date of the AGM this year will be 27 October 2007. We will publish the agenda shortly but if you would like to know more, have suggestions for how we can improve, raise our profile or fundraise, or would like to become a part of the Charity, please get in touch and we will pass you the information.
9 October 2007
With regret, we have cancelled the 2008 trip. We will be using this year to raise awareness of the Charity, increase fundraising and PR and raise our profile. This is an important time for the Charity and we are looking for new volunteers and team members to help us with every aspect of our business. If you would like to know more, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
11 August 2007
The new web site has officially been launched. Although there are still some pages to be updated, the vast majority of this new site is now running. Please browse at your leisure and see what you think. Use the feedback form to let me know of any problems or questions.
09 July 2007
Hanna Dodd, one of our regular volunteers, has finished as runner-up in the South Beds Young People of the Year Award. This is for her outstanding contributions to charity, including SSG. We would like to congratulate her on her success and thank her for nominating us to receive a share of her Award money, £125. Click on the image to see the whole story.
