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Developing skills beyond the classroom
Over 1,000 pupils and their teachers visit CYE for school residential trips each year.
School groups experience a learning environment here that just isn't available in the classroom. Our adventurous activities on the land and water give real-life opportunities for children to face obstacles, overcome fears, grow in confidence and support each other along the way. Throw in lively instructors, games galore, the sharing of home cooked food and spiritual input from our team who are grounded in the Christian faith, and you have all the ingredients for lasting impact.
Alongside meeting the shared goals of a whole group, we place great value on getting to know every child individually. We adapt the CYE experience to meet the needs of each child and encourage them to celebrate their achievements. We love to help young people to access their own 'learning edge' - the boundary between the known and the unknown - and it's our hope to be able to help each one to stretch themselves in our safe and supportive environment.
No wonder schools return year after year.
The impact is clear - children go home with greater confidence, resilience and self-belief. For so many young people, CYE offers a rare opportunity to belong, to be encouraged and to be seen, whatever their life circumstances. Alongside adventure and achievement, the space here is intentionally shaped for reflection, wellbeing and spiritual journey, helping every child discover not only what they can do, but who they are becoming.
"The team’s organisation, care, patience, fun, expertise and really getting to know every child individually has been very much appreciated. We honestly don't know how you guys do it"
FAQs
Let us put your mind at rest. Please do get in touch if you have any other questions.
Christian Youth Enterprises is a Christian charitable organisation. Everyone who works at the Centre (and board of Trustees) shares the Christian faith. Whilst we believe that this is the foundation to what we do and why we do it, we are understanding and respectful of everyone's beliefs and views, whatever these are. Our aim is to share what we believe with our guests in a relevant, engaging and exciting way and encourage our guests to think about and share what they believe too.
We have an amazing catering team who produce delicious, child-friendly, fresh food. Whilst we will always accommodate dietary requirements (allergies, vegetarian, vegan etc) we cannot accommodate individual preferences. The variety within each meal should mean that even the fussiest of eaters will be catered for.
If they come with an organised group (school, youth group etc.) then any insurance will be arranged by the group prior to booking. If the child attends one of CYE's calendar events then the Centre has a £10m Public Liability policy in force – details of which are available upon request. Since personal belongings aren't covered by CYE, we strongly advise that parents ensure these are covered either by their existing household insurance or that a specific policy to cover their time at the Centre is taken out. A policy can be purchased from Access Insurance. Tel: 020 8651 7420.
We keep lost property items for a maximum of 1 week before giving them to charity. In order to return them we ask you to arrange a collection using the Royal Mail website. They will be able to collect the item from CYE and get it to you. Please contact the office to arrange this.
All of our staff have up-to-date First Aid qualifications and are competent at dealing with minor emergencies. If it is deemed necessary to seek further help then a child can be taken to either Southbourne Surgery or St Richard's Hospital in Chichester.
Yes. We will need written confirmation from the child's parents / guardian so that we can sign them out at the end of the event.