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LYR exists to provide young people with the opportunities, life skills and feelings of belonging they need and rowing and water sports provides.
This is our Purpose.
Opportunities … because rowing is a sport that seems – and often is – out of reach for many young people. For many of our participants, seizing this opportunity has changed their lives.
Life skills… because rowing requires, and teaches, some very important qualities such as teamwork, resilience and communication. These skills are vital for young people, for both life in general and in the workplace.
Feelings of belonging … because surveys of young people consistently show decreases in feelings of happiness and a sense of belonging and social connection. LYR’s programmes aim to make young people feel included and happy.
We back up this Purpose with our Promise –Be Brave, Be Curious, Be Yourself.
These three words represent the charity’s values, guiding our staff and Trustees during their work for LYR. They also represent the philosophy we would like our participants to feel they can live by, and we shape our programmes around them.
Our Promise is the way we – and we hope our young people – go about things.
LYR runs and supports a number of youth programmes.
Our flagship programme Active Row focuses on engaging young people who are less likely to participate in physical activity such as those from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds, girls and individuals with special educational needs or a disability. Active Row works within over 100 state secondary schools across London, Yorkshire, Nottingham, Kent and Bristol.
Our Life Skills programme is integrated with Active Row, enabling young people to build 5 key skills for life alongside getting active. LYR uses the skills builder framework to track the development of young people’s ability to stay positive, work in a team, aim high, problem solve and show leadership.
These are two of our many programmes that we run and support at LYR, all of which focus on delivering our vision of breaking down barriers and building diversity, inclusivity and equality.
Click here to learn more about all our programmes
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Become an LYR Champion and be a part of the LYR rowing community
For individuals: We are grateful to the hundreds of people who have become an LYR Champion - You can join them here by signing up as an LYR champion and becoming a part of our wonderful community.
For Companies: There two ways a company can get involved with LYR,
1) Through our series of team building events that will get your colleagues motivated any time of the year, from any sport & virtual to indoor rowing to on water rowing!
2) By participating in our Life Skills programme: the value of a company presenting to our students and supporting their skills development is enormous, together our Life Skills programme makes the difference to so many young people.
Charity Number: 1122941. Company Number: 06243293. Royal Docks Watersports Centre , 1012 Dockside Road, London, E16 2QT.
Tel: 0203 356 7178
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