Bahamas 2011 | 1st Haslington Boys' Brigade

In 2008, five Senior members from our Boys' Brigade got the opportunity of a lifetime to visit the village of Crown Haven in the Bahamas to help the local community and to develop their own skills which will be incredibly useful for later in life to achieving success.

Two years on and a new generation of Seniors have come up. With the huge success of the last trip, 1st Haslington has once again teamed up with the Oakhanger Project to take part in another trip to the area to pass on the same skills to the new Seniors and to bring more benefits to the area which is frequently prone to hurricanes. The trip will also aim to achieve new objectives, centering the theme of our visit closely to the environment hoping to give the boys a greater awareness of the impacts of the changing climate on the Bahamas. The project will be led by the Oakhanger Project.

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Our Aims

To understand the environment, culture and faith of the inhabitants of the Bahamas, in particular Crown Haven.
To raise awareness of self, others, environmental and sustainability issues.
To complete a 'beach tidy' alongside young people in order to create a 'safe' beach and create awareness of the environmental impact.
To plan and run a camping expedition to an uninhabited island.
To run an Oak Challenge style Activity Day for the children and young people of Crown Haven.
To develop survival and navigational techniques.
To learn about the local environment through the work of a local environmental group.

It is our hope that this trip will be able to take place between Wednesday 16th-Saturday 26th February 2011. We hope to follow the draft programme below.

Draft Programme

Date	Activity
Wednesday 16th February	Travel to Bahamas
Thursday 17th February	Arrive in Freeport and make final preparations for activities in Crown Haven
Friday 18th February	Travel and settle in Crown Haven
Saturday 19th February	Preparing the Activity Day, Beach Tidy and get to know the locals
Sunday 20th February	Church Service and Activity Day in Crown Haven
Monday 21st February	Travel to Uninhabited Island by use of Kayaks, begin studying the environment
Tuesday 22nd Febraury	Stay on the island and continue with environmental research and survival training
Wednesday 23rd Februrary	Return to Crown Haven
Thursday 24th February	Return to Freeport
Friday 25th February	Environmental Awareness Activity
Saturday 26th February	Return Home

Through this programme, we hope to give the boys a much greater awareness of the culture and the environmental challenges of the Bahamas but importantly to develop themselves as individuals which will give them a headstart in life as they learn valuable skills much wanted by the current job market and universities. We hope it'll encourage them to take leadership and develop initiative but also to be selfless individuals more willing to help others in more need than ourselves.

Upcoming Promotion Events and Fundraisers

Date	Event	Further Information
TBD