Rotary Youth Leadership Award 2023

THE Rotary Youth Leadership Award scheme (RYLA) is one of the youth activities supported by Rotary Clubs. It offers young people the opportunity to take part in a challenging week in the Brecon Beacons.

The week-long residential course is based at the Storey Arms Outdoor Education Centre. It concentrates on a range of outdoor activities designed to help students develop their team-working skills, leadership and improve their self-confidence. This year, three separate six-day courses, with 30-40 young people aged between 16-17 at each, were run in the first half of the summer holidays. The costs met by the sponsoring Rotary Clubs.

Bridport Rotary Club sponsored two students and Brit Valley, one. All three, Bea Busby, Ella Thomas and Charlie Wheeler gave an excellrnt presentation about their experiences in the Brecon Beacons and the benefits arising from them to members of both clubs. This was at our first meeting our new meeting place, the Bull Hotel in Bridport.