As RYLA approaches it was useful to have a meeting to talk through where we are regarding funding, numbers participating and the organisation of the events. It was great to hear that we have more volunteer helmsmen which takes the pressure off those who have previously had to cover many weeks.
The UK RYLA is planned to include a Young Carer (who has become a Carer because they have turned 18) on each trip and with the great support of clubs what looked like being one week of the UK RYLA is now two.
The Young Carers project has gone really well and we have several club sponsoring trips and one club has a local school helping with the sponsorship of places as well. We have a few weeks left to fill in August but it was great to plan out what we already have and know that another large group of Young Carers will benefit from this experience before we get to September.
I just hope that club interest in the project will continue beyond the end of this Rotary year so that we can sustain support for this group of vulnerable young people.