Children’s Sailing Trust helps children to thrive and grow, learn life skills and try something new.
As well as charity work, Children’s Sailing Trust (CST) runs an exciting range of watersports courses, sessions, and days out for all ages and abilities. Whether it’s brushing up on sailing or powerboat skills on the Helford River or taking part in a family fun session at Trevassack Lake, there’s so much going on to get involved in.
Trevassack Lake, a converted serpentine quarry and exciting new venture for the charity, opened in late 2021 at Garras, just ten minutes’ drive from Helston. Complementing activities on the Helford River by providing much-needed accessible facilities that allow more people to access the water, this is a space particularly for young people with special educational needs and physical disabilities. Adapted watersports equipment, hoists, an accessible lakeside learning centre and Changing Places Toilets make Trevassack Lake a place for everyone.
For seasoned open-water swimmers and quick-dippers alike, Trevassack Lake is the perfect place to don a swimsuit and get in the water. A band of hardy regulars are already making their way down to the lake each week to get their fresh-water dopamine fix in a beautiful setting. Its inland location means we can welcome swimmers in almost all weathers, and there’s the bonus of lakeside changing rooms and showers to quickly warm up in too!
With a lakeside café serving delicious deli meals and offering private catering, there really is something for everyone at Trevassack Lake; whether you’re looking for a kid’s holiday course, to brush up on your sailing skills, launch a kayak or sit with a coffee and cake while enjoying the view.
As well as their charity work, Children’s Sailing Trust runs an exciting range of watersports courses, sessions, and days out for all ages and abilities on the Helford River and at Trevassack Lake, a converted serpentine quarry at Garras, near Helston. This large freshwater lake provides one-of-a-kind accessible accommodation, community space and watersports facilities.
Adapted watersports craft, hoists, lakeside learning centre and Changing Places Toilets make Trevassack Lake a place for everyone. Open-water swimming, sailing courses, paddleboard hire and much more are all available to anyone who would like to have a go this year.
There is something for everyone at Trevassack Lake and on the Helford River in 2022, whether you’re after a fun family watersports session, looking to try a new skill or just want to sit and soak in the view.
With every swim, sail or SUP session booked, you’ll be enabling CST to create incredible opportunities for young people to get out on the water and develop confidence, competence and resilience through watersports, who wouldn’t otherwise get the chance.
