SNOW-CAMP
Delancey is delighted to have worked very closely with charity partner Snow-Camp for the last 8 years, whose work with inner city young people has had a huge impact since being established in Stockwell in 2003.
Snow-Camp’s programmes positively change the lives of disadvantaged inner city young people by combining snowsports and intensive youth work to engage, challenge and motivate young people – transforming their attitudes and behaviour, and enabling them to develop key life-skills, gain qualifications and find employment. More recently during COVID-19, Snow-Camp launched their mental health campaign ‘Stop.Breathe.Think’ which looks to support all young people via free virtual 1-1 counselling, 24/7 text support and mindfulness tutorials.Youth/social workers, parents and teachers from across the UK are now able to refer young people via this link:
https://www.snow-camp.org.uk/stopbreathethink.
Snow-Camp support young people aged 13-21 with, on average, over 70% of young people coming from BAME backgrounds, and for Delancey, the partnership began as a complement to prior support for British Snowsport Athletes, as Principal Sponsor of GB Snowsport and Principal Sponsor for the Delancey British National Alpine Ski Championships until 2019. During the final four years as Principal Sponsor of the Championships, Delancey provided an opportunity for Snow-Camp's apprentices to head out to work on the slopes in Tignes, France during the Delancey Championships and gain experience on the mountains, while learning from the support staff and crew involved.
Since 2016, Delancey has also been a strong supporter of Snow-Camp’s annual ski challenges. A team participated in the bi-annual Coeur Blanc Challenge in Meribel in 2016, skiing all of the 54 lifts in one day - the equivalent of 2 Mount Everest’s. The team finished 6th out of 24 teams and raised £17,210.75 for Snow-Camp.
In January 2019, Delancey sent a team of four to Snow-Camp's annual AJ Bell Alpine Challenge and raised £4,900 for the charity. The team came 5th place out of over 23 teams and covered a staggering 187km of the Portes du Soleil ski area over two days. In 2020 Delancey participated in the AJ Bell Courmayeur Classic Challenge, which consisted of 5 different snowsport challenges over two action-packed days (including ski orienteering, a laser biathlon course, snow-show relay, parallel slalom race and team distance challenge). Our team ‘Delanski’ raised almost £11,000 as well as winning the team fundraising prize. In February 2022 the Delancey ski team returned to the mountains to participate in the AJ Bell Crans-Montana Marathon 2022, this time raising over £20,000, once again winning the fundraising prize. Funding went directly towards Snow-Camp's dedicated Wellbeing Managers, who work alongside Snow Camp programme managers to support the mental health of their young people.
Dan Charlish, Founder of Snow-Camp said: “We are grateful for every company that wants to support the work we do at Snow-Camp. But I think what makes the Delancey relationship so special to me is the people. Over the 9 years since I first met Jamie and Sir John at the British Champs in Meribel, Delancey's support has grown year on year, and with it, our connections with so many people across the company. Whether through entering teams at our fundraising events, supporting our annual drinks and anniversary balls, inviting us to speak at schools, linking us with youth projects in Delancey areas, enabling so many of our young people to volunteer and gain life changing experiences at the British Championships or inviting young people into the office to meet Jamie and the staff - each connection has deepened our friendship with staff across the company, and hopefully increased their trust in what we are trying to achieve at Snow-Camp. We are very grateful for all these relationships and for the belief Delancey has in our charity, and for all the wonderful support over the years. Thank you from everyone at Snow-Camp.”