Introduction the area forecast for the next 24 hours Viking northa south oera southernly or southwesterly 4 or five occasionally six at first in north at s thundery showers good occasionally moderate 4S chomy fourth time doer south or Southwest four or five decreasing three at times showers thund for a time good occasionally moderate Fisher German bite South Southwest four or five decreasing three for a Time showers good occasionally moderate Humber BS do south or Southwest 3 or four increasing five at times showers thundery for time and becoming Fair later good occasionally moderate white southwesterly four five occasion become variable my name is Charlotte I am Skipper of Queen gladel I came to the trust 7 years ago now after coming on a trip as a young person and became a bosen and worked my way up the ranks to Skipper so a lot of the children get um on their time on Queen gladle an increased sense of Independence they also gain the confidence to push themselves out of their comfort zone um and experience and learn new challenges and new skills they also gain a lot of life skills as well in terms of they are in charge of running their cooking and cleaning and uh learning how to prepare meals for up to 20 people on board gives them a really good Basics that they'll need going on in their whole Benefits of the Trust life primary benefit of the trust is that we take a range of of young people sailing and they come from many different backgrounds uh and many different walks of life and we have the ability to take all those young people out of their normal home lives out of their normal Comfort zones and bring them on an experience that most of them have never experienced before and chances are will never experience again and being able to take them out of the their their home lives gives them a completely different perspective on life and it gives us the the ability to to challenge their perceptions of of what life Why did you join the Trust entails I got involved with the trust because I came on a voyage when I was 14 and I got involved with them more recently last year as a trustee I really like helping the trust because it's a great chance to use my skills in a different Arena but also for good helping out a variety of young people with different challenges and helping them build resilience and teamwork um it's really satisfying Why did you choose the Trust well I've sailed with the trust now for probably around 19 years I was originally saing with another company and their boat wasn't as adapted as this one and this was recommended it's much more inclusive and accessible for young people who may have got any motor difficulties or coordination difficulties so we swapped to the kurd and trust and they've been so supportive um in helping us fund raise for the voyage and granting bseries and really offering us assistance in getting organized so we've stuck with them because they're a great [Music] What are the young people like company quite a few of the young people who come on board they they might never have actually been away from home so it is quite a shock to the system throughout the week they really improve on their independence their teamw work is brilliant and over the years I've been here I found that when they leave uh they've really really grown as a person um the experiences and it's quite nice for them to be able to share that with the other young people back at school so what do the students get out What do the students get out of it of the time in the queen glad Ral is an impossible thing to sum up because it's just so huge they come on in Leaps and Bounds socially in terms of their working with other people their independent skills just being away from home and learning new skills in a completely new environment out of their comfort zone um it's hard to sum up in a in a small sentence I think for some students it is literally lifechanging um the skills the expertise the faith they having their own confidence and ability to do something um is just insurmountable souw five occasionally six at first in North thunder showers good the case with theate