On The Water

On The Water provides thousands of young people from low-income communities the chance to experience waterborne adventure and earn qualifications. By providing a programme of free activities including sailing, rowing, paddlesports and more, Sea Cadets enables disadvantaged young people the chance for exercise and fun, but most importantly longer-lasting benefits of increased confidence, new friends, and expanded horizons.

It is especially critical now, as young people emerge from a prolonged lockdown, that they have the right opportunities available to them.

Providing hope after a tough year 

We know that after Covid-19, young people across the country are in need of a boost to their spirits and health, and the hope of future opportunities.

Our impact

Together we can offer these young people a chance to try out something fun that they might never have dreamed of, grow through challenging themselves, and for some – our target is 5-10% - to move on to Sea Cadets and longer-term opportunities.