We were delighted to welcome the new Mayor for Gosport, Councillor Mrs Zoe Huggins, accompanied by her Consort Mr Darren Huggins at our Maritime workshop in Gosport on Friday 10 July. Oarsome Chance were recently nominated by Councillor Huggins as one of the charities she will be supporting during her year as Mayor of Gosport and … Read more
Covid-19 operations update
We’re now into our second month of the ‘lockdown’ and operations at Oarsome Chance have settled into a new pattern, which, thanks to the dedication of our Principal John and his team, continues to provide essential support to the vulnerable young people we work with. This is a difficult and anxious time for everyone, but particularly … Read more
Covid-19 (Coronavirus) update
During these difficult times, we wanted to let our friends and supporters know our organisation’s approach to the developing Covid-19 virus crisis. Our senior trustees and management team have been following government announcements and guidelines closely. In light of the recently announced government guidelines requiring the maintenance of education provision for vulnerable children, we will … Read more
Oarsome Chance at NJIRC 2020
For the third year running, Oarsome Chance sent a team to compete in the National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships (NJIRC) in London and they did us proud again – not just by taking part in a national competition, but by representing OC so brilliantly with their great behaviour, enthusiasm, cooperation and team work. Just stepping … Read more
Duke of Edinburgh Award students from St Vincent college complete their Silver Medal expedition
John Gillard, Oarsome Chance Principal, led a Silver Award expediton for a group of students working on their Duke of Edinburgh Award. The group has been training with Oarsome Chance over the preceding months and took on the challenge over three days, from 27th to 29th May. The students faced quite a challenge, covering 24 … Read more
Portsmouth Pull, May 2019 – another exciting race
Oarsome Chance hosted our latest ‘Portsmouth Pull’ rowing challenge, a 10km fundraising row around the world-famous Portsmouth Harbour on Saturday 18th May and a fantastically exciting it race it turned out to be! This row-of-a-lifetime was taken on by five teams, who each completed a lap of the historic naval harbour. The race started and … Read more
Oarsome Chance + PBO Project Boat at the Southampton Boat Show
As you may have seen on our social media (we’ve been shouting about this a lot!) OC has been working closely with Practical Boat Owner magazine on ‘Project Boat’, the completion of a Secret 20 kit in our workshop in Gosport. Now the boat is nearing completion, we’re really excited that the Secret 20 is being prepared … Read more
In The News: MIND, Havant partners with Oarsome Chance to deliver £323k funding to get local families active
Havant And East Hants Mind is celebrating after being awarded £323,556 of National Lottery funding from Sport England to help low income families in Havant, over four years, to get active with their children. Mind, based at Leigh Park Community Centre, will work will Oarsome Chance to deliver the scheme, helping 120 families. Over the course … Read more