The charities
The Burgh Island Race is raising money for 2 amazing charities, read more about them below, and the amazing work they do. The money raised will be split 50:50 between the Swim Saef Projects and Bantham Surf Lifesaving Club. The money from charity places, and 100% of all profits will be collected and donated.
We have set up a JustGiving, Crowdfunding page which you can see HERE and you use the sponsorship form in the back of the race packs.
Because we are splitting the money between 2 charities, a normal JustGiving page won't work for us. We will collate all the funds into the business bank account and then split equally. The money raised will be swimmers fundraising and 100% of the race profits. To raise money you can ask people to donate direct to Just Giving mentioning your name, or collect cash/transfers yourself and then donate to JustGiving in one lump sum.
If you are in the Charity Swimming Section, we ask you raise a minimum of £50, if you are a race swimmer, you can still raise money and donate too, but there is no obligation to.
Bantham Surf Lifesaving Club
The club provides lifesaving training to all and works closely at Bantham with the RNLI, providing volunteer lifeguard who patrol during busy seasons.
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BSLSC run a Lifeguard training program for their volunteers, alongside lifesaving training for, Youth (aged 13-17) and Nippers (aged 7-12).
Bantham SLSC can only continue its important water safety training with the help of willing and enthusiastic volunteers, who are essential for teaching younger members vital lifesaving skills. This comes at a price, and with our help raising important funds, the club can continue their local work.
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The Swim Safe Projects CIC
Is a Devon run CIC aimed at providing education, courses and life saving learning to local community for free, or subsidized.
This includes running cold dipping course for local community who struggle with mental health, running life saving courses for local people, family safe swim courses, and also offering subsidized places on formal NGB courses for other local charities and schools.
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The Swim Safe Projects CIC aim is to educate and equip local people with knowledge and skills to keep them safe around water.
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