Aquasports is led by a team of volunteers, who are all committed Christians and who have a passion to see young people in a relationship with Christ. The team overseeing the water sports are all qualified to do so and all team are DBS checked.

We have a great core team at Aquasports who regularly return to volunteer to serve each year. New team members generally have a connection with this core team, so there is a good provenance and a high level of accountability. We have a rigorous selection process in place for team members. As well as having all team members checked by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) – the service that has replaced CRB checks – we undertake reference checks on all team members. They also provide confirmation of church attendance and sign a declaration of faith.

Aquasports [the adventure activities youth water sports holiday] is run by the The Aquasports Cross Trust, a non-profit Christian charity, which has sort to provide a spiritually challenging activity holiday for young people since 1967.

Everything! All food, accommodation and access to the sports is included in the price and Aquasports provides all the equipment needed for undertaking the sports. We have hots showers and wholesome food to end the sports day with followed by a fun packed evening.

There is a small shop on site selling sweats and icecreams within the watersports centre reception so a little pocket money could be good to have.

We take the safety and of everyone on site very seriously. Therefore, due to the nature of the holiday, all who attend and participate at Aquasports need to be able to swim 50 metres. We also mandate that all who participate in water based acitivies, including swimming must wear a bouyancy aid.

We have fully qualified instructors running the sports and we licensed by the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority, part of the HSE, which is a government body which regulates the industry. We also have a safety management system in place to provide safety cover for all activities.

Health and Safety at Aquasports is our primary concern for all on the holiday, team and youth alike. We undertake a number of activities to provide the holiday in a safe and fun manor.

We undertake risk assessment of all our activities and put in place safety management systems to ensure whilst we are having fun, there is safety cover provided or mitigations in place.

We are also licensed by the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (part of the HSE), whose aim is to provide assurances to the public about the safety of those activity providers who have been granted a licence.

A licence indicates that the camp has been inspected by the Adventure Activities Licensing Service on behalf of the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority, with particular attention being paid to our safety management systems with young people, demonstrating compliance with nationally accepted standards of good practice in the delivery of adventure activities to young people, with due regard to the benefits and risks of the activity.

We also follow procedures and requirements as set out by the HSE that are relevant to the running of the holiday, for example ensuring food hygiene.

In addition, all team are DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) and referenced checked to ensure we have the best volunteers looking after you children.

And, of course, all our volunteers do this for one reason. To provide the opportunity for your children to learn more about an amazing God.

Full payment for the holiday is required usually 12 weeks before the start of the holiday. If you need to cancel, your deposit maybe forfeited to allow us to cover our costs. After date when the balance is due, we operate a proportional refund policy, as explained in the Terms of Booking. Whilst we would like to refund all your money if you cancel, we are sure you understand that as a charity we need to cover our costs of the holiday and remain solvent.

We run the holiday on a break-even basis and we rely on the very generous gifts of our supporters and team (yes the volunteer pay to work on Aquasports!) to provide bursaries, balance any shortfall and invest in the kit, the future of the holiday and the Charity vision.

All monies paid to book on to the holiday (deposit or full) are held in trust in a separate bank account and are only transferred at the end of the holiday. Therefore, any request for a refund may take a number of weeks to be processed due to the nature of this set up.

Aquasports is governed and overseen by a number of independent bodies to ensure we run our holidays as well as we can.

Aquasports is governed by the Aquasports Cross Trust, a registered charity (no. 1075300), which is accountable to the Charity Commission. The Trust has endeavoured to provide a spiritually challenging activity holiday for 14 to 19 year olds since 1967.

The camp is registered and licensed with the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority, which is a government organisation which regulates activity holidays. Contact the AALA on 02920 755715 or visit their website.

The camp is also a member Thirtyone:eight which supports and provides services for safeguarding and DBS checks.