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‘Cornwall Playing for Success helps children achieve their best by using sport to bridge the gap between education and unrealised potential.
Pete Goss, Founding Trustee |
Events
Spirit of Mystery Celebratory Evening 2008
A special celebration evening was staged at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall on 23rd September to celebrate the success of the HSBC Spirit of Mystery Education Project, which is based around Pete Goss’ adventure to recreate the voyage of the Cornish fishing boat ‘Mystery ‘to Australia 154 years ago, and to highlight the work of the county’s Cornwall Playing for Success charity.
Hosted by Dean Ashton, during his time as Director of Cornwall’s Children's Services Authority and a Trustee and Director of the Company, the celebratory evening included a tour of the “Spirit of Mystery”, the replica boat built by Pete Goss, the chance to meet an ‘original’ member of the Mystery crew from 1854 in a theatrical workshop and presentations about the Cornwall Playing for Success charity by Dean Ashton and Pete Goss.
Pete Goss is a passionate supporter of Cornwall Playing for Success. “This is a most fantastic project” he told the packed audience at the National Maritime Museum. “I believe passionately in what it is aiming to do for children in Cornwall and have pledged a lifelong commitment to doing whatever I can to help it expand its work”.
His enthusiasm was shared by Dean Ashton, who said Cornwall Playing for Success was helping hundreds of young people in Cornwall to realise their potential aspirations. The Cornish charity is based on the national Playing for Success initiative. Originally based in Premiership Football clubs, the scheme provides out of hours study support to help improve children’s literacy, numeracy and ICT skills and increase their confidence and self esteem. “This is an amazingly successful project which is making a real difference to the lives of large numbers of children in Cornwall” said Dean Ashton. “We now want to reach out to every school and every child in Cornwall” he added. “Our future plans include setting up satellite centres and mobile units – but to achieve our aims, we need the support of the mainstream education community. We hope that everyone will join with us to support this wonderful scheme and help our children achieve their full potential”.
Watch this space for forthcoming events including a second Spirit of Mystery project at the National Maritime Museum at the end of September 2010!
