Boat building
On two days over the schools half term days around 30 young people spent the mornings at FOAC tidying up the site and moving boats around (to make space for …
New boats arrive
All the Hartley single handlers and the double hander Fusions have arrived now, much delayed due to a gloval plastics shortage caused by Covid-19. Over the half term we will …
2021 Summer holiday camps
These will run for 7 weeks from 19th July to 4th September The cost per week is £220 (£176 for the final bank holiday week) and each day runs from …
Volunteering day – 22nd May
A small group of volunteers started work on the small dighy and sail store area, cleaning boats and weeding and relaying the foreshore matting that protects boats being dragged into …
Volunteering weekend video
Some pictures of the site and a whole bunch of new friends made this weekend helping to get the centre ready for its inspection this week.
Volunteering 10th/11th April
We have a date in the diary to get people onsite to help the VisionRCL staff to prepare the centre. We have volunteering forms for people that want to help …
Send us a video clip
We are making a video that describes to people not familiar with FOAC what it does and who its users currently are. We hope to show this video to members …
Confirmed re-opening from April
Following this week’s announced timetable for exiting lockdown and returning to unrestricted outdoor contact and after a meeting with councillor Athwall, Matthew Essex, Corporate Director for Regeneration and Culture and …
An open letter to Redbridge council
Dear Councillors Fairlop Outdoor Activity Centre (FOAC) provides “organised, subsidised school and group youth activities” on the water (including but not limited to sailing, kayaking, canoeing, raft building….). Its staff …
Over 70 youth groups use the centre
Over 70 youth groups currently use the centre on a regular basis. So much so that it is difficult to get new bookings in during the week. Provision for coached …