Last Friday Cobnor Activities Centre held a launch event to present its new residential and educational facilities to teachers and youth leaders from local organisations.

The major £1million building and refurbishment project has not only seen two fully refurbished residential buildings and a brand new state- of-the-art building but also a large classroom, equipped with the latest data communications.

This relaunch was our opportunity to show representatives from youth groups who have used Cobnor Activities Centre’s outdoor education resources before what we now have on offer and also show new customers what we’re all about.

Staff gave tours of the new residential facilities with increased sleeping space, two rooms designated to course leaders and improved shower and toilet facilities. Guests were also shown our 2 classrooms offering full IT facilities and support, a big screen for presentations and WIFI access to broadband.  

The Adur Activities Centre, Shoreham, were impressed that we have made “very good improvements all round.” In fact, the general consensus was that Cobnor Activities Centre is looking great and that teachers and youth leaders are very much looking forward to making use of the new facilities when visiting us for sailing, canoeing, kayaking, mountain biking, archery and climbing with their youth groups in the future.

Climping School’s thoughts on the new-look Cobnor Activities Centre were:

“It all looks very good. It’s great to have everything in one place so that the teachers can stay with the kids and the kitchenette being close by is very handy too.

“The new classroom facilities are great as well. I love the idea that space is available for hire out of season for revision etc.”

We also received praise from a former member of staff, Dan Jaspers, who now works for the International Sailing Federation:

“It was great to see how far Cobnor Activities Centre has come and the vision of so many people realised. West Sussex now has an excellent resource for training young people in outdoor education activities.”

The major building and refurbishment project, costing almost £1million, has not only seen two fully refurbished residential buildings and a brand new state- of-the-art building but also a large classroom, equipped with the latest data communications.

These new educational facilities make Cobnor Activities Centre even better as a base for outdoor education. They offer increased sleeping space, with two rooms designated to course leaders, as well as improved shower and toilet facilities. The facilities also have enhanced educational and meeting rooms as well as a quiet space for revision, courses and workshops. This makes them ideal for teachers and students, all year round.

What’s new at Cobnor Activities Centre?

• Large meeting spaces
• 2 Classrooms with full IT facilities and support
• Big screen for presentations and films
• WIFI access to broadband
• Separate facilities for teachers on request
• Quiet space to use as revision location out of season – October-April
• Tea/Coffee facilities on request

All those teachers and youth workers who received an invitation to our launch event are welcome to come along, have a glass of wine and take a wander around our new facilities where our staff will be on hand to answer any questions. We hope to see you there!

For more information or to book our educational facilities please call: 01243 572791 or email: sail@cobnor.com.

We post a brochure to our regular customers every year that gives details about the outdoor activities and courses we offer, including dates, costs and other booking information.  But this year, with the help of Katy Lassetter Copywriting Services and Outside the Box Creative, the creative forces joined and we’ve seen our visions for a professional looking brochure really come to life.

Up until now the brochure has been designed and written in the office by Pete Alner who offers us IT support. But while Pete is a talented IT technician and a skilled sailing instructor, he’s not really a designer. So, this year we opted to seek out some professionals who could reflect Cobnor Activities Centre as a business through images and words. You can download your copy of the 2010 brochure here.

As well as our 2010 brochure, and besides the website, we decided that a way to get more detailed information about who we are and what we offer would be to create a folder that could be filled with interchangeable inserts on specific types of Cobnor Activities Centre information.

For example, for schools we are now able to make up a folder to include sheets detailing the range of outdoor activities and equipment available; camps, courses, sessions and trips on offer; our residential facilities, including those for educational purposes; and local attractions and amenities suitable for both education and recreation. If you’re a school who’d like to find out more about what we offer at Cobnor Activities Centre, please contact us today.