September 19th, 2011
We are pleased to announce that a ‘Big Society Fund’, set-up by West Sussex County Council, will be backing four projects designed to support local communities, including our very own Cobnor Activities Centre.
The fund, worth £240,000 in the current financial year, allows County Council members to apply for money to support initiatives in their electoral division that meet at least one of the objectives of the national…
August 2nd, 2011
Cobnor Activities Centre has not only been chosen as one of the recipients of The Co-operative’s Community Support Card Scheme for one year but also as one of the charities who will receive a share of £1,000 in the Waitrose Community Matters scheme for the month of August.
All we ask you to do is remember your favourite activities centre when shopping for bread and milk. Please use your Community…
July 19th, 2011
This weekend Cobnor Activities Centre was host to The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Gold Award Ceremony 2011 for West Sussex. Gold achievers from all over the county collected their awards and enjoyed an afternoon of multi-activities, despite the not-so-clement British weather.
Guests arrived from midday and signed up for the various outdoor activities laid on for after the awards ceremony, such as: pico sailing, kayaking, trips on the Cobnor Chairboat,…
June 16th, 2011
This week Cobnor Activities Centre received a visit from Goodwood Area Schools pupils who enjoyed taking part in a bit of outdoor education.
The Goodwood Area Schools (GAS) initiative is part of the able pupil programme. The West Sussex schools involved in the initiative are Singleton, West Dean, North Mundham, Boxgrove, Lavant, Tangmere, and The March (Westhampnett). Four pupils from years 3 and 4 (collectively) and four pupils from 5…
April 8th, 2011
The Cobnor Activities Centre team thought that all you sailing enthusiasts might want to know about an exciting creative Boat Project that’s occurring close by at Thornham Marina…
The Boat Project is a 30ft seafaring vessel that’s being lovingly crafted from wooden items donated by locals. It will become a living archive of people’s stories and memories and a really fascinating piece of West Sussex history.
Since February 2011, artists…
March 19th, 2011
East Head is one of Cobnor Activities Centre’s favourite locations. We visit Chichester Harbour’s most fascinating natural phenomenon for a variety of outdoor activities: sailing instructors running RYA courses may take those brushing up on sailing skills, our Chairboat driver may take a disabled group for a trip around the spit so they can enjoy the scenery and camp leaders may take youth groups at Summer Camp, Multi-Activity Camp or Expedition…
February 22nd, 2011
We’re proud to announce that Cobnor Activities Centre entered three teams in this year’s Charlton Chase, one of which placed fifth out of 41 teams from all over West Sussex.
The Charlton Chase, which this year took place 12-13th February, is a night navigation exercise run for young people in West Sussex by the County Youth & Community Service. The event, now in its 30th year, is a physically demanding…
January 26th, 2011
We hope you enjoyed the first in a serialisation of Geoffrey Goad’s personal recollections of his time at Cobnor Activities Centre, 1966-1985. With kind permission of the Goad family, these memoirs have been edited by Katy Lassetter of Chichester Copywriter for the web. Here’s the second part…
Part 2 – Cobnor
I had heard of Cobnor through my sailing club as a very nice camping site with water at all…
July 22nd, 2010
Cobnor Activities Centre was pleased to see the story in last week’s Chichester Observer, which told of Chichester’s 13-year-old Jamie Cole, who has been called up as a reserve to the England junior squad for a European archery event.
Jamie recently scored 1,266 points in Horsham, winning him the county under-18 champion’s title. Before that he set a new Sussex record score of 1,274, winning the under-14 class and under-18…
June 28th, 2010
Cobnor Activities Centre is popular with schools and youth groups in West Sussex and beyond and we’re always delighted to hear feedback, especially the positive kind!
Sussex Clubs for Young People had a fantastic time when kayaking at Cobnor Activities Centre and wrote us this lovely email to express their thanks:
Dear Liz, Mark and Andy,
Just a quick note to say thank you for a great day of kayaking…
