Our leaders can communicate well with young people.
We can accommodate residential groups of up to 200 people.
Youth Groups
Youth groups in a nutshell
Skern Lodge Programmes
Skern Lodge has an excellent reputation as a well-established provider of personal and team development programmes for young people.
We work with group leaders to prepare and deliver programmes specifically designed to meet the overall aims and objectives of each group.
The team of 15 experienced youth tutors at Skern Lodge communicate well with young people, guiding and influencing participants to increase their self-awareness, developing their key skills, along with their personal and interpersonal skills.
The programmes at Skern increase participants' confidence and self-esteem, as well as their teamwork and leadership skills.
Simon’s skills and engagement with our group have
been excellent he has been able to motivate some
of our most challenging young people which has been
really valuable for our group.
Targeted Youth Support Bridgewater 2011
‘An amazing experience, we have all devleoped as a team, met new people and grown as individuals'
Torridge Training Services 2011
The Course
The length of the course is flexible to meet differing requirements, although week long courses are recommended. Some youth organisations may find young people can be motivated more to attend a programme that runs from Friday to Sunday. Alternatively your situation may be more suited to a day or series of days.
At Skern Lodge we can accommodate up to 200 people residentially plus a number of day visitors, subject to availability. For safety on activities, the ratio of our tutors to participants is 1:8. For other parts of the personal development programme the group size can vary, with no more that 14 young people working together with one of our tutors.
The running of the course is monitored constantly by the Programme Manager and Chief Instructor, which is usual practise on Skern programmes.
‘Provided an excellent environment for ‘storming’ of a new group
that has been working together for a period of 8 weeks. The group
has bonded and the Skern Lodge weekend has provided a solid
basis on which to move forward. Young People were taken out of
their comfort zones, held safely and then placed back again’Wickleigh Youth Centre 2011
‘The young people all enjoyed being in a different environment.
They felt like they had challenged themselves and were pleased
when they completed something they were scared of. It was great
for bringing the group together. A great success!’The Phoenix Centre 2011
‘All staff and professionals made our stay here very enjoyable and
memorable. We all managed to overcome fears of some sort, all
managed to have great teamwork and build trust with one another’Campion Youth 2011
