Who We Are
Jon has worked in the Outdoor Activity Industry for over 30 years and first qualified as a sea kayak guide in 2002 in New Zealand.
He has worked in many different types of centres from teaching windsurfing in Greece to helping young adults turn their lives around at the Outward Bound School in Marlborough, NZ.
As a Centre Manager he has delivered top end team development to biggest financial companies in the Uk and also gone onto work with young people from the poorest parts of Glasgow in an off grid and remote residential centre.
Social enterprise
Community Interest Company
Limited by guarantee, Bendoran Watersports CIC is a small social enterprise which was set up to address the local issues of social isolation, lack of leisure facilities and to provide employment for local people.
To fund that activity the social enterprise will also service the summer visitor market. Bendoran CIC is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company where surplus income is kept within the organisation or distributed to local charities.
In the event of the CIC ceasing trading, the assets will be passed to Bendoran Water Activities Club (BWAC).
Winner
Bendoran watersports was a winner of the Firstport Social Innovation Competition for 2021 which supports people bringing great ideas to support community.
https://www.firstport.org.uk/news/meet-the-social-innovation-competition-2021-winners/
Core Purpose
“To increase the wellbeing of the people of the Ross of Mull and Iona, by facilitating meaningful connection with themselves, each other and the environment, through the activities of the Bendoran Watersports Centre.”
Funders
Bendoran Watersports has been incredibly lucky to have been supported by Funders including Firstport, Unltd and the Islands Green recovery Fund – without that start up funding it would not have been possible to get the project going.