Meet Eirlys

At this point Eirlys was only just out of school and having had to deal with the isolating issues of Covid whilst living in remote west Wales, she lacked the confidence to make an ideal Clipper crew member, but at the interview we saw a passion and determination that we were keen to support.

With the help of a long-term teamArchie supporter we paid for training courses for Eirlys that would be needed for a career working on sail training vessels. Eirlys also received advice and mentoring through our relationship with Clipper Ventures. With this help she got a job working as a bosun on the tall ship Queen Galadriel for the Cirdan Trust, who like teamArchie, inspire young people to look beyond the constraints of their own lives through the medium of sailing.  She was subsequently awarded a full scholarship to study at the Boat Building Academy in Lyme Regis.