What can I say? What a day!!! Initially I was quite dubious when a trip to Pitt St was requested by our Skate Committee back at the start...

Thanks to the Skate Committee, we've been instructed to plan some more trips! The first suggestion is Pitt St Skatepark in Portsmouth....

Back in Feb half term we hosted the SG Youth Awards '23. An amazing night celebrating all the achievements made by young people that have...

Last night saw the fourth meeting of the Skate committee, looking forward and planning some rad events this year... First up was another...

For Int. Women's Day 2023, we thought we'd share some inspirational female skaters, and ask who inspires you in skating? Patti McGee...

We've seen so many new skaters at the Boarding School recently, the word is definitely out and the great British weather is certainly...

We've had an excellent start to 2023! Sessions have been busy, and in some cases oversubscribed, so we definitely recommend booking ahead...

Wow what a year! To save you trawling through our previous blog and social posts we'll do a quick recap here: Jan: The start of 2022 and...

A few little updates this week include: A new grind ledge in the park. This is 7ft long and 1ft high so perfect for progressing to longer...

Responding to the needs of our users we've made a slight tweak to the timetable. Now on a Sunday from 6pm we'll be open to the public,...

For those that aren't sure, The Boarding School is just one of the projects run by our parent charity, 'The YOU Foundation' aka The YOUF....

Despite me catching covid and having to cancel our Sunday session this week, The Halloween Jam went ahead as planned, thanks to our...

Our Halloween jam was amazing last year. We'd only been running the skateboard sessions about 6 months and already had a great group that...

Finally! The wait is over! The Boarding School is opening for three sessions a week! It feels like it taken an age to do all the needs...

Last weekend we took a group of young skaters on The Boarding School's first road trip away. Some poor planning meant the date didn't get...

August 22nd saw the second of our annual collaborative community skate jams with Creative Youth Network. Last year we supported the jam...

Back in November 2021 we were approached by a few of our under 15 skaters to see if it was possible to have a time solely for girls to...

Following on from our 'Difficult topic' blog post of 31st March we have been busy behind the scenes to bring you this! A workshop for...

Skate jams and comps can be a great way for skateboarders to get together and celebrate this thing that we love. It can also offer some...

Wow! What a busy week! The boarding School took a mini road trip last week to offer skateboarding workshops at a couple of Jubilee...