“As a parent l can say that my daughter’s three weeks with QBE in August 2023 has been the single most remarkable experience of her life. She was lucky to have this opportunity as a teenager. To say that it was a sailing trip does not do justice to her ‘growing up’ experiences. She gained sailing and sea skills that she is now able to build on and is pursuing her sailing instructor’s certificate. She also faced valuable ‘growing up’ moments of having to navigate meeting and living with new people, working as a team member, dealing with unpredictable weather that frustrated progress and meeting goals set by the leaders. She came home with a new take on life and wanting more for herself.

As a parent l also learnt from the experience of having to let go and trust my daughter that she could handle being away from home for three weeks. I can only highly recommend this course. She has kept in touch with friends that she made and they bonded over late nights, Breton dancing in Lorient, eating countless French crêpes, the laughter and the tears when saying goodbye. The expression ‘life changing’ can sound like a cliché, but the QBE course brings life changing memories and a whole new perspective on life that the world is indeed as big as their dreams. It was the adventure of a lifetime.”
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