Our incoming 5 year instructor programme starts in August 2020 in Cork.

About the programme: A group of 10-12 year old children in Cork will take part in beginner sailing / windsurfing / general watersports courses at the Oysterhaven Centre, awarded best training centre in the Southern region in 2019 by the Irish Sailing Association (ISA). Our participants will have the chance to work towards ISA / IWA accreditation in Sailing and Windsurfing.

Our participants will be children and young people living in Direct provision. Our aim is that some of the initial group will ultimately progress to instructor level. Keep an eye on our website and social media handles to check out progress on the pilot within the upcoming weeks.

If you would like to support us to be able to fund all young people taking place in the programme please use the donate button on our homepage :).

Our third voyage of 2018,  sponsored by the U.S Embassy in Ireland, takes place from the 09 September until the 14 September, starting from Dublin  and finishing off in Cork.

The voyage takes place on board of the Maybe Vessel.  

Our second voyage of 2018, sponsored by Coca Cola and in partnership with Leave no Trace Ireland , takes place from the 03 September until the 08 September. The voyage takes place on board of the Maybe Vessel. 12 young people from all sorts of backgrounds take part

Our first voyage of the 2018 season took place in Sligo on board of the Wild West Sailing. Irish and Migrant young people (recruited from local Sligo and from Ballyhaunis) took sail from the 25 July until the 29 July, finishing off the journey by taking part in a Regatta in Mullaghmore.

More details on the voyage can be seen on our social media pages.

Our third voyage of 2017, sponsored by Mason Hayes Curran Solicitors, takes place on the 17 July. This time around the journey will take us through West Cork.

The voyage will take place on board of the Spirit of Oysterhaven, where young people will get the chance to learn about Sail training while undertaking a life changing experience.

Keep an eye on our social media channels for updates on the progress of this upcoming voyage.

Our first voyage of 2017, sponsored by Callan Tansey Solicitors, takes place from the 25 June until the 30 June, starting from Sligo and finishing of in Galway.

The voyage takes place on board of the Brian Boru. The crew includes young people from Ireland, Syria, Poland, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Our third voyage of 2016 takes place from the 04.09.2016 until the 09/09/2016. It starts from Cork all the way to Glandore.

The voyage will take place on board of the Spirit of Oysterhaven, in where lucky young people (aged 18-25) get the chance to learn about Sail Training while going through a life changing experience.

Our second voyage of 2016, sponsored by Dublin City Council, takes place on the 31.07 until the 05.08, starting from Dun Laoghaire and finishing off in Kinsale.

The voyage will take place on board of the Spirit of Oysterhaven, where young people aged 16-17 get the chance to learn about Sail training while undertaking a life changing experience.

The Eco Campaign (entitled "Be The Change") mobility exchange on climate issues will take place in Olympos, Antalya, Turkey, from the 24th July until the 31st July. 

As a worthy integration initiative, The Erasmus+ funded project involves partners from Ireland, Portugal, Romania and Turkey,  facilitating the Mobility of youth workers and youth learners, in the frame of different Mobility sessions. Each mobility session deals with an issue of climate change or environmental protection (water protection, waste, biocide, nature activities, protection of biodiversity and natural parks), revealing their global connectedness and the local opportunities for youth participation and youth action.

Safe Haven Ireland is delighted to be involved in the project this year, as we have facilitated the recruitment of 5 lucky young people to take place in the exchange in Turkey

Our first voyage of the year, kindly sponsored by Mason Hayes and Curran, takes place from the 19.06.16 to the 24.06.16, starting from Dublin and finishing in Cobh.

8 lucky young people (aged 15-17) from all sorts of different backgrounds were chosen as the crew for this voyage.  Countries of origin of the participants include Albania, Ireland, Poland, Zimbabwe, DRC and Afghanistan.

Our sail training vessel, the Spirit of Oysterhaven, will dock in Sligo Port on Friday 19th July and remain there for the weekend running various fundraising events to help fund the voyage. On Monday 20th July ten young people from Sligo will board the vessel and take part in a five-day voyage heading South along the Wild Atlantic Way, visiting islands the rugged Irish coastline, two Gaeltacht regions (in Mayo and Galway) before finishing at a convenient port in County Galway.

Safe Haven Voyages' local partner for this project is the CRIB, a project run by the Sligo branch of Foróige. The project's twin aims are integration and regeneration of inner city Sligo.