Buccament Bay Resort: Investing in St Vincent’s future

Buccament Bay Resort is committed to creating a lasting, profound and positive legacy in its beautiful Caribbean home of St Vincent. Aside from creating hundreds of jobs and promoting personal and career development, the resort is also involved in a number of initiatives and events; most recently, the Buccament Bay Resort Community Partnership Programme was launched, which will further develop the resort’s links with local communities.

The resort now also takes part in Pack for a Purpose - a non-profit organisation that provides easy instructions on how travellers can bring school, medical and other supplies to the communities they visit.

Please find below a summary of some of the other recent initiatives and events that Buccament Bay Resort has taken part in.

• Children from local schools and football associations regularly use the resort’s Liverpool FC International Football Academy Soccer School facilities for coaching.
  
  
• In May 2012, members of the Liverpool Football Club Under-18 squad and staff delighted schoolchildren in St Vincent when they visited four schools as part of a Harlequin Hotels & Resort-sponsored tour of the country. Around 80 children also joined the players at a school’s local field for coaching and fun mini games.
  
  
• The main event of the aforementioned tour was a free football match between the young LFC stars and the SVG Under-20s national team at St Vincent’s Arnos Vale Ground.
  
  
• Former West Ham Utd FC and Charlton Athletic FC manager Alan Curbishley generously provided training to the St Vincent & The Grenadines national team at the resort’s facilities. This took place in summer 2012, when Alan visited Buccament Bay Resort to provide master class coaching to guests.

• The Pat Cash Tennis Club regularly coaches local children.
  
  
• In July 2012, Pat Cash Tennis Club head coach James Droy hosted a local grassroots tennis initiative at the resort.

• The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and Harlequin signed a deal in February 2012 that sees children from 10 schools in St Vincent & The Grenadines receive free cricket coaching.
  
  
• WICB-accredited coaches provide the training, and all necessary equipment and kit is supplied by Harlequin Hotels & Resorts. A highlight of the programme is a new annual Youth Cricket Tournament, hosted by Harlequin in St Vincent.

• In August 2012, England rugby legend Lewis Moody visited Buccament Bay Resort to host its first ever Rugby Academy; however, during his time there, he also very kindly agreed to coach the St Vincent & The Grenadines Men’s and Women’s national teams on resort for free.

• In February 2013, a group of Buccament Bay Secondary School students successfully completed a musical training programme provided by the school and the resort’s Harlequin Performing Arts Academy.
  
  
• Kansley and McCarthy also generously provided entertainment alongside singers from Buccament Bay Secondary School at the Lions Club Christmas Luncheon for the visually impaired.

• Buccament Bay Resort provides work experience training placements to a number of educational institutions in St Vincent.
  
  
• In 2011, in spite of the resort having just opened, eight students attended the programme and two were employed as a result.
  
  
• Such is the strength of the company’s relationship with the SVG Community College that they have invited the resort’s Training Manager to help create the syllabus and content for a Spa Course due to be launched in 2013.
  
  
• Buccament Bay Resort has created 300+ jobs, and staff are trained regularly and thoroughly in order to promote career development and personal achievement.
  

• During the 2012 carnival season, the resort proudly sponsored the St Vincent & The Grenadines Broadcasting Corporation’s “Don’t Drink & Drive” campaign.
  
  
• Buccament Bay Resort has worked extensively with the nearby Buccament Bay Secondary School. Such work includes:
  
  
  • Sponsoring the school’s graduation awards.
  • In January 2013, Buccament Bay Resort commissioned Calvert Jones of McAllister Designs, a local artist and graphic designer, to paint full wall murals in celebration of St Vincent & The Grenadines’ national treasures.
  • At the same time, the resort also created and partially stocked a new student library
  • Additionally, tables and seating were provided for the student lunch area.