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Ogmore Centre at Ogmore-by-Sea, Wales, often referred to as the Ogmore School Camp, is situated on an site on the Glamorgan Heritage Coast. It was built for the benefit of children from all over South Wales shortly before World War II as a residential education, sport, arts and outdoor activities centre for young people 8–24 years of age.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ogmore Centre Trust )〕 It is closed and its future is uncertain. ==History== It came under the ownership of Bridgend City Council at the time of local authority reorganisation. It had previously been operated under the old Mid Glamrgan Education Authority. Although still under the ownership of Bridgend County Borough Council it is now in The Vale of Glamorgan with regard to planning etc. After it was closed by Bridgend County Borough Council in the mid 1990s public pressure led to it being reopened in 1998 as a Trust under the leadership of Roger Lewis, now Chief Executive of the Welsh Rugby Union. In the subsequent years up to 2006 some 10000 children a year attended residential courses in subjects including literacy, languages, mathematics, music, performing arts, sports and environmental studies. It provided a sense of adventure by being the first time away from home for many, in a safe secure facility. The camp has a sprung floor gymnasium with indoor facilities for basketball, football, badminton, indoor cricket nets etc. It has outdoor playing fields for both rugby and soccer, and an outdoor climbing frame. In addition it has a computer lab and a hall for performing arts together with classrooms and rehearsal facilities. All of this, together with the beaches and heritage coast. In 2004 planning approval was given to build a new ECO Centre on site, which would have been a living, learning environment for sustainability studies and would have made the site a Centre of Environmental Excellence. The Trust kept the cost of attendance low to enable children from poorer areas to afford to attend. As running costs escalated this was starting to tip the economic balance of running the centre against it being able to continue. In order to move forward, the Trust sought the help of Kingswood Education and Adventure Centres. An organisation who operate a number of similar facilities in the UK. They had the resources to improve the marketing and provide funding for upgrading the facilities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ogmore centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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