The Xcel Project is celebrating twenty years of offering trips for local young people during the summer school holiday period. The Xcel project started in September 2005 and in the Summer of 2006 worked in partnership with the Eskdale Sports and Leisure Centre to deliver a ‘Summer of Sport’ which included four trips.
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