Brathay Trust

The events of World War II caused Scott to postpone his plans, until eventually Brathay Hall Trust was founded in 1946.

[2] Scott saw a need for a leadership training and an activity centre, so offered Brathay Hall as a base for the National Association of Boys' Clubs.

Boys taking part in Brathay Trust programmes who had shown promise were recommended for the course, along with schoolboys, which partnered with universities to conduct field studies.

[4] The group originated after a comment by geographer WV Lewis, who noted that many of the Lake District tarns had imperfect depth data collected on them.

[5] In response to the increased demand for programmes, Scott decided to finance many additions to the Brathay estate, including a boathouse, a theatre and extra dormitories.

[7][8] In the mid-1960s, Brathay began to offer leadership and training and development programmes, targeted to adults from commercial companies, the government and other organisations.

[1] In the late 1960s with the help of the Industrial Society, Brathay's four-week courses were refocused, to relate the activities to the participants' lives, and decision making in general.

[1] In January 2012, Brathay Trust acquired a contract to manage two Lake District outdoor centres owned by the Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, Low Bank Ground, close to Coniston Water and Hinning House in the Duddon Valley.

[11] Brathay Hall is grade II listed and was built in the 18th century by George Law, the son of a lawyer who had a strong interest in the Backbarrow ironworks.

[1] Brathay Trust administers several other locations, including the Bradford Youth Centre in West Yorkshire and several Lake District residences, on behalf of the Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.

The Trust has subsequently developed projects that run out of Youth Centres in Bradford, Sheffield, Wigan and in urban areas of Cumbria.

In 2007, Brathay became the location for courses set up by charity Future for Heroes (originally called Remount), which helps the rehabilitation for returned servicemen of the British Armed Services.