What is "uksa"

UKSA may refer to:

• UK Statistics Authority, the board which assures the quality of official statistics in the United Kingdom
• UK Space Agency, the space agency of the United Kingdom
• Unió Korfbalera Sant Adrià de Besòs, the korfbal team of Sant Adrià de Besòs city
• United Kingdom Sailing Association, a sailing, boating and watersorts organisation based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight
• UKSA (maritime charity), in Cowes, England (previously called UK Sailing Academy)
• UK Shareholders Association which represents private shareholders since 1993, promote share investing, good corporate governance in the United Kingdom listed PLCs.

UKSA in Cowes (previously called UK Sailing Academy) is a youth charity offering maritime training opportunities, founded by MFI entrepreneur Noel Lister in 1987. He bought a Sports Council building with the intention of giving young people the opportunity to experience adventurous maritime activity. HRH The Princess Royal became Patron of UKSA in 1992. Dame Ellen MacArthur, Shirley Robertson, OBE and Hilary Lister are all Ambassadors for the charity.

Today UKSA’s charitable work is split into three areas:

• professional training courses for maritime employment
• non-standard education for schools and groups
• youth development enrichment programmes