Peter Bone, Sailing Developer – RYA South West, has kindly offered to run a 1-day course on Disability Awareness.

This will be held on Saturday 25th January 2025 starting at 9.30am and will be held at our Clubhouse. It is anticipated to finish around 4.00pm so please bring your own lunch.

Spaces are limited so please can you email [email protected] if you would like to reserve your space.

A maximum number of 12 can be accommodated initially but if the demand is higher, Pete has said he will see what he can do.

COURSE OVERVIEW:

Around 1 in 5 people have a disability so understanding the barriers that prevent people taking part is really important.

Based on the social model of disability and using several scenarios, the course will give you:

• A set of frameworks, principles and models to engage people so that can be active and take part in boating
• Ideas on identifying and removing barriers to participation
• The confidence and skills to adopt a person centred approach based on asking not assuming, listening and adapting, and delivering opportunities to get on the water and learning from them.