Break Free Foundation

Other Courses

admin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:04:06 +0000

We can provide the following other activities and courses.

Emergency Life Support Coures ( target ages 5-6 up & up to 11-14, and adults

Archery

Boccie

Bocce

Boccia is a traditional recreational sport dating back to ancient times. The Italians refined this ancient Greek ball-tossing game in the 16th century. Boccia, also known as bocce, derived its name from the Latin word for ball, bottia. It has been successfully adapted for people with a disability and became a Paralympic sport for athletes with cerebral palsy at the New York 1984 Paralympic Games

VHF courses

The Team

admin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:35:57 +0000

Stephens blog spot.

Below the Special Olympics Squad….

Hi my Name is Stephen and i am 21 years old and i have been an sogb Wales athlete since 2005 i was in the Glasgow sogb game in 2005 and i have a bronze singles and a Team Gold in Boccia and now i am a Coach in Boccia.

So this time i am training for the 2009 games in Leicester in Kayaking and i do training every week in llanelli , Swansea & in Cardiff

And we will be training 6 athletes and thay are Representing Wales in the Special Olympics Leicester in 2009

in Leicester team wales come back with 98 Golds, 96 Silver & 100 Bronze medal & my self had 2 bronze & 1 4th place.

All about the Special Olympics

The athletes are participating with physical and learning disabilities. They will be attending from a range of English & Welsh regions .

Paddleability Coach, Julie Lowe says,

“The expansion of Paddleability to include Special Olympics provides another avenue for the athletes to progress through to competition.”

For the first time, one of the races will be a unified sports event, following the Special Olympics Unified Sports® initiative which combining athletes with intellectual disabilities and those without provides another level of challenge for higher ability athletes and promotes equality and inclusion. The competition will include six races: two 200m, 500m and 1000m in K1 and K2 disciplines.

Kayaking has been a recognised sport to SOGB since 2003 and it is hoped that more athletes will be encouraged to take part. Bob Billson says, “The event is a platform to bring more learning disabled athletes to participate, in order to try and expand the sport. The gold medals won at the Beijing Olympics Games have really brought the sport into the spotlight. We are pleased to have two world-class athletes as our Ambassadors: extreme kayaker Shaun Baker and World Champion Anna Hemmings.”

NEW KAYAKS FOR THE TEAM WALES

Canoe Safety Course

admin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:54:11 +0000

On Saturday the 20th September Justin Cotter, Project Director Completed his Canoe Safety Test Course at the North Dock, Llanelli.
The course involved spending most of the day on the water learning and practising the various aspects of canoe and kayak rescue techniques. An essential set of skills for anyone paddling as part of a group.

Well done Justin the team are very proud !

All in a day on the water

Keys Skills 1-5

admin — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:39:19 +0000

The prgrammes we are developing will be based around keys skills sets 1 through to 5.
We will be intigrating Computer Aided Design with basic boat building and engine maintanence skills.
This will provide a holistic aproach and help with engagement.

Video

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:19:02 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORI3SVRCTLo

Volunteering

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:07:02 +0000

Volunteers can expect to have fun while providing worthwhile support for the activities and mentoring for the young people.

Training will be provided and in certain instances and where appropriate levels of competance have been reached certificates will be issued.

All volunteers will be expected to undergo an enhanced CRB check and provide referee’s.

We have a volunteers Policy explaining clearly what BFF expect and what you as a volunteer can expect of BFF. This policy covers issues such as legal responsibilities, duty of care, operating proceedures.