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Breaking the Barrier 2009

Thanks to all of you for your on-going support of this project. It's been a real pleasure and incredibly rewarding for all of us at Lifeworks!
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BREAKING THE BARRIER 2009

This year Breaking the Barrier has been taken to other venues around the Uk.
Whilst our Bigbury-on-sea event (September 5) remains the biggest and 'flagship' event, we have already visited Bournemouth in June and have two other smaller events at Joss Bay in Kent (September 12), and Bude in Cornwall (September 26).

To enable us to take Breaking the Barrier 'on the road' Lifeworks has teamed up with Surf Relief UK and the joint venture is being run under the banner of SurfABLE. SurfABLE delivers the one-day Breaking the Barrier events across the UK introducing youngsters with disabilities to surfing, as well as supporting on-going lessons, participation within surfing communities and a general inclusive atmosphere in this inspiring sport. As of this year, events will be hosted by 6 nominated surf schools that belong to the SurfABLE network, and are free to children with disabilities between the ages of 3 and 20. It's a fun-filled, carefree family day out, as rare as hen's teeth for those with special needs children, and a chance for all children with additional needs to have a go at surfing under the guidance of specialist instructors

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using specially designed buoyancy aids and tandem, 12-foot soft boards. SurfABLE provides surfing activities without division or disadvantage. Dave Manley, Chairman of SRUK says "For 2 years now, we've been establishing a network of surf schools who are keen to deliver lessons and encouragement to children with any and all types of disabilities. Teaming up with Lifeworks who share the same passion for improving the lives of disabled children is a really exciting development." Indeed, since 2007 when it inaugurated its special needs Breaking the Barrier events, Lifeworks has been intent on providing new and innovative ways to encourage children with learning disabilities to engage with and take part in local community activities."Our mission is to create educational and recreational opportunities for learning
disabled children and young people, opportunities that these youngsters should have as a natural part of their childhood and adolescence,"says Richard Hanlon, Lifeworks CEO. "Where stepping stones towards a self-sustainable future
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don't exist, Lifeworks endeavours to create them. Where the means to develop skills towards independence are unavailable, Lifeworks forges new pathways."

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