Awareness Training 

RYA Sailability's Awareness training programme is to a national recognised standard. It is designed to change attitudes and awareness throughout the sailing community.

Attitudes to the inclusion of disabled people in sport are forever changing, but the biggest barrier of all is still the concerns that non-disabled people have. The barriers that these concerns create are often born of ignorance and apprehension, but most significantly from a lack of awareness.

This one day course provides the opportunity to give helpers practical advice and understanding of what is involved in working alongside disabled sailors.

It provides the ideal opportunity to learn and ask questions in a safe environment before being pitched in at the deep end. By alleviating fear of disability and imparting knowledge, the course aims to encourage helpers to become involved and to enjoy their involvement to the full. Importantly, training also improves the quality of that very first experience for both sailor and helper alike.  

DISABILITY AWARENESS TRAINING - FOR CLUB VOLUNTEERS
Course Syllabus

Course aims

  • Rationalise and alleviate fear of working with people with disabilities
  • Train students to facilitate activities for people with disabilities
  • Provide practical advice & knowledge of working alongside disabled people 

Course objectives - To be aware of and able to demonstrate knowledge of:

  • The needs of disabled children and adults
  • Improve essential communication skills
  • The use of current terminology used to explain disability
  • Understanding of disability and its challenges in the sporting environment  
 Disability Awareness Club Training Courses for Volunteers
 Date Venue Region  Contact Details & Application Form 
7th October 2015  Milford Haven Sea Cadets West Wales 

Hester Walker

hester.walker@ryacymruwales.org.uk

 

9th October 2015  Lancashire Outdoor Act. Centre  North West 

David Watkinson

01257484220

dave.watkinson@andertoncentre.co.uk 

10th October 2015  Hillingdon Outdoor Education Centre   Thames Valley  

Sally Jones

01895 824171

sally@hoac.net

17th October 2015  Lochore Meadows  Scotland 

Liza Linton 

07770604234

Liza.Linton@ryascotland.org.uk

 

11th November 2015  Plymouth & Devon Schools Sailing Ass. South West 

Leon Ward

07917 193742

leon.ward@rya.org.uk 

26th February 2016  Sail Boat Project FULL  South 

Leon Ward

07917 193742

leon.ward@rya.org.uk 

29th February 2016  Walsall Outdoor Pursuits Midlands 

Connie Lebrun

connie.lebrun@rya.org.uk 

6th March 2016   The Ahoy Centre South East  

Tony Mason

E:Tony@ahoy.org.uk

8th March 2016   Whitlingham OEC  East 

Online booking through club:

https://whitlingham.cinolla.com/whitlingham/courses/rya-disability-awareness-training

12th March 2016

Tees & Hartlepool YC

CANCELLED

North 

Micky Early
07743462763

micky.early@hartlepool.gov.uk

12th March 2016  Burghfield Sailability Thames Valley

Ian Smith
info@burghfieldsailability.org.uk

 

12th March 2016 

Stanborough Lakes

CANCELLED

East

Connie Lebrun

connie.lebrun@rya.org.uk

17th March 2016   Queen Mary SC Thames Valley

Leon Ward

07917 193742

leon.ward@rya.org.uk

 

23rd March 2016 

Cardiff Bay Yacht Club 

CANCELLED

South Wales 

Sam Healy samantha.healy@ryacymruwales.org.uk

  

9th April 2016  Hillingdon Outdoor Activities Centre  South East 

Sally Jones
sally@hoac.net 

TBC  TBC North Wales

Rosie Hearn

Rosie.Hearn@ryacymruwales.org.uk

 TBC Sussex Sailability  South East 

Leon Ward

07917 193742

leon.ward@rya.org.uk

 

30th April 2016  Burghfield Sailability Thames Valley

Ian Smith

info@burghfieldsailability.org.uk

2nd October 2016  The Ahoy Centre South East  

Tony Mason

Tony@ahoy.org.uk

8th October 2016  Hillingdon Outdoor Activities Centre   South East 

Sally Jones

sally@hoac.net

CLUBS & INSTRUCTORS OFFER DISABILITY AWARENESS TRAINING

Does your club want to become an authorised RYA Sailability Disability Awareness Training Centre?
See the download to the right of this page to find out more on how your club can run the course described above.

Current Sailability Disability Authorised Training Centres
Offering Sailabiltiy Disability Awareness Course:
All-Aboard Watersports  0117 9290801 

www.allaboardwatersports.co.uk

 

South 
Belfast Lough Sailability  07599689280  belfastloughsailability@gmail.com  Northern Ireland 
Blackwell Sailing 01539 445333

blackwellsailing@yahoo.co.uk

 

North West
Bolton Sailing Club  01204 811204 

www.sail.org.uk

 

North 
Burghfield Sailing Club 01189 303 604 www.burghfieldsailability.org.uk Thames Valley
Castle Semple Centre 01505 842882 www.clydemuirshiel.co.uk  Scotland
Carsington Sailability  01629 540609  www.carsingtonsailingclub.co.uk/sailability  East Midlands 
Chesil Sailability  07543 656390  www.chesilsailability.org.uk   
Cowes Sailability 07850 090244  www.cowessailability.btck.co.uk  South
Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre 0151 966 6868  lakesideactivities@sefton.gov.uk  North West
East Anglian Sailing Trust 0333 088 3278  www.e-a-s-t.org.uk East
Fife Sailability  01592 583388 

fife.sailability@gmail.com

 

Scotland 
Frensham Pond Sailability  01428 684653 www.frenshampondsailability.org.uk  South East 
Green Withens Watersports YC 01484 425524 www.greenwithens.org.uk West Yorkshire 
Hebe Haven Sailability Trust  00 852 2719 9682 hhyc@hhyc.org.hk   
Hillingdon Outdoor Education Centre 0189 5824171 www.hoac.net Thames Valley
Horizons (Plymouth)  01752 605800  www.horizonsplymouth.org  South West 
New Forest & District Sailability 01425 483692  www.newforestsailability.co.uk   
Northampton Sailability  07710 262102  www.northamptonsailability.org.uk  East Midlands 
Otley Sailing Club 01943 850391 www.otley-sailingclub.co.uk  Yorkshire
Rudyard Sailability 01782 551956   www.rudyardsailability.org.uk West Midlands 
Rutland Sailability  01780 720292  www.rutland-sailability.org  East Midlands
The Ahoy Centre  0208 86917502  www.ahoy.org.uk  London
Waveney Sailability 01502 475228

www.waveneysailability.org.uk

 East
Whitefriars Sailing Club 07951 468 934 www.whitefriarssc.org/ South West

Interested in being a Sailability Disability Awareness Instructor?
Ensure you have received the Disability Awareness Training described above at one of our authorised centres then download the application form and guidelines to the right.  

Disability Awareness Instructor Training Course
Date Venue  Contact Details
9th January 2016

Bolton Sailing Club

E:sailability@rya.org.uk

T: 023 8060 4247

6th February 2016  Edgebaston Watersports 

E:sailability@rya.org.uk

T: 023 8060 4247 

3rd March 2016  Walsall Outdoor Pursuits 

E: connie.lebrun@rya.org.uk

T: 023 80604247 

11th March 2016  Nancy Oldfield Trust

E:connie.lebrun@rya.org.uk

T: 023 8060 4247

19th March 2016 

Tees & Hartlepool Yacht Club 

POSTPONED

E:sailability@rya.org.uk

T: 023 8060 4247 

2nd April 2016  Oxford Sailing Club   E:sailability@rya.org.uk T: 023 8060 4247 

Cost of Instructor Course:
£100     -     RYA members
£130     -     Non members 

Please send a cheque payment with your application form made payable to RYA. You can download the applciation form using the link to the right of the page.

Duration One day
0900 – 1700 hours  

All course materials, refreshments and lunch are included  
To apply please complete the instructor application form

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Article Published: May 19, 2009 12:03

Article Updated: March 16, 2016 9:57

 

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