Feel the freedom of the water
Start date: Jan 1, 2016,
End date: Dec 31, 2018
PROJECT
FINISHED
So, forget the restrictions of land and leave your disability behind and feel the freedom of the water. With expert support, specialist assistive equipment and guidance from our fully qualified instructors you can take to the water and learn to kayak, canoe, wakeboard, SUP, you can perform recreational games by the water and you can train on outdoor fitness near the water, whatever your disability.With a project Feel the freedom of the water the project partners would like to establish a sport of disabled people as an opportunity for all. As in all partner countries water sports are very well represented, we have a project challenge that all the water sports facilities will be adapted for the disabled, thereby we follow the objective to promote social inclusion and equal opportunities. The main project objective is to provide recreational and sports activities for people with disabilities to improve their physical activity and reduce the possibility of subsequent chronic disease. With the activities we will increase the physical activity of people with disabilities and we will specifically focus on the most numerous group - older people with disabilities, who are most at risk. With the project we will increased participation in sport and allow access to sport for all, because sport should not be the exclusive right of set social groups, but an opportunity for all to get through movement, or thinking develop activities according to their abilities. Sport must represent space of social inclusion, equality and development of every member of society, however, he wants to deal with a world-class sport or physical recreation. Inclusion of Athletes with disabilities in society helps to overcome prejudices and fears of the population, mainly due to ignorance life of persons with disabilities due to their social isolation, which applies both to children as well as adults.
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