Surf Action asks you to vote today (Thur 25th November)
Thursday 25 November 2010 2:23 PM
Surf Action asks you to vote today (Thur 25th November) Help them help injured combat veterans please call 0871 6268133.
VOTE NOW CALL 0871 626 8133 to support Surf Action in ITV's Peoples Millions Big Lottery Fund help us win great funding. The phone vote is today Thursday 25th November, lines will be open between 9am until Midnight. Calls are 10p per call from a landline and you can vote up to ten times per line.
Surf Action are a Community Interest Company and non-profit organisation. Their core purpose is to focus on the well being and support of combat veterans and their families. They use surfing and the beach environment as a means to escape the daily barriers faced by those who have returned from conflict possibly suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or physical injuries.
Since there registration as a Community Interest Company in Sept 2009 they have held a number of successful events with veterans suffering from PTSD. Many have served in past conflicts such as Northern Ireland, Falklands and Iraq. They work very closely with the families and hold family surfing days that bring everyone people together and put smiles on faces.
Their most recent events have seen members of Hasler Company, (the rehabilitation unit of the Royal Marines , attached to HMS Drake based in Plymouth), and members of 1 Rifles based at Chepstow, come surfing with us at Polzeath and St Ives in Cornwall. They have taken members of 1 Royal Horse Artillery, 29 Commando, RNAS and the SAS surfing. All the events were hugely successful, and most surfed for the first time. These events have attracted coverage throughout the national press and global media.
Essentially they are not a surf school, they are a group of qualified surfing instructors who comprise of vocational teachers, former Royal Marines, British Army and sports coaches with a variety of skills who recognised the benefits of surfing and have the ability through experience to signpost people to organisations that could provide the therapy needed to look forward not back.
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