Wheel Chair Races And Walking In Flippers
Thursday we had a surprise lecture down at Living Well Church. When we got there we were greeted by Jen Wolf who informed us our lecture was on disability awareness. This started with trying on safety glasses that had been blanked out or changed to give the different effect of blindness and eye conditions. The tunnel vision one was the hardest one to use, the set of glasses I had were blanked out one side and very misted out on the other. Then we were set tasks of writing, drawing, walking in flippers and a wheel chair route. Whilst this was serious, understanding how people with disabilities...
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Calvert Trust was a valuable and awesome experience for all of us. We recently went to visit and help out at a place called Calvert Trust which is on Exmoor. Calvert Trust runs Adventurous activity holidays for disabled people, families, friends and carers (follow the website link below for more details if you are interested!). http://www.calvert-trust.org.uk/ The weekend trip we went on was organised by a great friend of SWEAT called Jen Woolf and she asked us if we could volunteer on the trip. The trip gave us the opportunity to spend some time with young people with disabilities. Everyone...
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South West Equipping and Training (SWEAT) is a Christian run leadership training school based in Plymouth. With a focus on character development we offer a one year accredited course for people over 18 who want to further develop their leadership skills. Our heart is to bring people to the South West to train and for them to return to their places of work, churches and families as strong leaders with solid characters.