Breakaway Adults
Our Breakaway camps provide fun-filled respite camps where adults with physical disabilities can relax and enjoy a 7 day break, while care is provided for all their disability-related needs.
People with disabilities often suffer from isolation and loneliness and our camps result in an increase in their self-esteem and confidence, which extends well beyond the end of the camp.
KEY OBJECTIVES:
- To give the camper a chance to mix with other people in a similar situation. This is important, particularly to those campers who live with their parents / spouses and have little contact with other people with disabilities
- To provide a range of activities that are new, challenging and exciting ie. sailing, motorbike rides
- To allow those campers who live in institutions to have a break from this type of environment
- Allow the parents / carers / spouses to have a break themselves. Caring for a person with a disability is a very demanding and difficult job. Often their carers are burnt-out. A break for the carers is very important
- To create opportunities for volunteers to make a meaningful contribution to their community
ACTIVITIES:
We aim to offer campers a wide variety of activities, some of which are not normally accessible to those with disabilities. These include a disco, sailing, motorbike rides, a dinner dance, putt putt golf and a talent concert.
We currently hold 3 Breakaway camps each year. Our volunteers dedicate more than 3000 hours at each of these camps.
