Play&Surf

Play and Surf

We develop programs to educate people with or without disabilities while they learn how to ride the waves.

PROGRAM TO EDUCATE THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF SURF.
THIS PROGRAM UNITES:

Sport
Education
Social inclusion
Comradeship
Cooperation
Respect
Knowledge of the environment

In short, is a School of Life.

Play&Surf uses surf and paddle surf as tools to improve social relationships, physical conditions and autonomy of youngsters with disabilities. We do so with camps and events where youngsters with impairments have to learn how to get by both in sports practice and social matters.

Why surfing?

It is a contemporary sport, very popular among young people
It is highly-regarded in society
It requires constant physical activity
It allows the development of social skills with other people, with or without disability
As a sliding sport, it provides benefits linked to balance and the control of one’s body while in motion.

Goals

Making youngsters aware of their capacities, so that they can be protagonists of their own future.
Providing impaired children and youngsters with the necessary tools to create health habits, both when it comes to nutrition and to psychology.
Practicing sport as a group, alongside with other young people with different sorts of disabilities or with no disability, which helps our participants to know themselves better.
Contributing to the social inclusion of children and youngsters through their participation in events and sports camps.

Camps

Our camps have an educational side. For this reason, we aim to stimulate a kind of learning that favors the knowledge of other areas, such as emotions and affections or social skills. We also aspire to strengthen the participants bond with nature, which is why we visit several places on our shore.

The atmosphere created in these camps fosters learning: we encourage reflection, self-criticism and self-awareness, as well as environmental conscience.

With these camps, we fulfill three basic aims:

Education through the practice of sports
Social inclusion
Respect for the environment

Who can attend?
Children, youngsters and adults with or without a disability.

Where?
Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.

WORKSHOPS AND SHORT STAYS

This program has a format of one-day workshops or weekend stays and takes place during spring, summer and autumn.

Participants: children, youngsters and adults with disabilities.

This program is characterized by its inclusiveness and for involving families.

Club

This two-day program takes place once a month, during a weekend. We carry it out in spring, summer and autumn.