What is Surf Therapy?

About this episode

Bill O'Donnell discusses the impact of surf therapy on children and young adults with various challenges.

Listen to this episode where I chat to Bill O'Donnell who volunteers with the Wave Project in Northern Ireland. Bill has volunteered with the organisation for 5 years, and he explains the background to the project, and how surfing has helped, and still is helping, countless children and young adults with mental health issues, physical disabilities and learning difficulties.

People in this episode

Host: Sam Purdon

Guest: Bill O'Donnell

Topics covered

• surf therapy
• mental health
• physical disabilities
• learning difficulties
• volunteering
• youth support

Keywords

• surf therapy
• mental health
• Wave Project
• volunteering
• Northern Ireland
• children
• young adults

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wave Project

Places: Northern Ireland

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