Communities Mental Health &
Wellbeing Programme
Since 2022, the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund have supported a programme of sessions which encourage people who may not otherwise have participated in seasports to get afloat. The sessions have run as a partnership between Kintyre Seasports, Kintyre Canoe Club.
This programme makes seasports very accessible, and with the support of instructors and volunteers almost anyone who would like to can take part in some way. People of different genders, ages and abilities can take part together in an encouraging and non-competitive environment.
The programme has a strong track record of improving health and wellbeing and connecting people to community groups. In every feedback we have had, either formally or informally, the vast majority of participants have identified as being from one or more of the target groups.