£100,000 boost for surf therapy charity

A CORNISH surf therapy charity has been awarded £100,000 by Comic Relief to support its award-winning programmes for children and young people.

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The funding, delivered over two years, will enable The Wave Project to continue its life-changing work across 17 sites in the UK - covering the whole of the South West and as far as Northern Ireland and Scotland.

The Newquay-based charity, which provides surf therapy to children and young people facing mental health challenges, says this cash injection will help cover some of its “core costs”, including staff and volunteer training, programme delivery and safeguarding.

As mental health challenges among children and young people continue to rise, and access to support remains limited, the award comes as a “vital lifeline for some of the UK's most vulnerable young people”, it adds.