£100k a welcome funding boost for therapy charity

With one in five young people now having a diagnosable mental health challenge it is clear that they need charities like The Wave Project

- by GUARDIAN REPORTER

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

The funding, delivered over two years, will enable the charity 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 organisation, which provides surf therapy to children and young people facing mental health challenges, says the 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 added.