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Donations of any amount are always a great help to a small charity like SailadayOK.
We are 90% efficient,

Here's a few examples of how your donation can help:

  • £40 will pay the fuel bill and mooring fees for a 4 day/night session
  • £100 will pay for one person for a 4 day/night session 
  • £20 will buy by the food and provisions for the whole crew for a day.

Our Mission

                This is what defines Sailaday OK, what we do and hope to achieve .

  • The Sailaday Ok experience is an adventure/wilderness therapy at sea.
  • We work with those recovering from addictions, abuse and trauma.
  • The primary aim is for the participants to have a positive experience of themselves.
  • This experience gives them tools to help their completion of treatment and eventually re-integration into the community.
  • This is a therapeutic, healthy, physical, educational, self-esteem enhancing and enjoyable pursuit.

What We Do

Invite you to participate in.....

  • A  therapeutic  adventure sailing activity
  • For 3 to 5 days and nights at sea with a  qualified therapist and skipper
  • Sailing from Falmouth along the beautiful south coast of Cornwall
  • We work with about 50/60 persons a year.

 

Primary Aims and Outcomes

  • Participants  report feeling physically healthier and feel more able/  responsible for taking care of themselves physically
  • Participants report improved self esteem, improved self reliance, and increased sense of hope.
  • Participants  report benefits from the experience of team work and co-operation and a more
  •         positive attitude toward relationships
  • Participants in Sailaday OK are more likely to complete treatment
  • Sailaday OK will offer volunteering opportunities to people from the wider community;
  •         and will also provide mentoring to previous participants.

Volunteer Vacancies

We are currently looking for people who can help us in the following areas:

  • Boat Maintenance during the winter
  • Office Administration
  • Urgently wanting volunteers to build a team for 'Events'

      manning a stall to increase awareness and collect funds.

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SailadayOK - The Charity that Changes Lives
Introduction activities and conditions wilderness therapy aboard Physis
Essential Viewing
Monday, 25 July 2011 14:56

An introduction to some of the activities and varied conditions likely to be experienced on sailaday ok sessions.  This is only a short blog with a variety of sights and conditions, various weather and sailing conditions.  The outcomes are extremely positive. The primary aim is for the participants to have a positive experience of themselves. The experience gives them tools to help their completion of treatment and eventually re-integration into the community. The Sailaday Ok experience has proved extremely successful, it changes lives. Sailings are three to five days from Falmouth, Cornwall.

 

 
Introduction to your yacht Physis
Essential Viewing
Wednesday, 23 March 2011 14:39
Introduction to your recovery vehicle Physis the yacht. A look inside and short clips of participants from the charity Sailaday Ok.  Those recovering from addictions, abuse and trauma who have benefited from the experience.
 
ITV westcountry news
Essential Viewing
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 09:16

Sailing therapy

5.26PM   Wed Jun 9 2010

A Westcountry charity is using sailing to help vulnerable people rebuild their lives. Sailaday OK has a thirty three foot yacht, to help them recover from addictions, abuse and trauma.

By: Kathy Wilshere