Samples of testimonials from Agencies, Benficiaries, and Volunteers.

Examples of testimonials from different groups; read more

in each section

Beneficery 2012. “What the Sailaday Experience achieved for me in 4 days, 4 years of psychologists and psychiatrists failed to achieve" AC 2012

Agency Care Team. “The participants of sailaday ok are most likely to complete treatment.”

Quote from a Plymouth Residential. “Childhood abuse and neglect can induce a wide range of debilitating symptoms that can result in multiple and complex problems, impacting on all areas of life. The Sailaday OK session/s play an important role in the healing process and integrates well into our treatment plan.  It gives a very concrete experience to draw on and from which to recognise resilience, existing strengths and the ability to make positive changes in their lives.”

Volunteer.

 “When I contacted Sailaday I was up front about my motivations for volunteering and explained what I wanted to achieve. After so many rejections I wasn’t expecting to be welcomed aboard so warmly. And not just in the metaphorical sense, I’d also have a chance to get out on the boat and go sailing which was a bonus.

THE CHARITY SAILADAY OK

Manages a unique programme which meets the needs of their particpants.

In brief (quotes taken from Residential and Care Managers reports.)

Participants....

• develop and increase resilience and a sense of WellBeing.
• develop negotiation skills and an increase in self awareness.
• develop a positive and practical experience of interdependency
• come to understand the need for teamwork and co-operation with one another
• always return with a sense of achievement
• get a feeling of hope
• experiencing being part of a team and learn to resolve issues, and manage conflict
• have transformative experiences which enhances their development of  the spiritual aspects of their recovery
• are allowed to simply “be”.
• describe having transpersonal experiences
• learnt new skills
• get a very concrete experience to draw on and from which to recognise resilience, existing strengths and the ability to make positive changes in their lives
• report having had a positive experience of themselves, increased confidence, self-awareness, improved communication skills, and a lot of gratitude, and having had a lot of fun.
• have a greatly increased sense of their own potential to have a productive and useful life when they leave residential treatment
• who have this unique experience dramatically increases their chances of remaining drug/alcohol free.
• Each sessions’ limited numbers encourage openness, and enhances the above changes due to being in smaller more intimate and sometimes challenging groups.
• This is a unique and excellent therapeutic intervention given the short and intense time period of the sessions the achievements and outcomes reported are remarkable.