Inclusive Sailing & Training. Protecting your Rights, Promoting your Interests © RYA Sailability 20132 Encourage opportunity – realistic approach Look

Inclusive Sailing & Training

Protecting your Rights, Promoting your Interests

© RYA Sailability 2013 2

• Encourage opportunity – realistic approach

• Look at a successful case study

• Disability awareness and equality training can help you become more inclusive

• How to access new DAT training

• Experience some of the training activities

• Basic resources


Why awareness training



Disability Awareness

Expansion of a successful scheme

• What’s new?– Club course – Instructor course– Assessors



How to access training:

Authorised Disability awareness training centres

RYA organised courses

How to become an authorised DAT centre & instructor

Guidance booklet© RYA Sailability 2013 5



PEOPLEWe all deal with people!


What is knowledge without the ability to communicate?


% the words that we use% how you say it – the tone of your voice, the emphasis you put on different words, the volume and pace at which you speak.% your body language – your facial expression, the quality of your eye contact and your body posture



Think about resources

• Accessibility – a realistic approach



Simple solutions



Improvise





Teaching methods be creative



Lock jaw mechanism. The rope has to be pulled up to release.

Hook for bosun’s chair



Equality Act

• Video features

• Contact for further questions

• Why an equality policy




• RYA Sailability Website: www.rya.org.uk/sailability• Information & guidance on all aspects of Sailability.• Club Guidance: http://www.rya.org.uk/programmes/ryasailability/bestpractice/Pages/ClubGuidance.aspx• Information on almost every aspect which a sailing club might need to know about with regards to having disabled sailors

and members at their club.• Equipment & Services Directory: http://www.sailability.co.uk/• Directory containing information about equipment for disabled sailing.• Main Events Schedule: http://www.rya.org.uk/programmes/ryasailability/Pages/MainEvents.aspx• Events listing of RYA Sailability and Sailability club and class association events• Where to Go Sailing: http://www.rya.org.uk/wheresmynearest/Pages/WheresMyNearest.aspx• Find your nearest Sailability group with this postcode search function.• RYA Sailability Charity Website: http://www.rya.org.uk/programmes/ryasailability/rya-sailability-charity/Pages/default.aspx• Information & news for Sailing clubs, donors and sponsors on grant applications, donation methods and what the charity

does.• RYA Funding Advice: http://www.rya.org.uk/infoadvice/clubsclass/development/Pages/Funding.aspx• Are you looking for funding for your club to purchase equipment, pay for training or improve your facilities? If so we have

listed some of the funds that you may be able to access.• Sailability TV: http://www.ryasailability.tv/• Online streaming site showing videos about disabled sailing• RYA Sailability on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RYASailability• Social networking for all Sailability supporters, sailing clubs, sailors, sponsors. Share news and photos and publicise your

events.• RYA Sailability on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RYASailability• Social networking news feed for all Sailability supporters


http://www.rya.org.uk/sailability

http://www.rya.org.uk/programmes/ryasailability/bestpractice/Pages/ClubGuidance.aspx

http://www.sailability.co.uk/

http://www.rya.org.uk/programmes/ryasailability/Pages/MainEvents.aspx

http://www.rya.org.uk/wheresmynearest/Pages/WheresMyNearest.aspx

http://www.rya.org.uk/programmes/ryasailability/rya-sailability-charity/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.rya.org.uk/clubs/support/facilities/Pages/Funding.aspx

http://www.ryasailability.tv/

https://www.facebook.com/RYASailability

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Inclusive Sailing & Training. Protecting your Rights, Promoting your Interests © RYA Sailability 20132 Encourage opportunity – realistic approach Look