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Acqua-psychotherapy

  • Removed

  • This charity was removed from the register on 13 Jun 2018
  • Charity no. 100604
  • Date registered. 09/12/2014

Public benefits

Purpose 1 The public benefit which flows from this purpose includes a better quality of life and equal opportunities for people with disabilities. The benefit can be demonstrated by the documentation and testimonials from the participants experience in the water. The treatment is new and different but is becoming more well-known and well received.

The beneficiaries are the public. Purpose 2 The public benefit which flows from this purpose includes an increased chance to partake in this therapy even if they have a low financial income. Awareness is raised, through Acqua-psychotherapy, of the benefit of water therapy in the area of disabilities, rehabilitation, psychological disorders, learning disabilities and/or mental and emotional distress. This is demonstrated by the benefit of this therapy being actualised by the participants, when they finish a session, their confidence, social skills, happiness, physical health are all improved. The beneficiaries are the people from all the special needs, schools and learning disabilities centres across the UK. There is no harm or private benefit.

What your organisation does

We are a pioneering charity in NI, which delivers a unique therapeutic experience to people with learning /physical disabilities. We allow people to experience Scuba Diving and to learn First Aid Courses.There is no other similar service available to those who benefit from this service.We specialize in working with people with learning

difficulties, mental/physical disabilities.We have a Specialist Diving Instructor who is qualified in diving with people with disabilities (IAHD) and a Specialist Therapist both with substantial experience working in this area. This is an excellent combination of water, sport and therapy.The people we work with suffer from a range of mental health issues, physical disabilities and learning difficulties; schizophrenia,manic depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobias. Some have learning difficulties,Downs syndrome, autistic spectrum, ADHD, PTSDThey can advance their learning capacity and gain enough confidence to learn courses in Scuba, first aid and swimming.They have increased capacity to learn/interpret after a session. Acqua-psychotherapy will improve psychological well-being in the following areas: confidence, social skills, practical skills, the ability to interact, self esteem and communication skills. As each participant progresses, their self esteem increases dramatically and consequentially, their joy in life and pride within themselves develops. The therapist will talk with the support workers to decipher which pathology is present in each person and then with this knowledge work one to one with each participant and gauge which way to proceed with the therapy. It will be noted how much their confidence, social skills, energy, general well-being levels increase.For some people, even a small step is amazingly helpful to their whole life experience.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Who the charity helps

  • Learning disabilities
  • Mental health
  • Physical disabilities

How the charity works

  • Disability
  • Education/training
  • Sport/recreation

Charitable purposes

The Association is established for the relief of sickness and the preservation, protection and promotion of physical and mental health and weelbeing, the advancement of education and the promotion of the benefit of the inhabitants and in particular but not exclusively those inhabitants who are disabled with special needs or learning disabilities (hereinafter called the "beneficiaries") of Northern Ireland (hereinafter called the "area of benefit") without distinction of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion, by associating together the statutory authorities, medical and other public health bodies, community and voluntary organisations and the beneficiaries in a common effort to promote health and relieve suffering with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said beneficiaries and in particular: (a) to alleviate suffering and trauma and preserve and protect health by the provision of aqua psychotherapy treatments, facilities and other related services for the rehabilitation of those persons in need who are suffering with or affected by physical disability, psychological distress, learning disabilities and/or mental and emotional distress; (b) to relieve poverty ad financial hardship by the provision of free or subsidised aqua psychotherapy services, advice and assistance to persons who, through lack of means, would otherwise be unable to obtain such services and advice; (c) to raise awareness for the benefit of the public in the area of benefit about the methods of aqua psychotherapy and its benefits in the rehabilitation and/or management of physical disability, psychological disorders, learning disabilities and/or mental and emotional distress.

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