Sailing Into Wellness

Sailing into Wellness have just set dates for our next ‘Youth Voyage’!
October Mid-Term: Monday 28th-Thursday 31st

Due to the success of prior ‘Youth Voyages’, we want to offer this unique opportunity to all 15-18yr olds.
*Don’t let cost be a barrier, we have a bursary available to those who may need some financial help to join us on board.

What is the Youth Voyage?
4 days/3 nights sailing aboard the historic wooden sailing vessel - ‘A.K. Ilen’

Who Can Come?
Any teenager aged 15-18 yrs, that is interested and keen to try something new. ALL ARE WECOME! The youth voyages always attract a mixture of people from different backgrounds, counties, countries, interests, and life experiences.

What do we do on the Trip?
•Sail, sleep, eat, live, and adventure together
•Work as a team to get the ship moving and to plan the expedition
•Learn life skills in an exciting environment: communication, decision making, overcoming fears, and more

Sign Up by emailing [email protected] or Get In Touch if you have any questions. Closing date for applications is 20th October, 2024.

Some amazing snaps from an unforgettable week with the group from with winds behind us, sunshine and a great crew. The stories from this voyage will last a lifetime.

Sail training Ireland voyage is under way, a busy day on the water it’s great that all the crew are well up for the task, leaving cross heaven this morning, making our way down the coast to dungarvan. With strong winds, we were happy to have them behind us, allowing us all time to learn knots and get the know charts and how to know our bearing. Whats a great team, now for dinner and card games.

New horizons going perfectly! With some amazing conditions and great crew from .tc the voyage is in it second day. Sailing towards lambay island for the night the crew looked good. No filter for these amazing photos

We are coming back to Caringford lough this July! We love our inclusive sailing program. If you know anybody interested, do get in contact with [email protected]

Our team and have joined up to enjoy a five day voyage on the beautiful Ilen. With the square sail up, they departed from Galway bay yesterday to head out to sea and begin the adventure

We will host our first table quiz this Thursday 30th! Please come and Please spread the word to all in the area! We are so excited to share our love of trivia, meet the community and spread the word of what we do:) Thanks to the generous local businesses for vouchers; seagull bakery, strand inn, azurro and the stable yard food hall:)

The Atlantic Program - Pilot

Complete ✅ and what a success .... 🙌

We are going home with deep gratitude for such an amazing program and an inspiring group of participants 🙏

This week we did:

•4 days & 3 nights aboard the ilen ship
•explored clew bay and surrounding islands
•experientail and adventure therapy while aboard
•practiced: goal setting, mindfulness, reflections, solo work, team work, acts of kindness and self check ins
•AA/NA fellowship meeting

Then....

•2 days of residential group therapy on Achill Island
•Compassion Focused Therapy
•Grounding exercises
•Open process group facilitated by 2 outside addiction recovery therapists and our own SIW psychotherapist

What is this new program at Sailing into Wellness? 🤔

The Atlantic Program is a new initiative where we take our experiential therapeutic sailing model, and add extended space for traditional talk therapy and group therapy alongside.
The idea is to create a space post sailing where people can journey deeper and focus on intentional therapeutic work after their lived experience on board.

Feedback from participants:
"My head has never been this quiet"

"I found a part of myself that I got to reconnect with... I want to get to know that part better"

"There were challenges on the boat, but that's like life. You can't stop them coming, but it's how you react"

"This was better than any treatment centre, psychiatric ward or drug"

Thank you to our friends for helping us to run this pilot and taking part.

Now time to rest 🙏

After the success of last year's youth voyages - Sailing into Wellness is putting on another 🙌

These voyages are a bit different to our usual work, where we mostly partner with community groups. This opportunity is to reach out to the general public and give people a chance to experience our programs on an individual basis.

Email us to enquire, we can follow up with a call to answer any questions.

Start location: Cork Harbour
Finish location: Dublin

📍Kinsale, Cork

📍Howth, Dublin

📍Killaloe, Lough Derg

Busy this week with different programs running across the country!

A few groups are finishing up their 4 week ' Foundation Programs' .... A few groups starting our 2 year ' New Horizons' programs... and a few consistent groups tipping away with their continual engagement.

This week Sailing into Wellness worked with people from addiction recovery, homeless, mental health and intellectual disability backgrounds. Meeting them in a variety of settings across a variety of programs and time frames.

👍Thanks to our hosting sites;




🙏Thank you to our funders




And private donors

🙌Thank you to our partner groups



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🤟Thank you to our hard working team at home and on the road ❤️

We are on our second week of a month long program here on Lough Derg working with our groups from Limerick & Clare.

This is our third year being hosted by and this is one of our favourite sites to operate from. We are grateful for this location as we witness participants experience the benefits of getting out of the city and onto the lake. Peace, nature, connection.

We have returning groups:
1) Bedford Row- families affected by imprisonment
2) HSE Rehab - post psychiatric care
3) Foroige - youth at risk
4) CAMHS - adolescent mental health service

Each group is doing our 'Foundation Program'. They come in one day a week for 4 consecutive weeks. The program is experiential and based on a trauma informed & strengths based approach.

Participants are met wherever they are at in their journey. The day is tailored to meet their needs and goals. People are invited to reflect on areas of success and challenge and transfer learnings from the water back to their everyday lives.

Some feedback so far:

"I can believe how relaxed I felt today"

"I cant wait to tell my kids that I actually did it!"

" I was super anxious before coming in. Nervous of the whole lot; new people, not thinking I'd be able to do it, fear of the water... But I actually really enjoy it"

"I haven't felt this clear in my head in years"

We like to take a moment and thank everyone who helped run our three youth programs recently. We have been working with and west view. It’s is all made possible by the it’s was great to have David Browne and Eimear Cussen down from the port of cork to have a look at the programs we run. The funding from the port of cork allows young adults to explore alternative learning environments with us, where other learning platforms may have no been successful in the past. For other it may be something to look forward to every week and to have time each week to be social. These programs mean so much to this young people and we can’t thanks the port of cork enough for this.

Thanks you also to the .ie and the for sharing the new of this amazing programme

Today marks the first day of our new horizons program. This program is over the course of two years and allows us to connect more with our participants. We are super excited about it! More information to follow 🥳

Join our team!

We are looking for someone to help out with our background administrative jobs.

Role includes:
•Emails
•Social Media
•Canva
•Liase with the team
•Assisting with logistics and program organization
•Salesforce/gathering participant data

Part time role. Flexible (except certain busy periods). A good portion of the work can be 'remote work'.

Email your cv to [email protected]

Sometimes the winds are against you and the tides too, but you just have to keep going a ask for a helping hand! This was proven yesterday by Life Centre Cork with a strong a cold north pushing against them, they pushed on and made it home.. with good tack and great angles, they made it as a team! Great to see some these young adults working hard and pushing through hard times

Last week we attended the .ie awards. Sailing into wellness was nominated for the most impactful company. We were delighted to be nominated, to stand on stage with like mind organisations who care as much as we do about helping people through the outdoors. Very proud to stand amongst greats! And of course, huge congratulations to and .therapy who won! Well deserved, they do amazing work, if you don’t know who they are check them out! We left the awards feeling very inspired by the most outstanding outdoor achievement done in the last year! A common theme that come up a lot during the awards was the benefits that everyone gets from being outdoors and how many different ways there are to enjoy the outdoors. Thanks a million for the event gathering such amazing people!

The first Youth Voyage of 2024 is here!

After the success of last years' voyages, this unique offering is back.

Come sail on Ireland's historic wooden sailing vessel the 'Ilen'. Explore the coast of Cork and surrounding seas.

Kinsale start and finish location.

Cost is fully inclusive of:
•5 days food & board.
•Sailing waterproofs and lifejackets provided.
•Practical & Theoretical learning of sailing, navigation, weather and tides.
•Facilitated oppertunities for personal and social development.

Voyage delivered by Sailing into Wellness's professional staff who work to tailor the experince to each individuals needs and goals.

Second week of Easter Holidays, who's interested?

Open to adolescents aged 15 - 18 years

All levels of experince welcome

Email [email protected] to enquire or sign up!

Join us (for free!) tonight for our last online webinar on Outdoor Therapy
This event has been organized by the Outdoor Therapeutic Activity Providers Network in Ireland.
We have held 5 online talks to further inform Irish programs from an international and a research perspective.
Come hear what Lia has to say 🙂
Sign up on Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.ie/.../online-workshop-series...

Surf2Heal GtownActive Connections CLGVenture OutNew Wave Adventure Therapy Wild ProjectLiquid Therapy Comeragh Wilderness Academy RISE project Gorey

Anyone interested in outdoor based therapies can join these online talks for free ! Sign up now 🙌 only 3 talks left

All welcome to join us online to learn more about Outdoor Based Therapeutic Activity 🙌

Participants, care workers, students, instructors, families.... all welcome to join!

Sailing into Wellness is collaborating with other organisations around Ireland that work outdoors with a therapeutic intent - OATP: OUTDOOR THERAPUTIC ACTIVITY PROVIDERS 🌊

We are putting on a series of online talks from people working in this area internationally and people doing research in this area.

Come be inspired! 🙌 tickets are free but book your spot before Wednesday to join 👍

Book your spot on eventbrite:
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https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/online-workshop-series-irish-outdoor-therapeutic-activity-providers-network-tickets-726641854347?aff=oddtdtcreator

*update: for inquiries on this youth voyage, please email [email protected]

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Thank you 🙏