{"id":27221,"date":"2021-05-19T09:20:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T09:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tickettoridegroup.com\/?p=27221"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:11:07","slug":"surfing-is-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickettoridegroup.com\/blog\/surfing-is-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Waves for Change online webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our friends at Waves for Change are always pushing the benchmark with the amazing work they are doing helping improve the mental health of vulnerable youth across the African continent. If you need reminding of who they are watch Tim&#8217;s awesome Ted Talk:<\/p>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-tkqJmH0oEP0\" style=\"max-width:750px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" name sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/tkqJmH0oEP0?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;feature=emb_title&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As always they are aiming to reach as many vulnerable young people as possible, so this May 31st, join Waves for Change, Waves for Hope, Alto Peru and Edinburgh Napier University for a <strong>free online webinar<\/strong> exploring how surfing is being used to improve the mental health of vulnerable youth in South Africa, Trinidad and Peru.<\/p>\n<p>Registration is free via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/development-through-sport-how-what-and-why-tickets-153791469425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eventbrite link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Panel Guests include:<\/p>\n<p>Chris Dennis &#8211; 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