Friday 14 December 2018

Breaking the Barrier evaluation published

I am really excited that the Breaking the Barrier evaluation was published this week.

Breaking the Barrier (BtB) is a Lifeworks programme. The aim of BtB is to provide opportunities for children and young people with learning disabilities – and, crucially, their families and carers – to participate in adventure sports. 

BtB 2018 consisted of three events: surfing at Saunton, cycling at Torbay Velopark and surfing at Bigbury-on-Sea. Across the three events, BtB 2018 provided adventure sport opportunities for 139 young people, 37 siblings and 30 parents, a total of 206 experiences.

The key objectives of the BtB 2018 evaluation were – employing quantitative survey data, qualitative interview data and a draft report review workshop with the BtB team – to understand the extent to which BtB 2018 achieved its objectives and the role of the partners in that. Lifeworks will use material from the evaluation in its work on programme development.



The key findings of the evaluation are that the BtB programme achieves its objectives to a very high degree. Two key reasons are identified: the BtB team and its partner organisations create a safe, comfortable and inclusive space that facilitates participation, and the event explicitly caters for young people with learning disabilities and their families. Recommendations for learning and development are also made in the report.

You can read the evaluation report here (just scroll down a bit).

I am very grateful to all the parents who participated in the evaluation and to Sarah-Jane Lowson and Tracey Hubbard at Lifeworks for fantastic support and input.

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