1. Press Release
11/03/11
Catch a Wave®UK cic … Surfing waves of success!
Catch a Wave®UK cic have been shortlisted as one of the top 3 Businesses in the
Business category of Flybe.com Cornwall Travel Bursary Award. The prize available is
£2000 in UK flights to support Business requirements, and £500 in cash.
Catch a Wave®UK cic (see: www.catchawaveuk.com), is the first Watersports and
Complementary Therapies Social Enterprise in the UK; a not for profit organisation, based
in South West Cornwall. One of their main aims is to encourage more people to use
Watersports, Outdoor Activities, and Complementary Therapies as a way of improving their
Health and WellBeing, and to have as much fun as possible along the way, particularly
those who wouldn't normally get the opportunity to do so.
Anne Harrington FRSA, Managing Director of Catch a Wave®UK cic says:
"... We are really excited to have been selected as one of the three top finalists in the
Flybe.com Cornwall Travel Bursary Award! We have been supported by so many brilliant
organisations and individuals in the community already in setting up Catch a Wave ®UK
cic, and to win this Award would be absolutely fantastic. Voting for us will mean we will be
able to attend Events/Meetings/Training courses upcountry, and provide some much
needed finance to help us to raise even more awareness of Social Enterprise, and
Watersports and Complementary Therapies as a way of improving Health and WellBeing
locally and throughout the UK ...".
Western Morning News Editor and Flybe Cornwall Travel Bursary judging panel member,
Alan Qualtrough, said: “ … The quality of nominations was very high so congratulations to
those who have made it to the shortlist ...”.
To vote:
You can Text WMN FLYBE 1009 & your name & postcode to 65100/call 0901 010 0419
(Voting closes today Sun Mar 19th 11.59pm) For Cost see Western Morning News

2. Catch a Wave UK … Carving a way forwa rd for Health and WellBeing!
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Contact:
Anne Harrington FRSA, Managing Director
W: www.catchawaveuk.com
E: info@catchawaveuk.com
M: 07778598955
Twitter @Catchawaveuk
Facebook http://bit.ly/catchawaveuk
LinkedIn Anne Harrington FRSA
Catch a Wave UK C.I.C., Penwith Centre
Parade Street, Penzance
Cornwall, UK, TR18 4BU
Company registration number: 7266581
Notes for Editors
Catch a Wave®UK cic has been established as a Social Enterprise, Community Interest
Company, as the Directors see there is a need for a not for profit organisation in Water
Sports and Complementary Therapies in the area. Any profits made are poured back into
the Community and Environment, and into the successful running of the enterprise. Catch
a Wave®UK cic also aims to be as sustainableas possible, and is a member of Coast, is a
Marine Champion with Nea2 and has linked with Finding Sanctuary; Marine Environmental
projects, working to protect coastal environments.
At Catch a Wave®UK cic a complementary approach to Health Care is offered, a non-drug
treatment working on many different health conditions. The aim is to inspire people to
benefit from the healing and positive qualities of our lovely beaches, the sea and nature.
Water Sports and Outdoor activities are taught in a professional, fun and safe way to those
who may not otherwise be able to partake in, or be open to this form of exercise.
Complementary Therapies and support are available to Clients, enabling an integrative
approach, individual to each person. Surfariz are also available, which offer a holistic
holiday package of Water Sports and Outdoor activities, Complementary Therapies and
suggestions for local good quality accommodation.

3. Riding the waves to combat health problems
The Cornishman Newspaper 06 / 0 5 / 2 0 10 ( abridged )
Gwithian Surfing Academy - Surf lessons in West Cornwall with Watersports Social
Enterp rise Catch a Wave®UK cic, for Health and WellBeing. Back row, left to r ight:
Dan Morse (Instructor), Lisa & Del Hackett, Diana George, Maria Kennedy-Head, Anne
Har rington( Catch a Wave®UK cic), Kit Sugden (Catch a Wave®UK cic). Front row, left to
r ight: Finlay, Sky, Jair and Emma. 1004CIOSP08003SURFAPY
The calming motions of riding waves are being harnessed by a Penwith woman for use in
dealing with a range of health problems. After catching her first breaker, Anne Harrington
thought the elation it evoked could be used to extend the scope of her complementary
therapies. With ten years of experience in Reiki and Counselling, and training in
Homeopathy, she saw in Surfing the opportunity to fuse together her different skills around
a central, boundary-breaking activity to aid her clients. Working with local Surf Schools,
she set up Catch a Wave UK as a Social Enterprise, incorporating her love of wave-riding
with practical healing skills in a new way of treating people's problems.
She said: "For me, from my own experience, surfing has helped with my arthritis; it was
bad at one point and my body was stiff with stress. Going surfing was fantastic, it loosened
me up.” The group recently held their first session at Gwithian Towans where they held a
Tai Chi session before hitting the water.
For more information on Catch a Wave® UK cic visit:
http://bit.ly/catchawaveuk
http://hurleybookss.blogspot.com/2010/07/surfing-and-world-cup.html
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/news/watersports-therapies-boost-health-wellbeing/article-
2728140-detail/article.html
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/news/New-wavebusiness-therapy/article-3009015-
detail/article.html
www.muchbetteradventures.com/who-new-on-muchbetteradventures.com