The Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team is today hosting a day of outdoor events and activies for children from the Caerphilly Children's Center. 9 children with a range of mobility and learning difficulties and their parents are going to be learning how Mountain Rescue works and taking part in a series of activities which will take them through the range of things that Mountain Rescue do from working on a rockface to first aid and working with radios.
The Caerphilly Children's Center is a charity run by Action for Children in Energlyn, Caerphilly and in partnership with Gwent NHS trust, Caerphilly Borough Council and the parents of the children that make use of some of the services offered at the center. The center provides a wide range of services for children and their parents from 0 to 18 years with disabilities or special or additional needs. Described by Eve Chinnery, Senior Key Worker as "a one-stop shop for additional needs" the center provides physiotherpay, hydrotherapy, speech therapy, occuaptional therapy, a nursery, library, trampoline and a wide range of services for children both in the center itself and in schools in the Caerphily Borough.
The center also offers a service unique to the center, known as "key working", where center staff will work with families to help support them to provide the care their children need, when they need it.
Using the latest in mobile technology, the Mountain Rescue team is going to be providing an on-site link for the day, providing updates, pictures and videos of the children enjoying their day in the quarries on the team's Facebook page.
