Para Rowing Foundation

With gratitude this festive season… Dear Follower As the festive season fills the air, PRF wants to take a moment to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Your generosity and unwavering support have brought joy, hope, and opportunity to our para-rowing community this year. The 2024 newsletter is brimming with heartwarming and exciting updates: - Celebrate the milestones we’ve achieved together this year - Discover the programs we've developed over the past 12 months - Looking forward to another year filled with positive impactful change The newsletter is available at: https://lnkd.in/eR27EVYR Thanks to you, PRF has been able to create waves of change, helping para-athletes conquer challenges, realize dreams, and embrace their potential. You are truly part of their journey, and your compassion inspires us every day. As we celebrate this season of giving, we hope you’ll feel the joy and pride of knowing the incredible difference you’ve made. We wish you and your loved ones a happy, peaceful, and bright holiday season. With heartfelt thanks and festive cheer, Your Para Rowing Foundation Team

Applications window for the 2025 PRF Intensive Training in 🇵🇹Avis closes TODAY! Designed for high-potential and elite athletes from any nation. Applications close at midnight EST so get yours in before then. 📲 Visit ParaRowingFoundation.org or link in Insta bio. For a flavour of previous Intensives, check out the 2023 and 2024 events on Insta highlights too. #everyBODYrowing #ParaRowing

Had a great time speaking with The New York Times about rowing machines.  Rowing continues to grow thanks to the most efficient and effective fitness machine that exists.  https://lnkd.in/ermXtNiB

This dropped today… Read the whole interview with Bruce Lynn (Adaptive Rowing UK) and 🟢 Steven Dowd (Para Rowing Foundation) here: https://lnkd.in/eH3N8kQ8 #everyBODYrowing #ParaRowing

The power of LinkedIn; a vignette and a love letter to Lisbon. I’ve been to Portugal with Para Rowing Foundation for two years now, flying into Lisbon and immediately catching a transfer inland to Avis, not stopping to enjoy the city where the idea for PRF was committed to and where the non-profit’s logo is derived (the decorative pavement of Rua Augusta to be exact). Desperate to explore this gorgeous place, my wife H and I booked a minibreak for March to coincide with the end of one of the PRF Intensive Trainings but, after cancer caught up with mum in the end, she passed away so we rescheduled the trip. 💔 A few months passed before H’s birthday in November. That seemed like as good an opportunity as any so we rebooked the break. I didn’t know anyone in Lisbon and H is a big history/museum buff so I did a LinkedIn search to see who could help me connect the dots and found the wonderful Joana Sousa Monteiro, Director of the Museum of Lisbon. I sent a short message clearly explaining who I am, why I’m there and asking for her assistance, if she’d be so kind. Immediately welcoming, Joana offered to meet us and show us around the museum’s exhibits when we arrived in the city. All set! 🇬🇧🛫🛬🇵🇹 Lisbon didn’t disappoint and might have topped Florence, our previous fav spot. The museum was incredible too, especially the accurate scale model of the city. We were enthralled by Joana’s informative descriptions of art, religion, geology, the natural disasters they faced, socioeconomic oscillations of populous and government… etc With trinkets of markets locked in our hand luggage and fond memories of Portuguese hospitality locked in our minds, we ventured home knowing we’ll be back to this wonderful place very soon. 🇵🇹🛫🛬🇬🇧 Thanks Joana. Thanks LinkedIn. Be brave! Contact someone and make a new connection.

Are you a high-potential or elite para rower and still thinking about applying to the PRF Intensive Training (in March 2025)? Here’s Asiya Mohamed Sururu, Kenyan PR1 Double-Paralympian and PRF beneficiary, to tell you about her athlete experience of the 2023 and 2024 residentials. Applications open until 6th December. pararowingfoundation.org

It’s #GivingTuesday! 💝 Lots of great charities are doing great work. Who will you choose to donate to? At Para Rowing Foundation your generosity allows us to power athletes with impairments around the world to fulfil their potential through rowing. Here are some of the headlines and ways in which that… Thank you for choosing to support our initiatives. Want to hear more? Contact us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you! #everyBODYrowing #ParaRowing

Applications window for the 2025 Para Rowing Foundation Intensive Training in 🇵🇹Avis is open now! Designed for high-potential and elite athletes from any nation. Applications close 6th December so get yours in today. 📲 Visit ParaRowingFoundation.org or link in Insta bio. For a flavour of previous Intensives, check out the last couple on Insta highlights too. #everyBODYrowing #ParaRowing

🚨 It’s LIVE! 🚨 Applications are now open for Para Rowing Foundation’s next Intensive Training in March 2025 in Avis, Portugal. 🇵🇹 Check out this 1 min short for a flavour of what we’re offering (and covering the costs of) for high-potential and elite para rowers from any nation. Join us to hone your skills! Head over to… https://lnkd.in/ecgKPDWj …and submit your application today! 👉 Deadline: 6th December 2024 👈 Feel free to like and share so your rowing network has the same opportunity as you to get to Portugal and train with us or support our non-profit. On that note, whilst we’re here, thank you to our supporters and donors whose continued generosity make PRF’s work possible. 🙏 …because rowing is for all. #everyBODYrowing #ParaRowing