What we do
Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.
Helen Keller
Empowerment Sessions
We provide regular practice sessions for specific beneficiary groups. Prior to starting the training season, or with a new beneficiary group, we work with the the organisation to understand specific requirements and limitations that we may not be aware of. All our qualified volunteer trainers are then equipped with a specialised adapted curriculum is created to fit the participants' profiles. This also includes an adapted safety and risk assessment specific for the participants.
We start with familiarising participants to the boat and water, then the basics. We provide a progressive training plan as the participants improve, imparting different techniques and theories as we go.
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Empowerment sessions may be a regular event, or may be required and requested just before a team goes for a race.
Race Organisation
DB Hearts specialises in community and adaptive race organisation, working closely with organising bodies to promote diversity & inclusiveness to the community and pushing boundaries on what limitations and being "able" means. This also includes event organisation.
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We also provide expertise on improving engagement on community races, while ensuring any foreseen risks due to differently profiled athletes are mitigated. This allows community integration. We can also do beneficiary outreach.
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Our volunteer resources are trained and where required, qualified. Where possible, we rely on volunteers that participants may already be familiar with. Having been "inside the boat" with the participants provides an important perspective to user experience and the consumer journey.
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Our organising partners include:
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Corporate Programs
We also offer programs to companies that would like to incorporate our activities into their Corporate Responsibility Program and/or Team Bonding events. This could include tailoring an empowerment session for employees (with the option of working with the company's named beneficiary), volunteering to support at races, being a title sponsor of a community race and sponsoring a beneficiary team, among others.