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Deptherapy announces partnership with RAID
Scuba Diving rehabilitation charity Deptherapy is delighted to announce a new partnership with diver training agency RAID.
RAID is now the official training agency partner of Deptherapy & Deptherapy Education and the charity is registered as a RAID Dive Centre. Starting with the next training expedition to the Red Sea in September, Deptherapy Programme Members will follow the RAID training model and be certified as RAID divers. A crossover plan is also in place for Deptherapy Instructor Trainers, Instructors and Divemasters.
Deptherapy Programme Members taking part in Rescue Diver training. Photo: Dmitry Knyazev for Deptherapy.
As well as providing training materials and certifications for Deptherapy Programme Members without charge, RAID has pledged to support the charity in marketing and fundraising initiatives. Deptherapy and RAID will also now work together in developing adaptive training materials for the future.
Richard Cullen, Chairman of Deptherapy, said:
“We have been working closely with RAID since the beginning of the year and we view our transition to become part of the RAID family as allowing Deptherapy & Deptherapy Education to grow and develop within the diving community. The package we have been offered by RAID is exceptional and in return we will provide our expertise in adaptive teaching to RAID. We have already been made to feel a part of the RAID community and we are excited by the thought of moving forward together.”
Deptherapy Team Briefing during the June 2019 expedition to Roots Red Sea. Photo: Dmitry Knyazev for Deptherapy.
James Rogers, Business Director – RAID (UK and Malta) recently spent a week on expedition with Deptherapy where he was able to see first-hand the “extraordinary and lifesaving transformational work undertaken by the Deptherapy Team.”
On the new partnership, James Rogers said:
“RAID is proud and excited to be chosen as the new diver training agency for Deptherapy & Deptherapy Education. The charity’s work is world-class and the RAID system will provide a high quality and a modern online platform for their divers, future development needs and global diving adventures.”
For more information about the work of Deptherapy & Deptherapy Education visit www.deptherapy.co.uk.
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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