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8th October 2020 is World Sight Day! The aim of this day is to raise awareness and focus global attention on blindness and vision impairments which affect over 350,000 people in the UK alone. One of those is our very own Ski 2 Freedom Patron Kelly Gallagher MBE. Many of you will have heard of Kelly as she was Britain's first ever British Winter Paralympic gold medallist!! Kelly suffers from…

What I set out to achieve... My acknowledgement to International Friendship Day on 30th July 2020 is by way of how the friendships I have made over the past 15 years or so, have helped define and shape the legacy I set out to achieve on behalf of my daughter, who was born with a rare neurological disorder Rett Syndrome, and others who I passionately believed could benefit from the therapeutic…

An Inclusive, Accessible and Well-being mountain holiday! All taking place in the beautiful Haute Savoie village of Les Gets situated in the French region known to many as the 'Portes du Soleil'. Ski 2 Freedom Foundation and now Mountains 4 All are very happy to provide advice, support and information to help you with the perfect family ski or summer holiday. For just two or with friends it is…

ESF Les 2 Alpes: Inclusive, Assisted and Adaptive Ski and Snowboard Instruction and Guiding Mountains 4 All is working with ESF Les 2 Alpes to help provide the best inclusive and accessible ski and snowboard holiday for families, individual skiers, or where a member of group might just need a bit more help on the snow! Ski 2 Freedom has over the past 10 years had a number of beneficiaries in Les…

A Week in the Life of Mountains 4 All and Ski 2 Freedom is always busy but giving a helping hand to ensure a family or individual is able to ski or enjoy a beautiful mountain experience is so rewarding! Every week is about one of celebration, making new friends and partners and discovering how we can help someone overcome their apprehensions and anxieties about travelling to the mountains. I…

Catherine Cosby of Mountains 4 All made a return visit to Courmayeur Courmayeur Mont Blanc and Mountains 4 All are quickly establishing a great partnership to promote the region as a destination for all – Inclusive, Accessible, and Well-being are all the elements that make up a truly wonderful life-enhancing holiday or short-break from the day-to-day routine of everyday life. I had a great m…

Expanding our Portfolio of Inclusive, Accessible, and Well-being Mountain Experiences with Catherine Cosby of Mountains 4 All It is always vital to keep up to date and maintain a strong link with our existing partners, as well as bringing new ones to the ‘family’. I had a great afternoon in Chamonix on Wednesday discovering two new hotels from the Best Mont Blanc Group – the Alpina Eclectic www.a…

Chalet Lena – Gstaad (Suisse): A new addition to the Mountains 4 All Portfolio We have a wonderful and exciting new place for beneficiaries to stay when taking a life-enhancing trip to Gstaad Saanenland. Although not suitable for full time wheelchair users, it does offer peace, tranquility and atmosphere for anyone who is able to manage the steps up into the Chalet. Ski 2 Freedom and Mountains 4…

A Week in the Life of Ski 2 Freedom Foundation 15 - 21 Avril 2019 Adaptive skiing; blind Swiss skier; Courmayeur….. All in a week’s work for me as the Founder and day-to-day operations director of Ski 2 Freedom Foundation Blind Trust Ski Team Event on April 16th in Geneva Sadly I was unable to attend but we will be following their story and hope that Thibault and Manoelle achieve their dream of bei…

Ski 2 Freedom Foundation - Mountains 4 All Highlighting the life-enhancing and therapeutic benefits of a ski and winter holiday when a member of the family has Pitt Hopkins Syndrome. Ski Holiday in Montgenèvre (FR) - Pitt Hopkins Syndrome PART 1: Family Walker take Emily, born with Pitt Hopkins Syndrome for a magical ski holiday to Montgenèvre *“Just a note to say a massive thank you for arr…