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Marta (4 yrs) was born with Niemann Pick C Disease (a rare progressive genetic disorder - there is no known cure and mainly affects children. Treatment is focused on helping people live with their symptoms). “I want to thank you for recommending Verbier to us. It is a beautiful place! We have enjoyed a lot of this magic place with the family and Marta is enjoying it a lot. ESS Verbier ski i…

**Ski 2 Freedom Foundation helped Miles with his first family ski holiday. Having had a few lessons at the Snow Dome in Hemel Hempstead (UK) with specialist ski association, Snowbility, Miles at least had a little understanding of what to do and was comfortable with ski boots and skis. A mid-week break in February 2019 was the preferred choice by his parents so that they could give him an…

A Stroke does not stop a Ski 2 Freedom Beneficiary Skiing in Siestriere Janusz, from Poland, shared his own feedback on his trip to Sestriere (Piemont – Italy) to Catherine Cosby, Founder of Ski 2 Freedom. (Please note that these are the personal comments from our beneficiary and we are sharing in good faith. We have been working with Gianfranco Martin and Freewhite for many years and do highly r…

Gstaad Saanenland - a Winter Wonderland for Skiing, Snowboarding and much, much more........!! Ski 2 Freedom Foundation adores Gstaad Saanenland as a winter destination for inclusive and accessible tourism! There is so much to do that one could spend a life-time and never do it all! Particularly suitable as a ski and snowboarding resort for blind and visually impaired children, teenagers and…

Family ski holiday in Klosters (Suisse) is proving to be a memorable time for Richard, single leg amputee, and his family! Having one leg amputated can be a challenge to skiing – but with many alternative ways of whizzing down the ski slopes, Richard found one that suited him - learning to be independent and ski with a mono-ski. Last weekend found Richard skiing in the beautiful Graudünden vi…

Motor Neurone Disease is a degenerative condition that not only changes the life of the person diagnosed, but also has enormous personal impact on family and friends. For one family, all of whom love skiing and the Alps in winter, continuing with a ski holiday was a positive attitude not a negative one. I was contacted by the brother of a man with MND who had the following enquiry: “We have b…

Family ski holiday with Kleefstra Syndrome in Montgenèvre (France) Ski 2 Freedom Foundation - Mountains 4 All was delighted to have helped Ollie have a totally inclusive and accessible ski holiday thanks to the support we have from the Tobell Family - Making Dreams Come True “Montgenevre was amazing (we had the best conditions!) Ollie and Joe are our sons. The CGH Napoleon was great but we did ha…

Skiing with Cerebral Palsy: One of our early beneficiaries! An early beneficiary of Ski 2 Freedom Foundation was the Shimmin family from the UK. Their son, Laurence, was then aged 9 and his day-to-day life is affected by Cerebral Palsy. Catherine Cosby, of Ski 2 Freedom, first met the family in Val d’Isere when the charity was in its infancy. Since that time, when Laurence was in the sit-ski w…

Highlights of the work Ski 2 Freedom Foundation does to promote the empowering benefits of winter activities. Morzine - Portes du Soleil - France Jacob Howes, who has Down's Syndrome, once again gains enormous benefit from having an inclusive and accessible family ski holiday in Morzine. Now 21, Jacob is an old hand at this and with the help and guiding of Laurent (Tigru) from ESF…

Some ten years ago my husband suggested that I (together with our two young daughters) should go on a ski holiday. Nothing unusual in that, you might think. However, as I have had vaccine damage since a baby and, when not in a wheelchair, walk (very badly) with a stick, he really was setting me a challenge. Over the next decade, all in the same small, family friendly resort, Val Cenis, I…