We owe a great big thank you to Karen and Simon at Amalfi Heating (South West Mids Ltd.), they are a heating and plumbing company based in Worcester. They were the first to respond and offer to help, when we requested if anyone had a second-hand table tennis table, sat gathering dust that we could buy off of them. Instead, Karen and Simon offered to outright buy us a brand-new table tennis table!
It all started with us using a miniature table tennis kit, we found it to help regulate the moods and anxiety that our young people were displaying in their behaviours. We noticed that after playing table tennis, they seemed calmer and more ready to engage in an activity and also that when playing they seemed to really enjoy playing and were keen to learn the techniques and rules of the game. We then upgraded to some proper sized bats, and used a table we had, at this point the young people were getting in some physical activity, and learning a new skill, they were able to listen to and follow instructions. So, we thought it would be good to invest in a proper sized table tennis table.
So ‘THANK YOU! Karen and Simon, for helping us to continue to offer this activity!’, from the Green Fingers Team,
Picture: Staff playing table tennis.