{"id":3665,"date":"2022-03-23T15:50:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T15:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devthewave.wpengine.com\/?page_id=3665"},"modified":"2025-07-03T10:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T09:51:17","slug":"impact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"hero-light outside-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-content container min-h-screen-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row pt-48\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mb-28\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Get Breadcrumb Partial-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/\" class=\"\">Home<\/a><span class=\"opacity-60\"> \/<\/span><span class=\"opacity-60\"> Impact<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-full md:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"hero-main-heading text-robins-egg-500 font-bettertimes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Wave\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 lg:col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thero-main-heading\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfont-black uppercase mb-9 text-bluewood font-poppins\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tImpact\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-center partial-button-width-wide partial-button-justify-start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Get Button Partial-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<!--- Button Partial --->\n<div class=\"items-center my-2 row\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--- \/Button Partial --->\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 lg:col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pt-8 text-lg border-t-4 border-charcoal wysiwyg-defaults font-poppins\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Find out about our Impact Programme<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"outside-container-base\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"100\" class=\"flex flex-col order-last lg:order-first lg:col-6 col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/credit@imagecabin_ICG-10-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"w-full h-128 object-cover lazyload\" alt=\"Adaptive surfer in the water at The Wave near Bristol\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/credit@imagecabin_ICG-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/credit@imagecabin_ICG-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/credit@imagecabin_ICG-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/credit@imagecabin_ICG-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/credit@imagecabin_ICG-10-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/credit@imagecabin_ICG-10-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Desktop Brushstroke SVG -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"100\" class=\"relative w-11\/12 h-3 mx-auto bg-opacity-65 bg-brushstroke-2 mb-4 lg:mb-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Text Col One -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col order-1 col-12 xl:col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3  data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"200\" class=\"w-4\/6 mb-4 text-lg font-extrabold leading-tight uppercase font-poppins text-zodiac-500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"300\" class=\"text-sm wysiwyg-defaults font-poppins text-charcoal mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our ring-fenced impact fund allows us to work with groups that fit with our <\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Three Waves:<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Waves of Growth <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013 supporting and growing the UK\u2019s para-surfing community\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Waves of Change \u2013<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> working to build a more diverse surfing community \u2013 with particular focus on gender and ethnicity<br \/>\n<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Waves of Support<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 working with organisations using surfing and surf therapy to help those struggling with poor mental health<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Text Col Two -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"200\" class=\"flex flex-col order-3 col-12 md:order-2 xl:col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"w-4\/6 mb-4 text-lg font-extrabold leading-tight uppercase font-poppins text-zodiac-500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"300\" class=\"text-sm wysiwyg-defaults font-poppins text-charcoal mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">We are a Limited Company, rather than a charity or a not-for-profit organisation. This means you are not able to claim Gift Aid on any money you donate, but we guarantee that every penny goes towards our impact programme.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"200\" class=\"flex flex-col order-2 col-12 md:order-3 lg:hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prepare-to-smile-56-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"my-9 w-full h-128 object-cover lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prepare-to-smile-56-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prepare-to-smile-56-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prepare-to-smile-56-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prepare-to-smile-56-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prepare-to-smile-56-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prepare-to-smile-56.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex col-12 lg:col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"100\" class=\"text-2xl font-extrabold uppercase sm:text-3xl tracking-3xl font-poppins md:tracking-4xl md:text-4xl text-zodiac-500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"200\" class=\"font-light wysiwyg-defaults intro font-poppins text-charcoal mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We love water, waves and the outdoors. They make us feel happy and we want to share this wit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h more people, of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We built this place to bring the positive power of blue space to as many as possible.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We know that we are already having an impact on those who walk through our doors. But we want to do more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We want to support communities who wouldn&#8217;t otherwise be able to access the benefits of water and waves with us, due to financial, physical, cultural or psychological barriers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We help make it possible for these groups to visit by offering sessions at a reduced rate \u00a0\u2013 and where this price is still too high we look for ways to run sessions at no cost to the surfer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We do this with support from our partner organisations &#8211; \u00a0and thanks to brilliant individuals like you.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"300\" class=\"hidden lg:block w-full h-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prepare-to-smile-56-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"w-full object-contain my-8 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prepare-to-smile-56-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prepare-to-smile-56-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prepare-to-smile-56-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prepare-to-smile-56-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prepare-to-smile-56-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Prepare-to-smile-56.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"outside-container-base\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"100\" class=\"flex flex-col order-last lg:order-last  col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Desktop Brushstroke SVG -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Text Col One -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col order-1 col-12 xl:col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3  data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"200\" class=\"w-4\/6 mb-4 text-lg font-extrabold leading-tight uppercase font-poppins text-zodiac-500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA few impact highlights from 2024\/2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"300\" class=\"text-sm wysiwyg-defaults font-poppins text-charcoal mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li class=\"text-base\">\n<p class=\"text-sm\">Became the first surf park in the wold to achieve B-Corp Status!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-base\">\n<p class=\"text-sm\">Supported 72 individual para surfers booking through our normal channels<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-base\">\n<p class=\"text-sm\">Ran multiple 6-week surf therapy courses with The Wave Project<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-base\">\n<p class=\"text-sm\">Expanded our inland surf therapy with Surfwell to support frontline emergency services<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Text Col Two -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"200\" class=\"flex flex-col order-3 col-12 md:order-2 xl:col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"w-4\/6 mb-4 text-lg font-extrabold leading-tight uppercase font-poppins text-zodiac-500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"300\" class=\"text-sm wysiwyg-defaults font-poppins text-charcoal mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li class=\"text-sm\">\n<p class=\"text-sm\">Hosted 3 women&#8217;s only Sister Sessions events<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-sm\">\n<p class=\"text-sm\">Invested \u00a3199,000 in floodlights with the support of Good Energy, our sustainable energy partner, to make surfing after dark possible<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Generated 2,500 MWh from our solar array<\/li>\n<li>Delivered 140,000 hours of surfing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"outside-container-base\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"100\" class=\"flex flex-col order-last lg:order-first lg:col-6 col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/credit@imagecabin_ICG-10-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"w-full h-128 object-cover lazyload\" alt=\"Adaptive surfer in the water at The Wave near Bristol\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/credit@imagecabin_ICG-10-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/credit@imagecabin_ICG-10-1-300x200.jpg 300w, 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