About Groundswell Scotland
A welcoming surf and wellbeing community for women in East Lothian and the Scottish Borders.
OUR PURPOSE
Our purpose is to provide a women centred, safe space to recover from trauma, gain confidence and unite in community. Our programmes are for cis and trans women, as well as non binary people who are comfortable in a space that centres the experiences of women.
All of our sessions are facilitated by trauma aware qualified counsellors, community educators, beach lifeguards, surf coaches, and volunteers.
Our Journey
Our journey to support women in surf community and the outdoors started in 2005, when our founder, Sally was facilitating outdoor pursuits with groups of vulnerable young people in East Lothian.
From there, a powerful journey in personal development skills, wellbeing, mental health research and connection with nature and women in surfing brought her to study gender studies as part of her Community Education study in 2010, and after founding the Dunbar Surf Life Saving Club in 2014, the idea of Groundswell Scotland began to take shape from 2016.
We were absolutely delighted when in 2018 when Natalie Small, founder of Groundswell Community Project in San Diego, came over to support our beginning and the sisterhood between the women’s projects across the world remains strong today- learning, leading and change making together.
OUR PURPOSE
Your support for Groundswell Scotland will enable the delivery of powerful and proven surf therapy programmes which allow women to feel secure, supported and respected.
