Another great story to share. Today, Kate Booth, EA’s European Outreach Manager, gives a great insight into a teenage games competition at Chase Hospital.
Over to you Kate……
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On any given Saturday evening many teenagers across the world are excitedly getting ready to go out with their friends to enjoy everyday activities such as youth clubs and discos. For some, these types of activities are not accessible. Why? Because they are restricted in what they are able to do due to serious illness, which means that it is more difficult for them to take part in many activities others take for granted. This doesn’t mean that they don’t want to go out and join their friends; it’s just that they aren’t able to.
This was a topic of conversation I had when I met with representatives from Chase Hospice. Chase Hospice is a very special place, providing emotional and physical care for children who are not expected to reach their 19th birthday. Whilst chatting, it became clear that EA could help change this by organising a teenager games evening. With the help of Chase, a date was set, invitations sent and the very first Chase Teenager Games Event took place with the help of willing volunteers from EA.
The children arrived, some more nervous than others but after the initial 10 minutes of getting to know one another, the games were set up and challenges issued – who would win England or Brazil on FIFA, Federer or Sampras on Grand Slam Tennis or the noise level created when jamming on Rock Band….before anyone knew it, it was time to “down console” and enjoy pizza and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
It was a great evening, much enjoyed by all those attending including a couple of gate crashers! These children just want to be given a chance to be like anyone else and EA were happy to help. The next games evening has already been pencilled into the diary and challenges issued……
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