About Us
Hull Tai Chi is a voluntary non-profit club. They teach confidence building, promote social inclusion, explain the bad effects of drugs and bullying and teach relaxation and fitness. The club helps people achieve their own personal goals such as destressing, relaxing, toning of muscles and increasing self control. On top of this we also teach voluntary Tai Chi to the NHS, Blind Institutes and various schools in the Hull and East Riding. We also deliver free Chinese Massage, hot stones and ear candling courses to all the young people in the club, which will eventually give them a recognised Diploma to help them with employment in later life.
All the instructors are in full time work in their personal jobs, but they always find time to help others when they can in the way of voluntary work. The club has a large amount of regular members but also serves around 200 extra people in the local community. They have spent years helping young people with drug related problems, stress problems, family problems and general life problems. From this the club always made a pact, to keep in touch with their students outside of class times. This was the greatest community success, even though it was hard work for the volunteer instructors. It supported and helped the students at all times.
Over the years the instructors, have in their own time and at their own cost, trained themselves in the following:
Child Protection Training – This is to ensure that the club is fully protected against any child protection issues. In conjunction with this al the instructors are CRB (Criminal Record Bureau) checked regularly.
Equity Training – This is to ensure that the club delivers a good service to all regardless of age, gender, race or religion.
Drug Awareness Training – This is to ensure we easily notice the signs of drug and solvent abuse in young people within the club.
Vulnerable Adults Training – This is to ensure that the club provides good practice when teaching adults with disabilities, strokes, Alzheimer’s etc.
Mencap Training – This is to ensure that we provide the best services to students with learning disabilities. Our voluntary work impressed Mencap so much that we qualified for a Get Together Qualification that made us a professional Inclusive Club.
Sign Language Training – This enabled us to deliver teachings to deaf and hearing-impaired students, which allowed us to eventually become recognised members of the National Deaf Children’s Society.
We have recently become a full member of the National Deaf Children’s Society.
Working With Disability Training – This provides us with the best teaching practices when working with wheelchair users, the blind and the deaf.
On this note, we have a wheelchair user who is a qualified instructor with ourselves that proves that anyone can achieve anything. Initially he was refused by other clubs but our doors where always open for him.
We have also secured funding over the years to provide the younger students with:
Drug Awareness Training – This helps the student understand possible causes of substance and drug abuse and have the knowledge of different treatments available. The student also learns how to work with people with addiction problems..
Nutrition Training – This in turn helps us provide a free advice service on nutrition and healthy eating to members of the club in order to reduce obesity and ill health in the future.
Stress Counseling Training – We help all students with stress related problems (exam, life) by offering mind refocusing and relaxation techniques.
Fitness Training – Two of the instructors are qualified Advanced Fitness Instructors that allows us as a club to offer free advice on fitness and health.
We believe that if we teach the youth of today good methods of living then they can teach the youth of tomorrow the same. Up to now this works. The club members always unite to help each other.
The latest news on the training front is that Hull Tai Chi are starting a voluntary coaching section that will deliver FREE Equity courses, Working with Disability courses and Drug Awareness Courses to other voluntary groups.
Due to all of the above we have achieved various awards and recognition over the previous years. These being:
Viking Radio Healthy Life Style Award 2009 – We were nominated for working to engage with young people and inspire them to change their lives to become healthier, giving them more confidence and making them feel safe. The coaches who dedicate their time to the project tackle a range of health and lifestyle topics and aim to give young people focus and ambition.
East Riding Top Club 2009 – After years of hard work we achieved this high ranking award.
East Riding Coaching Accreditation Scheme Level 3 - The East Riding Club Accreditation Scheme (ERCAS) enables clubs to set and meet standards, which will lead to better quality sports provision for young people in the East Riding.
It has become increasingly important that the welfare and safety of young people at local clubs should be a high priority.
We are also recognised members of the Hull Council of Voluntary Youth Services and the East Riding Council of Voluntary Youth Services.
Also over the years the club has raised thousands of pounds for the following charities:
£1054 Children’s Ward in Hull Royal Infirmary
£1816 Charity KIDS
£40 Logan Edson who has Ulrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (UCMD)
£40 Children’s Ward in Hull Royal Infirmary
£100 Viking Radio Charity For the Kids
£800 National Deaf Children’s Society
£1393 Alzheimer's Society
£1244 NSPCC
We achieved this by running auctions, fitness boot camps and attending events like the Lord Mayors Parade of Hull.
BEVERLEY TAI CHI
Mondays 06:45pm-07:45pm
Norwood Methodist Chruch, Beverley
Contact Ricky on
07761721228
email: beverley@hulltaichi.co.uk
SKIRLAUGH TAI CHI
Thursdays 7pm-8pm
Community Hall, Skirlaugh
Contact Ricky on
07761721228
email: skirlaugh@hulltaichi.co.uk
HULL TAI CHI
Time to be confirmed
Community Centre, Garden Village, Hull
Contact Andy on
07837418109
email: hull@hulltaichi.co.uk