These pages contains general guidance for SOWM trips. It is written with our trips to Pila and Hemel in mind - you may be given different information for trips to other destinations.
Sanctioned vs Un-sanctioned Trips
SOWM may take part in, or facilitate, both sanctioned and un-sanctioned trips. Sanctioned trips are trips that are approved by Special Olympics GB and subject to their rules, like the National Winter Games. Un-sanctioned trips are trips that are operated separately to Special Olympics GB and are not subject to the same rules, like Hemel and Pila.
Terminology
Some of our athletes may attend trips without a parent, carer or guardian - these are our unaccompanied skiers.
Signing Up for Trips
To ensure we can run trips safely we need to ensure the ratio of volunteers to athletes is appropriate. We determine this through the expression of interest phase. More information on this can be found in the expression of interest information.
Hemel
For Hemel specific information, please look in our Hemel section.
Pila
For Pila specific information, please look in our Pila section.