People enjoying white water rafting.

  • When: Saturday 12 September 2026

  • Who: 18 to 29 year olds

  • Location: Lee Valley White Water Centre, Station Road, Waltham Cross, EN9 1AB

  • Cost: £20 per participant

  • Closing date: 17 July 2026

Don’t just go with the flow… paddle it!

Join a daring group of 18 to 29s and VICTA at Lee Valley White Water Centre in September for a thrilling day on the water. You’ll get to enjoy their unique water sport activities, trying stand up paddleboarding (SUP) and white-water rafting!

Taking advantage of Lee Valley’s Olympic facilities, you’ll have the opportunity to discover Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) on Lee Valley’s crystal-clear lake. No SUP experience necessary – turn up and test your balance skills.

There’ll just be time to catch your breath before tackling Lee Valley’s White-Water rafting bucket list experience; a 300m Canoe Slalom course purpose built for the 2012 Olympics. As part of this session, you will learn basic rafting skills and how to raft safely before hitting the rapids – paddles up!

Guided by Lee Valley instructors, this is a perfect opportunity for those who haven’t tried white-water rafting or SUP before, or for those who would like to perfect their skills in riding the waves. It’s also a great chance to meet likeminded individuals and participate in activities in a safe and supportive environment.

Due to the nature of this activity, we ask that participants have an appropriate level of water confidence to take part and must be able to swim. Lee Valley also has a weight restriction for their White-Water Rafting activities which is a maximum of 18 stone.

For further information on Lee Valley White-Water Centre, please visit: Lee Valley White Water Centre, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire

Why Apply?

  • A great opportunity to meet other young adults with a vision impairment.
  • Grow in confidence.
  • Rise and overcome a challenge
  • Be inspired and try something new

Applicants must be:

You must be:

  • Registered or registrable as blind or partially sighted.
  • Aged at least 18 on 12 September 2026
  • Aged 29 or under on 12 September 2026

Apply below

Note for applicants completing this form: After completion, if you have successfully submitted the form, you should receive a successful submission message. If you do not it may be because you have not completed a required field. After your form has successfully gone through you will also receive notification via email. If you do not receive an email please contact the office on 01908 240 831 as there may have been a problem with your application.

Applicant details (VI child/young person)

Confirmation of vision impairment

To qualify for this activity the lead applicant must be either registered or registerable as blind or partially sighted (sight impaired/severely sight impaired). VICTA will ask for supporting evidence post application if we have not previously received it.

Contact details

Independence skills

Please indicate your level of independence in the following areas by selecting your response and giving details if the assistance is required.
In order to ensure that activities are adequately staffed we need full and accurate information about all participants. Please note we reserve the right to refuse admission to the activity or ask a participant to leave the activity if the information given proves inaccurate or the conduct of the participant reaches an unacceptable level.

General information

The overall theme of this activity is about having fun, but we would like you to gain confidence and develop life skills through a programme of leisure, cultural and social activities. To help us plan our activities and staffing levels please describe your ability in the following areas:

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Declaration, privacy and consent

To be signed by the applicant or a responsible person.
a. I agree to take part in VICTA's activity and have read all the information sent to me.
b. I acknowledge the need to behave responsibly at all times during the activity.
c. I confirm that this form has been completed accurately and I undertake to update VICTA's organisers should any information contained on the form or personal circumstances change.
d. In the event of an emergency/accident, I consent to emergency medical treatment, which may include the use of anaesthetics.
e. WhatsApp is a great tool that can be used to communicate activity information and help facilitate social interactions. From time to time, VICTA facilitates WhatsApp groups for 18+ participants who have given consent to do so to get to know one another before an activity. While VICTA facilitates these opportunities, they are not monitored and therefore your behaviour and language used on WhatsApp must match the expectations we have of you when we meet in person – polite, courteous, and inclusive at all times. If you have any questions surrounding this, please contact the Activities Team on [email protected]
f. By signing this form I consent to VICTA using the information supplied for the purpose of administering the named event. All the information will be treated in the strictest of confidence and made available only to those staff working with the participant. We may need to share your details with third-party suppliers in relation to this activity. Contact information will be retained and used for marketing of other relevant services.
g. I give consent for VICTA to carry out the following in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulations as supplemented by the Data Protection Act 2018 and related laws and to store my personal information on VICTA's database and/or any other suitable system.
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