{"id":1028,"date":"2020-11-20T21:36:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T21:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2020-11-24T11:56:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T11:56:25","slug":"love-of-sports-sees-adnan-enjoy-his-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/homepage\/love-of-sports-sees-adnan-enjoy-his-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"Love of sports sees Adnan enjoy his independence"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1028\" class=\"elementor elementor-1028\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-789ee156 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"97332\" data-id=\"789ee156\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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independence<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11975987 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"62888\" data-id=\"11975987\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ef9731f\" data-eae-slider=\"40679\" data-id=\"4ef9731f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-38eea860 elementor-section-boxed 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staff member Kevin on Breakthrough&#8217;s Community Connecting service. His main aim was to get some time to himself to pursue hobbies and sports that interest him, and give him something to look forward to in the week.<\/p><p>After spending some time in hospital Adnan wanted to regain strength in his legs, and so he and Kevin worked together to find activities around this. He also wanted to go out for something to eat regularly.<\/p><p>Kevin said, &#8220;Adnan is a supporter of Manchester City so we looked for a football opportunity and found a walking football group that is physically less demanding. Adnan has picked up more rules each week and even scored a few goals, and he was made really welcome.&#8221;<\/p><p>A large part of the Connecting service is travel training, and Kevin and Adnan practised the bus routes a few times to build up confidence and safety skills.<\/p><p>Once the walking football was a regular success, Adnan joined the gym and began to use walking, rowing and cross training machines to build up his stamina.<\/p><p>Adnan said, &#8220;I\u2018m feeling good and I enjoy football and the gym, I have a good time.&#8221;<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1030\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hero-image_love-of-sports-sees-adnan-enjoy-his-independence-300x119.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hero-image_love-of-sports-sees-adnan-enjoy-his-independence-300x119.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hero-image_love-of-sports-sees-adnan-enjoy-his-independence-600x237.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hero-image_love-of-sports-sees-adnan-enjoy-his-independence-1024x404.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hero-image_love-of-sports-sees-adnan-enjoy-his-independence-768x303.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hero-image_love-of-sports-sees-adnan-enjoy-his-independence-1536x607.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/hero-image_love-of-sports-sees-adnan-enjoy-his-independence.jpeg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>Breakthrough&#8217;s Connecting services are split into two areas &#8211; 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