We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Planning Consent has been granted for the Yurt Village, Communal Hub and Timber Lodges, making up Phase 1 of the Adventure Base here at Windmill Farm. We are looking forward to sharing this journey with you as each stage is completed. The yurts are already onsite and ready to go. The excitement within the team is tangible! Alongside this news we are pleased to also share that Julie Peachey ...

Summer is in the air and the British weather is playing along too which makes it extra special. Our wonderful team of activity coaches are really excited about the upcoming Total Adventure holidays. Much prayer and planning has gone into the two separate Oxfordshire adventure holidays for tweens and teens. The theme this year, which will run across both activity weeks is, ‘There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother’ Proverb...

Adventure Plus founder, Jon Cox’s book ‘Life to the Max’ was released 4 years ago. This inspiring book tells the story of the development of Adventure Plus and the passion and dedication to follow the call to make a difference in the lives of  young people.   ‘Adventure Plus has led me into many adventures but I never expected that one of them would be to write a book! The story continues and it's been great to hear from...

Our GAP year team have just completed their In-house archery training with Director Brian Foxton. Brian works with the London Borough of Hackney Highways and we are so thankful that he shares his passion and expertise for this great sport with our new team members each year! The training covered aspects of safety, use of equipment, coaching strategies, how to identify eye dominance to improve accuracy. Having worked on arch...

Our annual Directors’ Day Open Afternoon is one of the highlights of the A+ year. It is an opportunity for our team to update the Directors and supporters. Each department gave a presentation which included targets met, challenges overcome, encouragements from 2018 and then hopes for the year to come.Supporters were able to put faces to names and to hear uplifting stories of how God has answered prayers and worke...

Adventure Plus has been in the business of changing lives for over 20 years now and we are always blown away by the amazing people who volunteer with us in different ways throughout the year. We have ‘office volunteers’ who appear regularly throughout the year to help with specific tasks in finance and fundraising, we have ‘activity volunteers’ who leave the comfort of their homes to camp alongside DofE groups in the middle of nowhere ...

Charis, former A+ GAP instructor and intern from Surrey who will be joining our Activity Coach team in April, writes about a recent expedition with the whole instructor team. At the end of February, the whole instructor team travelled up to Cannock Chase for a two day expedition so that the Lowland Expedition Leader (LEL) candidates could practice their navigation skills and group management. We were joined by Mark D’Sa, freelance ins...

Joel aged 19 from Birmingham joined our GAP year team last September. He gives an update on a Bushcraft training event which took place in our copse in early January:- The GAP team and Interns have been taught many exciting and highly effective skills during our Bushcraft training. These included choosing a safe place to create a fire along with using the right type of wood and leaves to light up with a flint and steel lig...

We had a ‘full-house’ for our TA Ski week set in the breathtakingly beautiful Jungfrau region of Switzerland. Fresh and abundant snow, blue skies, amazing company, comfortable accommodation and healthy home-cooked meals all added to the amazing experience had by all on this adventure. This is some of the feedback when we asked for highlights from the week:- “The people I met and the friendships I’ve made. Loved the fun of Onesie Wedn...

  Frazer aged 18 from Chipping Norton joined our GAP year team last September. Frazer gives an update on a pool training session held recently:-  On Friday 8th February, 11 of us (a mixture of A+ staff and friends/family) went to Oxford for a kayaking pool session at Oxford Brookes Harcourt Hill Campus. This session was to practice our T-Rescues, rolls, support strokes and gain more confidence in the water. A few...