Adventure Impact
SEND Outdoor Learning
Adventure Impact (Aim) offers specialist development programmes for vulnerable young people and those with additional needs, enabling them to discover their potential through outdoor learning. Offering an alternative provision to mainstream schooling for those needing short term breaks or long term placements. Many of the young people we work with are able to return to mainstream schooling after their time with us, some moving on to places in specialist provisions.
We engage and challenge these young people using outdoor activities such as archery, canoeing, kayaking, climbing, bushcraft, biking, and many more, encouraging them to grow in confidence and develop positive aspirations.
Who do we work with?
Referrals are welcome from schools, pupil referral units, youth offending services, social care, and other charities or youth organisations.
We work with children and young people:
- Children who are cared for or on the edge of care
- At risk of exclusion or excluded from school
- Not in education, employment or training
- With physical or learning disabilities or additional needs
Our Aims
We aim to impact children and young people’s lives by offering them regular adventure and team-building events, holidays and programmes, thereby enabling them to:
- Have fun, appreciate the outdoors and form positive memories and experiences.
- Grow self-confidence, independence and social skills by ‘learning outside the classroom ‘, giving responsibility and encouraging leadership qualities and team ethos.
- Develop advanced skills and recognise achievements through the AQA Award Scheme.
- Specifically, we aim to reduce behavioural problems, education engagement, and academic performance, and prevent anti-social and offending behaviour.
- We often see children back in school (returning to education) as a direct result of our work with them.
Prices
The nature of the courses and course costs vary with individual programmes and requirements. We tailor our care to the needs of the individual. We are often pleased to hear how competitive our prices are.
For further information or to discuss a booking, please get in touch with our team at aimlead@adventureplus.uk.
The Aim Team
We know the importance of familiarity for the young people we work with. We offer a casual initial visit and tour where we limit the number of people we introduce them to, allow them time to explore the site with us and acclimatise ahead of their first visit.
Our Aim children can also benefit from working with Heidi, our trained therapy dog, an 11 year old Cocker Spaniel. She is probably the most popular member of the team!
Josh Jones
Aim Lead
Benjie Hill
Instructor
Wayne Kuisis-Soloman
Instructor
Elizabeth Higgins
Aim Intern
Heidi
Therapy Dog
My son faces so many challenges in his life daily and is often very misunderstood, but not here. One of his biggest battles is low self-esteem and a lack of confidence in virtually everything. In his short time with Adventure Plus I can honestly say he has finally found a place that he feels he belongs to and doesn’t feel alone or as self critical. He is really starting to believe in himself and build confidence. I think these new found skills will continue to grow and hopefully stay with him throughout his life. The instructors here are all a parent could wish for for their child, and I feel very lucky to have found such an environment with amazing people, to offer my son the type of care, support, guidance and fun that every child deserves.
Absolutely amazing with my son who has ADHD/Autism and PDA .They do so many fun activities with the children and are really patient/compassionate towards the children!
Also can not forget about HEIDI the therapy dog who is so sweet and really helped my son when he was going!