by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 7, Dec 2023 | Adventure Therapy, All, Blog, Feedback from Participants and Clients, Newsletter, Open Enrolment Programmes, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
All our Adventure Therapy programmes are run as small groups (max 8-10 people) and they are a form of group therapy. There are so many advantages to working with others in a group! [Please note that the photos in this article are not from the RESTORE programme, to...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 7, Dec 2023 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Bush Skills, Feedback from Participants and Clients, Newsletter, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
KidsCan is a New Zealand charity on a mission to help kiwi children who are living in poverty and going without essentials like food, warm clothing and shoes. KidsCan believes that “Education is a pathway out of poverty [but] children can’t learn if they are cold and...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 5, Dec 2023 | Adventure Therapy, All, Blog, Feedback from Participants and Clients, Newsletter, Open Enrolment Programmes, Stories from Programmes
During Term 3, we ran an INSPIRE Adventure Therapy day programme (one day a week over eight weeks) for young women who have been struggling with their mental health. Here are some quotes from the young women who attended: “I feel hopeful about my future and that life...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 10, Jul 2023 | Adventure Therapy, All, Blog, Feedback from Participants and Clients, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
Thank you, West City Sports Academy, for this wonderful feedback about our partnership with your alternative education programme.
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 8, Jun 2023 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Feedback from Participants and Clients, Open Enrolment Programmes, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
One of the most rewarding parts of this job is reading the feedback from participants, after they have finished one of our programmes. These quotes are from several different programmes over the last few months (Feb-May 2023). They are Level 2 Outcomes, which means...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 11, May 2023 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Feedback from Participants and Clients, Open Enrolment Programmes, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
Rangatahi Backyard Adventures! A group of young women from Middle School West, trying out a variety of different outdoor activities in their local area, one day a week over eight weeks. WHY? The whole programme was funded by Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa, through Sport...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 18, Apr 2023 | Adventure Therapy, All, Blog, Feedback from Participants and Clients, Open Enrolment Programmes, Upcoming Programmes
EMPLOYERS, ARE ANY OF YOUR STAFF STRUGGLING? The past couple of years have been hard and there may be people in your team whose mental health and wellbeing have been negatively affected by stress, anxiety, depression, burnout, etc. Here is a great opportunity to...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 27, Feb 2023 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Bush Skills, Feedback from Participants and Clients, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
One of our regular programmes is a 21-day camp with Year 10 students from Kings College in Auckland. The students spend the first nine days at a camp in Northland, learning bushcraft skills and doing team-building activities, like building huts together. The next five...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 11, Feb 2023 | All, Blog, Feedback from Participants and Clients, Partnership Programmes
Thank you to Patricia from Mahitahi Trust who left some lovely feedback about one of our Adventure Therapy programmes with Mahitahi, working with adults going through drug and alcohol rehab last year. “The outcomes seen within our rōpū [group] are: Stronger...
