by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 20, Sep 2021 | All, Blog
Lockdown is experienced differently for each of us, but most of us have at least some moments where we are worrying about finances or people who are unwell, juggling work and children, feeling lonely or bored, or feeling anxious about the universal challenge of COVID....
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 14, Sep 2021 | All, Blog
Another lockdown update from Tim, our CEO: “Our Christchurch branch is back operating, which is great! Although there is a lot of juggling with cancellations and postponements and rescheduling. “Auckland continues to be unable to operate. We are trying to...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 14, Sep 2021 | All, Blog
Flashback to Adventure Specialties from a little while ago … Glenda (co-founder of Adventure Specialties with her husband, Lyndsay) gives the captions to these photos: “Photo 1 looks like a Henderson high school journey programme with Joy Mentzer and...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 13, Sep 2021 | All, Blog
I really like trees. I love the satisfaction that comes from growing trees. We have a small revegetation project on our property which we have put about 3000 natives into so far and am continually raising seedlings for each planting season. On the rest of our...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 2, Sep 2021 | All, Blog
What has your experience of Lockdown 2.0 been? What has been the best part and the worst part for you and your bubble? Here are some replies from the Adventure Specialties Trust crew: Tim, our CEO, says, “BEST PART not driving in rush hour traffic. WORST PART not...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 30, Aug 2021 | All, Blog
Do you have any Māori words that mean something special to you or that you think sound beautiful? Some of the staff at Adventure Specialties Trust have quite a lot of Māori vocabulary already, but I am very much a beginner! “Awa” is a very basic word, but...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 26, Aug 2021 | All, Blog, Media
Anneke and Dave at the Involve youth workers conference in Wellington, August 2021. Check out these good looking guest speakers! Anneke and Dave are part of our amazing Adventure Therapy team at Adventure Specialties Trust and they recently attended the “Involve”...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 26, Aug 2021 | All, Blog
A message from Tim, our CEO: “I just want to touch base with our supporters: I hope and pray that you are all well during our current lockdown situation. I also wanted to let you know that Adventure Specialties Trust is doing ok, although we can’t wait to...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 21, Aug 2021 | All, Blog
What is coasteering? When I first started working at Adventure Specialties, I had no idea what it was! I wasn’t even sure what the instructors were saying at first. Co-steering? Whaaaaa?!? Anyway, after asking around, looking at photos from our programmes, and...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 19, Aug 2021 | All, Blog
Five Fun Facts about Bex: #1. “I used to be a military photographer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Back then, I could do 40 push ups! Sadly, I can only manage about 10 now, ha ha! Highlights include jumping out of the back of a Hercules plane in a tandem...
