by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 21, Nov 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Job Vacancies
Internship applications close soon! Join us and work towards a career that combines outdoor adventure with youth work. These photos (above and below) are from Anna, one of our interns down in Christchurch this year. Thanks Anna! Get in touch to find out more about our...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 18, Nov 2022 | All, Blog, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
Just found this video from 9 years ago! A youth camp in the Waitākere Ranges with one of our partner charities, Recreate. Raft building and races, team building activities, flying fox, and outdoor adventures! And we’re still partnering with Recreate today 😍...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 14, Nov 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles
THE TRUST’S BEGINNINGS – by Glenda Simpkin, co-founder with her late husband, Lyndsay Skimpkin “Lyndsay and I met at Youth For Christ (YFC), where we had been working together. That’s where our story begins. He was the Campus Life director for Auckland at...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 11, Nov 2022 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Stories from Programmes
Adventure + cooking outdoors + friends + a bonfire = amazing memories!
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 9, Nov 2022 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
Ever seen someone climb a giant wooden ladder in fast forward? Watch this 20-second timelapse video!
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 7, Nov 2022 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Bush Skills, Stories from Programmes
A short 5-second video showing the the stunning Southern Alps and students from Rangiora High School in Canterbury on their survival camp with Instructor April.
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 4, Nov 2022 | All, Blog, Media
“Get Outdoors Week” kicks off next week, and you can win prizes up to $500 when you take part in the daily photography challenge!!! Check out the list of daily challenges below and find one that inspires you to get outdoors! Daily photo challenges: >>>...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 2, Nov 2022 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Stories from Programmes
Coasteering with Hobsonville Secondary School. If you haven’t come across “coasteering” before, it’s an interesting mix of walking, climbing, scrambling, jumping and swimming along a coastline, in order to get from Point A to B. Way more fun...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 31, Oct 2022 | Adventure Therapy, All, Blog, Featured Hike, Stories from Programmes
Instructor Dave shows the young fullas how to sandboard down the iconic dunes at Lake Wainamu, Bethells Beach Te Henga, West Auckland. The dunes and the freshwater lake are an amazing (free) activity and such a fun way to enjoy the outdoors with friends and...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 26, Oct 2022 | All, Blog, Learning about te ao Māori
Hīkoi Verb: to step, stride, march, walk Noun: a step, march, hike, trek, tramp, journey
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 24, Oct 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles
Five Fun Facts about Grace, one of our Christchurch-based instructors ❤️ 1. “I am from Taranaki , the best place on earth 🌎Literally the definition of ‘earth, sea, sky’ 2. I am engaged to be married this November 💍 – to a very lucky man. 3. I followed my...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 21, Oct 2022 | All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes
Is an outdoor activity still fun, even if you don’t enjoy it the whole time? This diagram helps explain the different types of fun and how rewarding each type feels at the end of the adventure! Below is the explanation, by Jono from...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 19, Oct 2022 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Stories from Programmes
🚴 Mountain biking 🚴 through the snow with Rangiora College and Instructor April 😎
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 17, Oct 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Job Vacancies
What is it like being an intern at Adventure Specialties Trust? “In a nutshell, this year has been amazing, challenging and rewarding. I have spent a ton of time in the bush, on the water, clinging on to walls and dangling from ropes. All in the company of a...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 14, Oct 2022 | All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes
“After a day’s walk, everything has twice its usual value.” – G. M. Trevelyan
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 13, Oct 2022 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Stories from Programmes
An update from Laura’s girls’ programme (a pilot programme which is aimed at supporting and encouraging Year 11-13 students to discover their strengths, increase their social skills, practice leadership, find physical, mental, emotional and spiritual...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 12, Oct 2022 | Adventure Therapy, All, Blog, Upcoming Programmes
Come on an adventure with us! Calling all adults in Christchurch who are wanting to build their health and wellbeing, increase their confidence and find connection with others. Be Inspired Our “Inspire” adventure therapy programme combines fun adventurous...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 10, Oct 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes, Staff Profiles
A reflection shared by our Chair of the Board, Brian Knolles: “I do not always get to set the agenda. “I had a plan for the way this day would begin. I had thought about my agenda for this morning. Yet within ten minutes of my alarm waking me, that agenda...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 7, Oct 2022 | Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Stories from Programmes
We went caving with some girls from Massey High School. Caving is great way to challenge yourself, confront fears, support each other in a group environment, keep active and have fun! Thank you to Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa for funding the programme. “Tū Manawa...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 5, Oct 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog
Share your opinion: what outdoor activities should everyone experience, at least once in their life? > Beginner activities (go for a bush walk, go camping in a tent)> More intermediate and advanced activities (climb a snow-covered mountain, light a fire with no...
