by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 7, Mar 2022 | All, Upcoming Programmes
Come on an adventure with us! We are taking a group of teens (16-19 years old) on a 5-day-4-night adventure through the stunning Kaimai Ranges in the Bay of Plenty over 26-30 April 2022. If you aren’t familiar with the term ‘Adventure Therapy,’ it is basically an...
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 | 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 | 23, Jul 2021 | All, Blog
“A better sense of their inbuilt character strengths: the qualities and skills that help us get through life.” This is one of the intended outcomes of our outdoor adventure programmes (along with increased wellbeing, increased social skills, ongoing...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 19, Jul 2021 | All, Blog
Do you have a support crew who encourage you up the hills in your life? During our outdoor adventure programmes, we use hills that we climb as a metaphor, to talk with the participants about the importance of relationships. We ask them who is in their support system,...