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 | 13, Aug 2021 | All, Blog
What happens when we take 10 students on a 10-day “Project K” journey through Karangahake Gorge, in the Waikato region of New Zealand? There’s fun and laughter, there’s team building activities, there are even a few goats! There are some tears,...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 6, Aug 2021 | All, Blog
One of the many stunning locations we travel to is the Central North Island. These photos are from a 4-day expedition with Kings College students, as part of their Duke of Edinburgh journeys. They hiked up to a peak on Mt Ruapehu, tented overnight above the clouds,...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 23, Jul 2021 | All, Blog
“Research shows that taking part in positive activities can help to improve young people’s engagement at school and to give young people an alternative to risky, antisocial behaviours.” This quote is from the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), who fund...
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,...
