Never too old for adventure
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten — An 85-year-old British sailor who dreamed of crossing the Atlantic on a raft as a young boy completed the journey with three friends Wednesday. The crossing to this Caribbean island, led by Anthony Smith of London, took about two months and was generally smooth except for damage to two rudders on […]
Outdoor Adventure Week launches again….
Outdoor Adventure Week 2011 is launched with National Windsurfing Week and BBC Things To Do campaign. <http://www.nationalwindsurfingweek.org/ > From the 1st to the 8th of May, 2011 Outdoor Adventure Week celebrates again. All action events, activities and experiences for the UK. Participants and providers include adventure sports clubs, youth organisations, schools, colleges and hundreds of […]
Westminster Debate Risk and Learning
14 Elected members speak in support of outdoor learning One important aspect of learning outside the classroom, that of outdoor and adventure-based learning, was discussed during a short [90 minute] adjournment debate in Westminster Hall Wednesday last week. Depressingly, 76% of teachers turned down the opportunity to go on a field trip because of fears […]
InGenious in us All
Who has the potential to achieve true greatness? According to conventional arguments based on nature versus nurture, very few people. The clear lesson from gene expression, brain plasticity, and expertise studies, however, is this: no one knows. We do not – and cannot – know our own limits until we acquire and deploy the right […]
Young Report Update
Health and Safety laws are misinterpreted when designing play areas, making them "uninspiring play spaces that do not enable children to experience risk". Lord Young wants to replace the current system of risk assessment with one of "risk-benefit assessment", whereby the positive impacts of adventurous play equipment are weighed up against potential risks. The […]
No limits
A New Zealand mountaineer who lost both legs in a climbing accident has become the first double amputee to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Mark Inglis, 47, phoned to say he had reached the top of the world's highest peak on Monday and had returned to base Camp 4, his wife Anne told reporters. […]
Young Report – Effects
Government to overhaul health and safety to ensure children's play areas are more exciting. The move is among the recommendations made in Lord Young's review of health and safety regulations and Britain's 'compensation culture'. The report says that too often health and safety laws are misinterpreted when designing play areas, making them "uninspiring play […]
Lord Young Report [2]
"People who seek to do good in our society should not fear litigation as a result of their actions." – Lord Young Full Lord Young Report: http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/latest-news/2010/10/lord-young-report-55605 Report warns that a "particularly pernicious" climate of fear has developed in which well-meaning members of the public are put off from organizing voluntary activities for fear of […]
Campaign aims
The Campaign seeks to show that life is best approached in a spirit of exploration, adventure and enterprise; to influence and better inform attitudes towards risk; to build wider recognition that chance, unforeseen circumstances and uncertainty are inescapable features of life and that absolute safety is unachievable; and to demonstrate that sensible education and preparation […]
In favour of entrepreneurial spirit
“We need to swing the balance back in favour of entrepreneurial spirit." "We want to make sure that charities spend more time on their valuable work to support our communities" says Minister for Business and Enterprise, Mark Prisk The Big Society De-regulation Taskforce was announced today by Business Minister Mark Prisk and Civil Society Minister […]