Andy Kirkpatrick – BBC Four Thought – Adventure
Andy Kirkpatrick- acclaimed mountaineer, author and stand-up – challenges us to let our children be exposed to greater risk. Andy argues that we shouldn't be wrapping up children in cotton wool, that children will naturally seek out risky, challenging, scary experiences and that by over protecting them we might just be encouraging them to seek […]
Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill
Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill Yesterday The Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill, moved by The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling) was passed for its amendments and towards its third reading, . "The Bill is about bringing back common sense to a part of our society that week in, […]
Compensation Action is retrospective
Compensation Act 2006 has retrospective effect Hopps v Mott MacDonald (1) and Ministry of Defence (2) 24 July 2009 The High Court has today handed down judgment in the case of Graham Hopps v (1) Mott MacDonald Ltd and (2) Ministry of Defence (MOD), the first reported case applying s1 of the Compensation Act 2006. […]
Outward Bound Research
Outward Bound® Research continues to show that young people of all backgrounds face challenges at every stage of their education and transition into employment, challenges that too many struggle to overcome. This research also confirms that, outdoor learning changes how young people think and feel about themselves and their lives, by building their personal, social […]
The Overprotected Kid
The Overprotected Kid: A preoccupation with safety has stripped childhood of independence, risk taking, and discovery—without making it safer. A new kind of playground points to a better solution. Hanna Rosin March 19, 2014
A warm congratulations
“The Character and Resilience Manifesto” – from Chris Paterson, Claire Tyler, and Jen Lexmond with The all-party parliamentary group on Social Mobility, 'CentreForum' and 'Character Counts' Following the spectacular endorsement by the CBI membership of a new agenda for education which focuses on experience (see article) , we now have further efforts waking up adventure […]
CBI – Employers Group Report…
Adventure creates character….New CBI reports '78% of employers want character' 'First Steps – A New Approach for Schools' from the CBI emphasizes that young people need to leave school with skills for life….. Damming our skills-and-knowledge based educational system, this report quotes “78% of employers rate attitudes as the most important factor when recruiting new […]
Adventure Campaign
2013 – a year of amazing successes So who had an amazing 2013? We, the Adventure Organisations did….please add any information or links you think are missing! Well done all who have been campaigning for adventure throughout 2013 – and let's keep it going through 2014 and beyond…a huge thanks, on behalf of us all […]
Britain and Adventure
Simon Jenkins The Guardian, "this is the season of reckless jaunts" Chaucer noted that when April awakens into summer "people long to go on pilgrimages". Nowadays they long to go on reckless jaunts. This is the season when crazy tourism goes viral, when "gappers" dream up dangerous adventures and when no holiday is […]
ARISc – Parliamentary Group on Adventure and Recreation in Society re-forms…
Parliamentary Group on Adventure and Recreation in Society re-forms… On Wednesday, 19th June MPs re-confirmed their intentions for a more adventurous UK society by re-forming the All Party Parliamentary Group on Adventure and Recreation in Society [ARISc ]. Julian Brazier MP, ARISc Co-Chair with Stephen Pound MP and Lord Tony Greaves, stated “This group will […]