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 Personnel Today
Outward Bound Apprentice courses – teaching invaluable skills that transfer back into the work place and beyound
(external web link, personneltoday.com)
Celebration Event for Youngsters Energised by ScottishPower for Outward Bound Course
One hundred and fifty Glasgow youngsters have completed an Outward bound course with the help of funding from ScottishPower.
(external web link, Allmediascotland.com)
Oh, the joys of cold water and exercise
The Outward Bound Trust will celebrate its 70th anniversary by asking former students to share their experiences. Jonathan Brown took his own journey into the unknown.
(external web link, The Independent)
Managing risk, changing lives (pdf)
Like charities everywhere, Outward Bound has felt the impact of the recession. But as Chief Executive Nick Barrett explains to TGO's Emily Rodway, the good work continues - and is arguably more important than ever before.
(Emily Rodway, The Great Outdoors, TGO)
Outward Bound seeks 70 years' memories
"An organisation with the unfashionable aim of making young people cold and tired has appealed to former clients for their fond memories. And they are already flooding in."
(external web link - Chris Benfield, Yorkshire Post)
Local youngsters test themselves in outdoor adventure!
Swimming in a freezing cold lake, climbing mountains, and learning how to trust others…just a few of the challenges taken on this past week by 14 and 15 year olds from throughout the WDH area.
(external web link - Wakefield and District Housing)
Outward Bound Trust calling for your memories
"Were you on an Outward Bound course between 1941 and present day?" (external web link - Laura Davies Liverpool Daily Post)
Outward Bound launches a new nation-wide campaign
'Outward Bound Generations' aims to find as many of the 1 million plus people who have experienced an Outward bound course since 1941. The campaign encourages Outward Bounders to share their stories and memories at www.outwardboundgenerations.org.uk
(external web link)
Community project successfully ran by students
As part of
their Mark Scott Leadership for Life Award, Outward Bound Metro students organised a successful three day community project, entertaining elderly residents at Glasgow's Housing Association. (external web link)
Outward Bound Looking (315kb pdf)
Lives can be turned round by experiencing the great outdoors with Outward Bound.
(Blackpool Gazette)
Soaring spirit of adventure
It has been quite a week for Year 12 from Middlesbrough's Macmillan Academy. Ed Douglas reports.
(external web link, The Telegraph)
Former Steps star Lee Latchford Evans takes on the Challenge of the London Marathon for The Outward Bound Trust
Famously Fit, Health & Fitness magazine's editor, Ann Mather, interviews Lee as he starts to prepare for this big event.
www.famouslyfit.com (external web link)
Eddie Izzard jogs and dips at the Trust's Ullswater Centre
Eddie Izzard is an ex-Outward Bounder! Read his marathon blog for details on his surprise visit to our Ullswater centre.
He jetty jumped into Ullswater, along with groups of Outward Bound participants, bringing back memories of his childhood Outward Bound experience at the Ullswater Centre.
www.eddieizzard.com/blog (external web link)
Doncaster Rovers ready for Getaway
"Sean O'Driscoll will next week be taking his Doncaster Rovers squad to Eskdale, one of the most beautiful spots in the Lake District, for a three-day course as part of the pre-season training ahead of the 2009-10 campaign." (external web link - Doncaster Rover's website)
Ofsted's fact finding visit to The Trust's Lake District centres
Ofsted subject survey: good practice in outdoor and adventurous activities.
Features of good practice observed included, amongst others, "the availability of bursary funding for vulnerable learners", "high quality resources" and "a broad range of teaching methods appropriately applied in different learning situations".
For more information on our Ofsted visit, or to receive the full report, please contact natalie.harling@outwardbound.org.uk / 01931 740000.
Teamwork prepares pupils for shutdown (579kb pdf)
Intrepid Preston pupils from two schools scaled new heights when they took part in a lifechanging adventure trip. (Sonja Astbury, LEP Education.)
Robbie Sykes' success story (844kb pdf)
"I was really chuffed when I found out that I had been picked to go on the Outward Bound course at Ullswater, in the Lake District. I spent five days there and had a brilliant time. I got on really well with the instructors and really threw myself into all the activities." (Keepmoat Voice)
Battersea Park School mentoring: children’s approach to learning and effort has changed (pdf)
In 2007 Deutsche Bank initiated a project, "Reach Higher", with the school and The Outward Bound Trust, which runs adventure-based educational programmes for young people. The aim of this partnership is to give the many disadvantaged children in the area clearer perspectives on working life. (Deutsche Bank Forum Magazine Issue 2 2009)
'Row, row, row our boat' (pdf)
Thousands of young people from across the UK are set to benefit from a nautical donation made by Keepmoat to The Outward Bound Trust at Ullswater, in the Lake District.
(Keepmoat Voice Issue 24)
Mystery donor hands £10,000 a year to school
A Mystery benefactor is to donate £10,000 per year to a city school to take children on outdoor team-building courses to help boost their self-esteem, confidence and leadership (External web link - Edinburgh Evening News - report by Gemma Fraser)
Showcase: Sunseeker Annual Dinner honours Bee Gees (pdf)
The annual Sunseeker International Charitable Trust black-tie dinner, in aid of The Outward Bound Trust.
(Event Magazine - report by Chantelle Thorley)
The Trust delivers screen impact (pdf)
The Outward Bound Trust ball proved that even in recession, you can still put on a show that wows guests enough to donate their hard-earned cash to a good cause. (AV Magazine - report Paul Milligan)
Country Walking Magazine (pdf)
Fleece testing by The Trust's instructors for Country Walking magazine.
Country Walking Magazine (pdf)
Pedometer testing conducted by The Trust's instructors for Country Walking magazine.
Outward Bound Professional gain Marques of Excellence
(External web link - North of England Business Excellence Awards 2009)
Whitby Community College (pdf)
Adventure tests pupils to limit - Ten Whitby Community College students recently embarked on a seven-day adventure which tested their endurance skills to the limit. (credit - Whitby Gazette)
Country Walking Magazine (pdf)
Glove testing conducted by The Trust's instructors for Country Walking magazine.
Country Walking magazine (external link)
Trail Magazine (pdf)
Just how important is it to introduce young people to the outdoors?
Robin Gibb GMTV video
Robin Gibb CBE appears on GMTV and talks about The Trust.
Robin Gibb becomes The Outward Bound Trust’s first ambassador
Robin Gibb CBE has become the first official ambassador of The Outward Bound Trust, the UK’s leading provider of experiential learning in the outdoors. Robin wants to assist the charity in reaching disadvantaged young people across the UK with the opportunity to discover their potential through adventure in the wild.
The call to action stations (pdf)
Structured Outward Bound adventure programmes offer youngsters
Sporting pupils get a taste of the high life (pdf)
Outward Bound programmes use outdoor learning to help develop critical skills including teamwork, project management and decision-making.
Chairman of Nottingham Outward Bound Association receives an MBE from Buckingham Palace.
David Williams, 62, was given his award at the Queen's birthday honours in June for his services to young people.
Children of Chernobyl meet toy making giant, Hasbro.
Twelve young people from the Ukraine, known as the “Children of Chernobyl”, got a special surprise when they stayed with Outward Bound® Professional in Eskdale during their month long visit to the county.
Keepmoat wins a top award for their partnership with
Outward Bound.
On Thursday 21 June at the BITC (Business in the Community) Awards Keepmoat was awarded the Merril Lynch Raising Achievement Award for Excellence 2007, for their Outward Bound training programme and their work in the community.
In the true spirit of Outward Bound
Three representatives from Coca-Cola have accomplished a once in a life time achievement by skiing the last geographical degree to the North Pole.
Charles Cycles Across America for The Outward Bound Trust
On the 16th June 2007 Charles Lamb from Warkton, UK began the challenge of a life time by undertaking the enormous task of cycling coast to coast across the United States of America, in aid of The Outward Bound Trust.
State of the art Boathouse opens at Loch Eil
The new Boathouse at Outward Bound Loch Eil, near Fort William, was officially opened this September by His Royal Highness the Duke of York.
New partnership to inspire new opportunities for young people
The Outward Bound Trust and performance clothing company Berghaus Ltd have entered a long-term partnership with that will see new opportunities developing for the many young people who visit our centres across the country.
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