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Adventure Activities for Special Schools Adventure Activities for Special Schools Click to view "The sensory experiences of Contents sailing on the lake, with the Welcome water lapping, the breeze on their Our Activities - Overview face, and the sails flapping, for Our Centres partially sighted PMLD students is A Tailored Programme unreplicable. Next See for Yourself The overcoming of challenges and fear in activities such as climbing Why Walsall Outdoor Pursuits? and abseiling provide valuable Meet the Staff experiences for our children." Our Centres 00 Duke of Edinburghs Award ~John Mansfield, Mary Elliot Special School Our Activities - Detailed Welcome Walsall Outdoor Pursuits has over 25 years experience in delivering outdoor adventure programmes to people with disabilities. We offer a wide range of activities both on and offsite, indoors and outside. We tailor a flexible programme that best suits your group and meets both your needs and theirs. We are passionate about providing the best possible experience along with great value for money. Our dedicated team of specialists are some of the most experienced practitioners around when working with people with dissabilities. Next They are there to support you from your first enquiry right through to the end of your visit. They aim to give every group and individual an experience that guarantees an adventure they will remember forever. Welcome to Walsall Outdoor Pursuits, the adventure starts here… Bob Ratcliffe Outdoor Pursuits Manager High Ropes @ Aldridge Airport Back to contents Zip Wire Gladiator Challenge Kayaking Crate Challenge Climbing Wall Archery Sailing High All Aboard Low Ropes Our Activities Cycling Circus Skills Abseiling Designed to build trust and confidence whilst at Land Yachting Field Studies Leap Of Faith the same time motivate and challenge people with varied forms of disabilities. From rock climbing Canoeing High Aerial Challenge Walking to canoeing and archery to zip wire, we offer a Rock Climbing Problem Solving Windsurfing huge variety of land and water based activities to Click on an activity challenge and inspire your group. Powerboating Fan Descender Bushcraft to find out more Orienteering Raft Building Jacobs Ladder Next Back to contents Aldridge Airport Our Centres Outdoor Activity Centre We have two centres. A land based sports centre at Aldridge Airport and a watersports centre at Sneyd Lake, both located in Walsall. Sneyd Click on a centre to find out more Water Activity Centre Next Back to contents Aldridge Airport Outdoor Activity Centre Opened in 2006 by Princess Anne this purpose build centre is located on the Aldridge Airport site. This centre is where we run our land based activities and offer facility hire for clubs and groups. Facilities include:- • Wheelchair specific ropes course and • Full disabled access with shower facilities abseiling changing bed and hoist • Indoor and outdoor climbing walls • Low ropes course • Cycling trails • High ropes course • Training room with interactive Next • Archery range whiteboard • Kitchenette • Changing rooms Aldridge Airport "The activities and staff at Outdoor Activity Centre Off Bosty Lane Aldridge Airport are fantastic, Aldridge, Walsall. our pupils have a range of WS9 0QQ. complex learning disabilities. 01922 744637 [email protected] The staff are extremely flexible www.walsall.gov.uk/outdoor_pursuits and do everything they can to accomodate our pupils needs." ~Kam Mann, Old Hall Special School Back to our centres Sneyd Water Activity Centre Sneyd Water Activites Centre is based on Sneyd Lake at the Black Country University Technical College which is based on the old Sneyd School site in Bloxwich. Facilities include:- • Range of specialist boats • Full disabled access • Changing rooms • On site lake • Hoisting facilities • Access to local canals • Dining area Next "Walsall Outdoor Pursuits has provided the young people I work Sneyd Water Activity Centre with the opportunity to reach their Black Country UTC Vernon Way full potential as an individual . It is Bloxwich, Walsall. never what someone can not do WS3 2LU. 01922 744637 but always how can we enable [email protected] them to achieve and experience www.walsall.gov.uk/outdoor_pursuits their life to the full by looking beyond their disability." ~Abigail Betterly, Mary Elliot Special School and Walsall Specialist Youth Club Back to our centres A Tailored Programme Walsall Outdoor Pursuits help to challenge people with disabilities to try new experiences, push their boundaries and fulfill their potential. Whether that’s by overcoming heights on the abseil wall or mastering the challenge of singlehanded sailing on our lake, they enjoy a sense of achievement from conquering the challenge. As well as learning more about themselves and their friends, they come together as a group and improve life skills such as leadership, communication and respect. Next We work with you to produce a tailored programme that ensures your groups aims can be acheived. Example Programme for a full day visit Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Climbing and Lunch Low Ropes Cycling Archery Zip Wire Example Programme for a block booking of one day a week for 6 weeks Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Rock Ropes Climbing & Cycling & Course & Hill Walking Abseiling Sailing and Open Canoe Orienteering Archery at on the on the Canoeing at trip down the at Sutton Aldridge Long Mynd Staffordshire Sneyd Lake River Severn Park Airport gritstone edges Canoeing @ Sneyd Lake Back to contents Why Walsall Outdoor Pursuits? We specialise in the provision of adventurous activities for children and adults with disabilities, providing a safe environment for them to gain new experiences in the outdoors. Reasons to choose us are: • Our facilities are designed specifically for people with disabilities • Our staff are some of the most experienced practitioners in this field • 90% of the activities we offer are fully inclusive to wheelchair users Next • We have Makaton trained staff • All our staff have undergone various mediacal training such as, Buccalum rescue drug training and insulin training • We can provide transport, we have three mini buses one of which is fully accessible to wheelchair users • All our staff are fully first aid trained & have enhanced DBS checks • We are inspected and accredited by numerous organisations including; The Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA), The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (LotC), The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE), Adventure Mark and The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) • We provide downloadable risk assessments to help you prepare for your visit Sailing @ Sneyd Lake Back to contents See For Yourself Join us at one of our centres to get a taste of the Walsall Outdoor Pursuits experience before you commit to a booking. You will have a chance to meet the team, see the facilities and watch us in action with other groups, maybe even trying out a few of the activities yourself. Next "The activities we access through Walsall Outdoor Pursuits provide a vital experience for the deafblind people that Sense support. They really help with building trust and confidence, and help motivate and challenge people at the same time." ~Jon Fearn, Sense Cycling @ Aldridge Airport Back to contents Bob Ratcliffe Bob manages Walsall Outdoor Pursuits and oversees all of the operations and bookings. Bob Meet the staff has been involved with the provision of outdoor activities for over 30 years. His background is in At Walsall Outdoor Pursuits we have a small but very experienced full time mountaineering, rock climbing and caving. staff team who are supplemented by associate instructors during periods of high demand. Tom Daniel Steve Penn Tom is chief instructor at Aldridge Airport Activity Steve is chief instructor at Sneyd Water Sports Centre. Tom has been working in the outdoor Centre and a multi activity instructor. Steve has Next industry for the past 8 years. Starting out as a been working in outdoor education for the past multi activity instructor at a residential centre then 22 Years. Starting out with us when he was still at moving on to climbing instruction, he eventualy school and moving on to various other centres to joined Walsall Outdoor Pursuits. His background is broaden his experience he returned to us in 2006. in mountaineering and mountain biking. His specialism is in sailing and windsurfing. Ben Comery Pete Winwood Ben is a multi activity instructor and has Pete is a multi activity insructor and is the senior responsibility for our DofE programes. He has paddlesports instructor at Sneyd Water Activity worked in the industry for the past 17 years at a Centre. He has worked in the the industry both variety of residential outdoor centres, he joined in the UK and Europe for the past 11 years. His Walsall Outdoor Pursuits in 2008. His background background is in kayaking and canoeing. is in climbing, hill walking and orienteering. Back to contents Duke of Edingburgh’s Award We are a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Approved Activity Provider. From providing an assessor for an expedition, to a full on Next expedition package where we take care of all the training, planning, logistics and execution of the expedition. Whatever your DofE needs we are able to help. The activities we offer can also be used for the skills and physical sections of the DofE scheme. We also offer the residential section that is a requirement for the Gold Award. Back to contents High Ropes Our high ropes course consists of a variety of different elements designed to challenge participants whilst being adrenaline packed, exciting and above all safe. All of the high ropes elements we have, including Jacobs Ladder, High All Aboard, Leap of Faith, Crate Challenge and Gladiator Challenge are fully accessible to wheelchair Next users and those with limited mobility. Each element has its own unique challenge, participants work in teams or individually to reach their goal points. Learning Outcomes • Builds communication skills • Encourages teamwork • Builds confidence and leadership skills Adapted high ropes course Back to activities High All Aboard In this activity, four participants in helmets and harnesses work together to carefully climb to the top of our 8 metre pole.
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