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Wayout in Gateshead (WinG) email: [email protected] c/o Newburn Activity Centre, Charity Number 1150300 Supported by Grange Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 8ND The Pushing the Possibilities project offers everyone aged 50 and over the chance to  To challenge images and expectations of learn through outdoor activities. It gives older people you the chance to have fun, learn new skills,  To develop self-confidence and skills, to develop more self-confidence, meet new benefit individuals and communities people and have a healthier more inclusive life-style.  To promote physical and mental fitness  To open up new opportunities in lifelong We believe that older people should have learning for older people the same chance to enjoy the outdoors and learn from the experience as anyone else. Introduction Course We also believe that older people have skills that are often under-valued and under-used. This course consists of three and a half days. A team building day and three

activity days chosen by the group, such as Learning through adventure is a powerful walking, rock climbing, canoeing, way of building confidence and changing abseiling, cycling or forest school. The people’s views of their own abilities and third day includes a personal development expectations. We always design courses to session with At the end of the course an match the abilities of participants, so that evaluation and an outline of further everyone - able-bodied or disabled - is able opportunities are discussed such as, the to take part fully and succeed. Pushing the Possibilities Residential Course. The Pushing the Possibilities project Residential Course provides two courses which are designed specially to enable older people to achieve The residential gives participants the success in new activities, learn new skills and opportunity to try something new or gain a positive view of their own abilities develop skills in an agreed activity. The and potential. Participants may take part in accommodation is self-catering, so the the introduction course only, or they may go groups will be involved in discussing and on to take part in a follow-up 3 day agreeing a menu that explores healthy residential course. eating and life styles.