Adventure Therapy Programme

Through our Health and Wellbeing programme we were introduced to Early Intervention for Psychosis (EIP) services throughout Wales. Using EnRAW funding we worked alongside these specialist services to develop Adventure Therapy programmes, integrating theoretical knowledge alongside practical sessions to help develop peoples’ emotional resilience, reduce stigma and develop social support groups.

The Outdoor Partnership now chairs the All Wales Adventure therapy subgroup within Wales and is developing projects, connections and partnerships with the 7 health boards across Wales to develop this as a national standard within Wales supporting outcomes for the health boards and the people they serve.

This has resulted in us supporting these mental health services to access the world of the outdoors through  adventure therapy programmes and sessions, find and engage with 3rd sector partners able to augment the delivery of these sessions and provide access to funding for longer term engagement with these sessions such as the Moondance foundation and other small pots of local funding.

We aim to continue this work over the coming years and are currently supporting two research projects looking at the affects adventure therapy can have on participants emotional resilience and social connections.

If you would like to know any more about this group please contact : – daniel.bartlett@outdoorpartnership.co.uk