The Outdoor Partnership will work with clubs, schools, individuals, and specialists to increase opportunities for people in Mid Wales to achieve their potential through outdoor activities, active participation, volunteering, training, and education.
Bethan Logan is our Mid Wales Outdoor Activities Development Officer. She is based virtually and she covers Powys and Ceredigion.
If you’d like to know more or are an outdoor activity club that would like to get involved, please contact Bethan on 07706734285 or bethan.logan@outdoorpartnership.co.uk.
What have we achieved so far? The Outdoor Partnership has been active in Mid Wales since July 2021. Here’s what we have been up to:
Thanks to various funding streams we have been able to run a variety of longer term programmes across Mid Wales with a focus on using the outdoors to improve our health and wellbeing. This has included 10 week walking programmes in Newtown and Llandrindod Wells, a 10 week surfing programme in Ceredigion and we are currently running a multi-activity adventure therapy programme for young people looking to improve their mental health across Powys. Stay tuned for a programme for the over 60s along the Carmarthenshire/Ceredigion border which will also involve activities including walking, bush craft, paddle boarding and photography.
Mid Wales has been lucky enough to recruit 6 volunteer ambassadors thanks to funding from welsh government. All of our volunteers have offered to use their amazing skillset and experience to encourage even more people to access the outdoors in Mid Wales and beyond.
Click here to meet the volunteers – https://outdoorpartnership.co.uk/our-volunteer-ambassadors
Working with local providers, various projects have been established to improve access to the outdoors for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions. The most popular activities so far have been inclusive climbing and inclusive biking activities. Watch this space for future activities.
One of the best ways of getting into outdoor activities is through your local club. We support local activity clubs with coach education for their volunteers because we know that we would be lost without the hard work and dedication so many people give by volunteering their time and energy each week.
So far, we have supported volunteers from paddling, climbing, inclusive biking and paddleboarding clubs across Mid Wales to gain First Aid and discipline-specific coach education qualifications.
To find out more, visit our Club Guidance page here.
In 2022, the Bant â ni! (Let’s Go!) project is a partnership between Mid Wales and Swansea Bay Region to develop a network of Welsh-speaking outdoor instructors in the region.
The project aims to support instructors who are learning Welsh to gain confidence leading outdoor activities through the medium of Welsh via practical sessions in real-life outdoor contexts as well as supporting Welsh speakers with a love of the outdoors to join the outdoor industry.
Our first session, paddleboarding and pizza in Llandysul, was a great success. Get in touch using the contact details at the bottom or top of this page if you’d like to get involved.
It’s never too early to start your adventures into the outdoors and for some groups, access to the outdoors is even more critical for health and wellbeing. We have been working with young carers through the Amser Short Breaks scheme and are about to start a project funded by Children in Need for children living in rurally isolated areas.
If you’d like to know more or are an outdoor activity club that would like to get involved, please contact Bethan on 07706734285 or bethan.logan@outdoorpartnership.co.uk.
