The Outdoor Partnership will work with clubs, schools, individuals, and specialists to increase opportunities for people in Coastal Cumbria to achieve their potential through outdoor activities, active participation, volunteering, training, and education.
🚨 A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN OUR TEAM 🚨
We are currently recruiting for a Regional Outdoor Activity Development Officer covering the Coastal Cumbria area. Please click on the link below for more information. Closing date: 5/5/2025.
https://outdoorpartnership.co.uk/join-our-team-2
🚨 A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN OUR TEAM 🚨
We are currently recruiting for a Regional Outdoor Activity Development Officer covering the Coastal Cumbria area. Please click on the link below for more information. Closing date: 5/5/2025.
https://outdoorpartnership.co.uk/join-our-team-2
It’s been a busy few months, just a couple of pictures to sum up what’s been going on.
Come and join us for a fun 6-week indoor rock climbing course designed just for beginners or if you`re feeling adventurous our development sessions! Led by experienced and highly qualified Climbing Instructors they will guide you through a progressive programme building your confidence on your climbing journey. We`ll also have some staffed drop-in -sessions this January, so there`s plenty of opportunity to get involved. Click the link to book.
Come and join us for a fun 6-week indoor rock climbing course designed just for beginners or if you`re feeling adventurous our development sessions! Led by experienced and highly qualified Climbing Instructors they will guide you through a progressive programme building your confidence on your climbing journey. We`ll also have some staffed drop-in -sessions this January, so there`s plenty of opportunity to get involved. Click the link to book.
I had such a great time at the adventuremindconf lots of learning to put into practice and connections made to bring adventuremindconf in to the work we do. Thank you to all the inspiring speakers, and bendriggtrustfor hosting. I even bumped into the chair of our stakeholders group, who mentioned the work of paa.topin his presentation, thank you!
I had such a great time at the adventuremindconf lots of learning to put into practice and connections made to bring adventuremindconf in to the work we do. Thank you to all the inspiring speakers, and bendriggtrustfor hosting. I even bumped into the chair of our stakeholders group, who mentioned the work of paa.topin his presentation, thank you!
I had such a great time at the adventuremindconf lots of learning to put into practice and connections made to bring adventuremindconf in to the work we do. Thank you to all the inspiring speakers, and bendriggtrustfor hosting. I even bumped into the chair of our stakeholders group, who mentioned the work of paa.topin his presentation, thank you!
I had such a great time at the adventuremindconf lots of learning to put into practice and connections made to bring adventuremindconf in to the work we do. Thank you to all the inspiring speakers, and bendriggtrustfor hosting. I even bumped into the chair of our stakeholders group, who mentioned the work of paa.topin his presentation, thank you!
Women in West Cumbria, We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming Hills Skills Walk on November 29th. It’ll be a great opportunity to practice contouring, so be sure to bring your maps and compasses. We can’t wait to see you there!
Click the link to book your place
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womans-hill-skills-walk-contour-practise-friday-november-29th-tickets-1044776654097?aff=oddtdtcreator
Women in West Cumbria, We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming Hills Skills Walk on November 29th. It’ll be a great opportunity to practice contouring, so be sure to bring your maps and compasses. We can’t wait to see you there!
Click the link to book your place
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womans-hill-skills-walk-contour-practise-friday-november-29th-tickets-1044776654097?aff=oddtdtcreator
Great afternoon at the @cumbriapeoplenaturenetwork, lots of inspiring conversations and a great sunset to finish!
Great afternoon at the @cumbriapeoplenaturenetwork, lots of inspiring conversations and a great sunset to finish!
Paddle boarding on Derwent water, 8 lovely ladies braved the rain to take@part in their paddle safer award - happy paddling. @cumbriaoutdoors with funding from UK government
Paddle boarding on Derwent water, 8 lovely ladies braved the rain to take@part in their paddle safer award - happy paddling. @cumbriaoutdoors with funding from UK government
What a lovely day for our Festival of Water 30 ladies having a great time Stand Ip Paddle Boarding, canoeing and Sailing. That’s to UKGoverment Funding and Cumbria Outdoors. @cumbriaoutdoors
What a lovely day for our Festival of Water 30 ladies having a great time Stand Ip Paddle Boarding, canoeing and Sailing. That’s to UKGoverment Funding and Cumbria Outdoors. @cumbriaoutdoors
Today is #WorldHealthDay, which marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organisation in 1948.
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day
Today is #WorldHealthDay, which marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organisation in 1948.
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day
Coming in April … woman’s beginners climbing course and drop in climbing session in West Cumbria, kit has arrived, Details and booking info to follow next week. With thanks to Active Cumbria Sellafield Ltd
Coming in April … woman’s beginners climbing course and drop in climbing session in West Cumbria, kit has arrived, Details and booking info to follow next week. With thanks to Active Cumbria Sellafield Ltd
Today is #SocialPrescribingDay2024, a day to celebrate ways to improve health and well-being beyond medication! Social prescribing connects people with activities that can make a real difference. Help us to raise awareness of what social prescribing is, how it works, and how it changes lives.
Today is #SocialPrescribingDay2024, a day to celebrate ways to improve health and well-being beyond medication! Social prescribing connects people with activities that can make a real difference. Help us to raise awareness of what social prescribing is, how it works, and how it changes lives.
Looking to get involved?
If you’d like to know more or are an outdoor activity club that would like to get involved, please contact Claire on 07516 507357 or claire.bryant@outdoorpartnership.co.uk.
This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.’ The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, people and skills.
This Girls’ Adventure offered participants the opportunity to take part in subsidised activities run by inspiring instructors in a sociable and supportive environment.
We were successful in our application and were awarded additional resources to develop and expand this program in July 2024.
Plans included :-
- Monthly Hill Skills walking days
- Open water swimming skill sessions
- Learning to sail
- Paddle development sessions including Kayak, Canoe & SUP
- Coach education support for volunteers
Followed by a two day “Festival of Water” based on beautiful Bassenthwaite to bring everyone together to try new activities, make new friends.
Please view the video that was created regarding the project below.
The Outdoor Partnership have been funded through Sellafield sports grant to kick start a women’s climbing club at West Lakes Academy delivered by Esther Foster Climbing
https://www.estherfoster.co.uk
The course will offer beginner sessions as well as an opportunity to develop your skills, participate in coach education with the ambition to develop a climbing club for women in West Cumbria.
The next round of dates will be on our events pages and socials so keep an eye out.
Through funding from the Cumbria Community Foundation, The Outdoor Partnership worked with the Millom school and the Kepplewary Centre to create mountain biking opportunities as an extra curricula activity.
the school have been able to make this club sustainable through buying bikes through active travel funding & training volunteers in Mountain biking level 2.
A community club has been formed and affiliated with British Cycling to offer community rides with volunteers undertaking training and assessment to ensure mountain biking is accessible to everyone in the community.
To find out more please view the link below
https://www.facebook.com/veloclubmillom
Working in partnership with the Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project & the Copeland Wellness Service we are delighted to be running a series of climbing sessions for young people to boost their self esteem, develop social connections and learn new skills so as to become independent climbers with the confidence to join a local climbing club.
To find out more keep an eye out on our socials
A new year of training and club support has begun.
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. To develop their clubs in the community and improve grass route participation sport.
So far, we have supported amazing volunteers from paddling to orienteering to gain First Aid and discipline-specific coach education qualifications.
If you are a female volunteer we currently have specific funding to support your training requirements so please get in touch with Claire Bryant – 07516507357
To find out more, visit our Club Guidance page here:
We support families to discover the outdoors on their doorstep in Coastal Cumbria creating events that are welcoming and suitable for a range of abilities. So far activities have included Family Forest School, water safety days and guided walks.
We have been delighted to be working with Tails Trails who have created 8 kid friendly maps based around the Cumbrian coast.
Tale Trails are local 1-2 hour family walks based around a fun story and a hand drawn map for kids. So, download a copy of the map and have an adventure. There are 8 great walks along Copeland coast to choose from.
Following this success Workington town also has a map linking all their green spaces.
And the project isn’t just up here, there has been a map created in northern Ireland & head to their page to check it out.
Our health and wellbeing programme aims to increase physical activity level and improve mental health through participation in activities in a supported environment.
We have teamed up with Black Dog Outdoors, to offer free monthly walks right from the heart of Whitehaven with a minibus pick up and fully qualified and professional mountain leaders.
To book you place follow the link, https://www.blackdogoutdoors.co.uk/events/
Pathways To Employment is a core program of The Outdoor Partnership, the Coastal Cumbria course has now finished and we are actively looking for partners to work alongside and funding to support this program.
If you would like to be involved in this program please contact Claire.
Wellbeing in Nature was a 12 month programme of nature connection activities for green social prescribing.
Activities included Forest bathing Forest school (adult and children) Basic bush crafting Mindful photography Nature on your doorstep
The project has now come to an end, if you would like more information on how this came about and what the impact it had please read our report below.
