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The Outdoor Partnership will work with clubs, schools, individuals, and specialists to increase opportunities for people in The Sperrins AONB to achieve their potential through outdoor activities, active participation, volunteering, training, and education.

Gary Donaldson - The Sperrins Outdoor Activities Development Officer

Gary Donaldson is our Sperrins Outdoor Activities Development Officer. He will be working in the areas of Causeway Coast & Glens, Derry & Strabane, Fermanagh & Omagh and Mid Ulster

If you’d like to know more or are an outdoor activity club that would like to get involved, please contact Gary on

07742876126 or gary.donaldson@outdoorpartnership.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/TOPNorthernIreland/

https://www.instagram.com/topnorthernireland/

https://twitter.com/top_nireland

The Outdoor Partnership & ERNE Paddlers Project

The outdoor partnership (TOP) are delivering kayaking sessions at Gortin lakes alongside Erne Paddlers which are aimed at developing skills and confidence on the lake at Gortin enabling local people to engage in Kayaking with the long term aim to set up a satellite club to grow the reach of the club to encompass new communities and local resources.

Gary and the Outdoor Partnership have been running sessions aimed at engaging the local community to participate in these sessions and to become long term members of Erne paddlers with coach education planned for the Autumn months which will help grow the club in this area and make it more sustainable.

Alongside these sessions TOP and ERNE paddlers are also delivering a series of recreational river sessions aimed at engaging new members and families. with these sessions progressing from the skills they have learnt on the lake to a more recreational activity enabling people to see the skills they have developed be used in real world situations.

There are also inclusive sessions planned for the coming months in partnership with Omagh and Fermanagh district council at Omagh leisure centre which will help people with a wide variety of disabilities to engage in paddling sports.

These projects are based around the long term goal to support the club to expand within the Sperrin’s region.

For more information and to book onto these events please follow this link to their Facebook page:-

https://www.facebook.com/ernepaddlers/?locale=en_GB

Mountaineering Ireland

We have also been working alongside Mountaineering Ireland to deliver Hill Skills training sessions across the Sperrin’s for local residents to develop their skills and confidence, learn about navigation and how to best assess and prepare for weather in the hills.

This project has provided 13 people with new skills enhancing their awareness of their safety, their impact on the local area and how to best look after the natural environment.

These sessions have progressed into support for inclusive walking sessions which will support local people with a range of disabilities by providing low level walking sessions with the hopes to grow this into a sustainable program for the coming months.

The Outdoor Partnership have pencilled in another of these Hill Skills programs for September 2024, keep an eye on our social media pages to find out more.