Youth Group with Youth Worker wearing harness and helmets in the forest ready to do zip wire

Adventures away from home fund at Avon Tyrrell – outdoor learning day visits and residentials.

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Adventures Away from Home Fund

UK Youth is delighted to announce the next phase of the Adventures Away from Home fund, made possible thanks to further funding from the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport. 

Adventures Away from Home aims to foster the social and emotional development of young people aged 11–18 – and up to 25 for those with special educational needs and disabilities – by providing fully funded bursaries for young people who face barriers to participation.  

This programme is available at Avon Tyrrell and offers outdoor learning opportunities that encourages participants to experience, learn and develop while also connecting with others and the natural environment

adventures away from home programme participants enjoying archery in the new forest with outdoor instructor

Applications are now closed for residential and day visits available between January to March 2025.

Adventures Away from Home

The Programme

You can take part in a fully funded experience of the Adventures Away from Home Programme, here at Avon Tyrrell. Choose from either a day visit or a 2-night residential outdoor learning experience. Our skilled and dedicated instructors will work with your group to build their confidence through outdoor learning challenges. We believe in the philosophy of ‘challenge by choice’ where your group are encouraged to work towards their own goals and are rewarded for their achievements.

Here is a sample programme, which will give you an idea of what to expect.

No matter if you are a day visit or residential – catering is included. Day visits will have a hot lunch provided and residentials will have a hot cooked meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We are able to cater to a variety of dietary requirements with allergens listed for each meal.

Testimonials

Hear From Some Of Our Attendees

Highly recommend taking part in AAfH project, the young people get to bond, make new friends, try new things, develop skills, respite from caring roles at home, have fun, team building, and communication skills. 
– AAfH, Youth Worker, Attendee

Gallery

Young people wearing blue helmets taking part in low ropes with rope dangling close to camera
People with outstretched arms huddled in circle reaching for others hands in team building exercise at Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Centre
two people sat at table looking and talking to each other
adventures away from home programme participants enjoying archery in the new forest with outdoor instructor
Group with hands in and on top of each other smiling in a team building exercise on a grass field
Group of young people sat on a hand made wooden raft with a mix of male and female. Raft is made from blue barrels, wood and ropes
Two young adult males with feamale Avon Tyrrell instrutor knelt next to wooden stump in forest trying to light with flint and steel

Get In Touch To Find Out How We Can Help You

Applications are now closed for 2025 January – March.

If you want more information, look at the FAQs below or email our team for more information.

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