ACTIVATE LEAPS & BOUNDS

PROGRAMME

You'll take on eight days of outdoor adventure together, spending your time at the school in Anakiwa, and out amongst the bush, mountains and waterways of the Marlborough Sounds. Activities can include camping, sea journeys, water challenges, and height activities.

Not only will you be working with each other, you'll team up alongside up to five other caregiver & teen duos and three expert instructors, all bringing their own mix of stories and personalities!

OUTCOMES

Leaps & Bounds is the ultimate bonding experience. You'll learn more about each other and your relationship, as you problem-solve and overcome challenges together.

Key outcomes include:

• Develop an understanding of each other’s strengths and capabilities

• Gain trust, respect, and a more meaningful connection with each other

• Experience working in a partnership and as part of a wider team

• Push your own self-imposed boundaries and support your significant other as they push theirs

• A better understanding and appreciation for the outdoors.

SAFETY AND SUPERVISION

The course will have three fully qualified instructors and will operate within the standard safety policy of Outward Bound. Student wellbeing is our priority.

Students will have shared accommodation in their watch-house but separate (male/female) bathrooms while in the school.

We require all participants at Outward Bound to complete a medical, which is valid for three months from the date of the doctor visit and must be valid for the duration of the course.

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

All participants must be:

• Able to communicate clearly and have no intellectual disability

• Able to participate in a full day of physical activity with rest breaks

• Comfortable in and around the water, including having head under – lifejackets available

• Able to meet general Outward Bound screening guidelines

• Willing to give things ago

Disabled participants must:

• Have had at least a 1-year adaptation period since becoming a disabled person

Caregivers/parents must be:

• Able to walk/run 3km in 30 minutes

• Able to support the personal care of their teen

• Willing to fully participate in all aspects of the course

Wheelchair users must be:

• Using a manual wheelchair (electric wheelchairs are not suitable for a course)

• Able to transfer from the ground to their wheelchair

• Be under 85kg

NB: Due to technical equipment requirements, the course can take a maximum of two wheelchair users, two participants using crutches/frames and one participant who is blind or visually impaired. Participants could include those with both congenital and acquired physical disabilities eg. muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, amputations, arthritis.