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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£52.9K
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Spending
£56.2K
Public benefits
Adventure Leadership Training Trust is a Faith Based Charity offering Outdoor Education expertise and opportunities to young people; through partnership working with Churches and other third sector organisations. Benefits include: -Young people and vulnerable adults gaining access to Outdoor Education sessions, training and experiences that
otherwise would not be available to them. -Young adults receive a combination of in-house and formalised training in various Outdoor Education disciplines, leading to Nationally recognised qualifications. - Church members and leaderships receive training, assistance and mentoring as they engage with their local parishes and communties. - Provision of land, equipment and accommodation for use by individuals and groups for respite, retreat or social activities. - Hosting international social action teams coming to Northern Ireland from Europe and North America. The benefits are demonstrated through: - An increase in young people and young adults accessing Outdoor Education opportunities. -The numbers of participants engaging with the Charity. During the 2013/14 financial year, over 1500 young people and vulnerable adults participated in ALT activities. - Participant feedback is requested at the conclusion of every session. - 2014/15 will see the establishment of an international committee to advise and scrutinise the work of ALT. This purpose of the Charity may lead to the following harm: As with all Outdoor Education providers, we offer disciplines that can incur personal injury. This harm is outweighed by the physical and mental benefits afforded to participants through their engagement. Additionally, all of our activities are fully risk assessed, operated within the confines of an agreed code-of-conduct, and facilitated by suitably qualified instructors. The Charities beneficiaries are: Residents of Northern Ireland, irrespective of age, gender, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, political persuasion, disability, marital status, race or religious beliefs. The only private benefits flowing from this purpose are: - ALT Directors and volunteers periodically undertake training that may prove beneficial to their careers and lives outside of the Charity. This is incidental as any training organised by ALT is designed to ensure ALT can effectively and efficiently achieve its purposes.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
ALT achieve our mission through the following programmes: The Open Door project in Rathfriland, which offers a safe/ warm place for adults. The project offers a range of indoor activities which include pool, darts, jigsaws, knitting, art and coffee/tea and a chat. The aim of The Open Door project is to combat aloneness and improve mental health
of those involved. The Open Gate project, which is run at Eagle Creek in Annalong Co Down. There are two programmes to the Open Gate Project. Firstly, it provides respite for families with children or young people with additional needs. The families spend the day at Eagle Creek playing games, having a picnic or BBQ. There is a small cabin called The Shire which they can use. The cabin got its name because Eagle Creek is situated between the Mourne Mountains and the Irish Sea. Eagle Creek has also easy access into the Mourne Mountains. Secondly various men's groups from the third sector can come to Eagle Creek every two weeks. During this time the men take part in woodland management. In 2015 The Woodland trust, TCV and Mourne Heritage give ALT 1000 trees to plant on the five acre site. The men's groups help maintain the trees and improving the site by planting raised beds and the cultivation of the site. The men who suffer from mental health issues can chat together and work together with the common goal of improving the site for the Families that use Eagle Creek. Mobile unit which offers archery to support Church & Community events across N Ireland. All equipment is provided. Social Action Teams from USA & Europe come into the heart of your community offering free programmes for children and/or adults. Teams would ideally come for 7-10 days accompanied by a leader from the church or university.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of religion
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of amateur sport
- Other charitable purposes
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Interface communities
- Learning disabilities
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Disability
- Education/training
- General charitable purposes
- Religious activities
- Sport/recreation
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
