by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 4, Mar 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Media, Open Enrolment Programmes, Stories from Programmes
We are super stoked to share that Adventure Specialties Trust has been awarded the Te Tohu Whakaaweawe Kaupapa (Outstanding Event or Programme Award), presented by Recreation Aotearoa.The Recreation Aotearoa Outdoor Awards celebrate individuals and organisations that...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 25, Feb 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles
The Christchurch team went on a “work” kayaking trip. Do you think they can call it work when they look that happy?!?? The actual purpose of the trip was so that our new instructor Rebecca could get deployed for white water #kayaking (she needed some...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 18, Feb 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Open Enrolment Programmes, Partnership Programmes, Stories from Programmes
Our vision is “Lives Inspired by Adventure.” But that doesn’t mean hurtling yourself down a ski slope at top speed, or throwing yourself off a 10m ledge into the water below. It simply means that each person – each participant on our programmes...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 4, Feb 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles
The Adventure Specialties Trust whānau At our annual Staff Retreat, Pāhāōā marae, January 2023 😍 Back Row (left to right) (kinda) Tanya Laybourn (trustee), Papa Wii (marae host), Amy Horn and baby Lillian, Andy Balcar, Reuben Biggelaar, Oli George, Nathalie Nasrallah,...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 1, Feb 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Learning about te ao Māori, Staff Profiles
Our annual staff retreat was held at the stunning Pāhāōa marae in Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty. We were hosted by the lovely Andrea (one of the Trust’s previous trustees) and her whānau and hapū (community). Some of the staff had stayed at the marae on a previous...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 30, Jan 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Job Vacancies
JOB VACANCY: AUCKLAND OUTDOOR INSTRUCTOR We’re looking for a full-time instructor for our Auckland office! If you refer a friend for the job and they get the job, then you both receive a $300 gift voucher to the outdoor supplier of your choice! Here are the job...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 9, Jan 2023 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, Adventure Therapy, Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Stories from Programmes
DESIGN YOUR OWN PROGRAMME Did you know that we run a variety of different programmes? All our programmes are fully customisable, depending on what your needs are: DURATION: Single day or multi-day (our youth camps are 5 days/4 nights, whereas our Inspire programmes...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 26, Dec 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Media
Christmas message from Tim Wills, CEO “I say this every year and this is no exception … Wow, this year has gone fast. “I guess that it is no surprise, with a year full of challenges, that time certainly didn’t stand still! As I look back at the year...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 19, Dec 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, Adventure With Purpose, All, Blog, Staff Profiles
Mostly because they are just so freaking happy all the time!
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 30, Nov 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Inspirational Quotes
A reflection by Brian Knolles, chairperson of our Board of Trustees “Waking early I get out of bed knowing that the day will be busy. I’m on autopilot as I begin my morning routine. Sitting in my quiet place, I realise that I am tired and more than a little...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 21, Nov 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Job Vacancies
Internship applications close soon! Join us and work towards a career that combines outdoor adventure with youth work. These photos (above and below) are from Anna, one of our interns down in Christchurch this year. Thanks Anna! Get in touch to find out more about our...
by Bex | Adventure Specialties Trust | 14, Nov 2022 | About Adventure Specialties Trust, All, Blog, Staff Profiles
THE TRUST’S BEGINNINGS – by Glenda Simpkin, co-founder with her late husband, Lyndsay Skimpkin “Lyndsay and I met at Youth For Christ (YFC), where we had been working together. That’s where our story begins. He was the Campus Life director for Auckland at...
