Every Child Matters
At the Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre our ethos and activities contribute specifically to all aspects of the Government’s Every Child Matters agenda:
Be healthy
Participating in a range of outdoor adventurous activities (OAA) is a perfect way for children to experience new and exciting sports and activities, which can be both physically and mentally challenging. OAA activities can help reduce obesity while improving young people’s personal and social development.
Stay safe
Our OAA provide challenges and elements of risk taking that children have to identify, deal with and conquer. Risk taking is a natural part of growing up and we believe that helping young people to recognize risk and to make sound judgments can clearly contribute to reductions in accidents and improved decision making skills throughout their lives ultimately making them more responsible citizens.
Enjoy and achieve
Children learn best when they are having fun and involved in activities that focus their interest. Our activities are designed for children to find their own limitations, whilst ensuring everyone succeeds. Tackling OAA can be quite frightening to many young people but the achievement can be enormously rewarding. For those young people who are not academically focused learning out of the classroom can stimulate and inspire them to improve their attitude towards learning.
Make a positive contribution
Our OAA encourage young people to develop and extend key skills such as communication, co-operation, problem solving, leadership and respect for others. Developing these skills help individuals to better understand how they and others may contribute towards a team, a common goal or objective. This may then be related and extended to the contributions they are able to make to their local community and society as a whole.
Achieve economic wellbeing
Our OAA help young people to develop self-esteem and improve their inter-personal skills. The ability to be able to work as part of a team, independently, communicate ideas, make decisions are all attributes that employers look for.
