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About Us
Our Mission
TRANSFORM LIVES THROUGH ADVENTURE
Our Vision
Active Connections CLG aims to have adventure therapy as an option for all people in need, and at risk in the country.
Our Work
We support young people with emotional, behavioural, and additional needs, using nature as a powerful space for growth, connection, and change. Through structured outdoor experiences, we help build resilience, confidence, and a sense of possibility.
Our Story
Active Connections was founded on a simple but urgent belief — that more could be done for young people being failed by the system.
In 2012, three residential care workers saw too many young people falling through the cracks of the social care system. They believed there had to be a better way. After extensive international research, they discovered something both simple and profound — that the outdoors has a unique power to help people heal, grow, and believe in themselves again.
So they built something new. Active Connections was founded to close those gaps — to give young people more options, more chances, and more reasons to believe in their own potential through outdoor-based therapeutic services.
Since then, we have supported over 3,000 young people
across 11 counties.
Our Team
Every programme delivered by Active Connections is led by highly trained professionals. Our staff hold qualifications in adventure therapy, youth work, social care, and outdoor education, and are committed to continuous professional development — because the young people we work with deserve nothing less.
We invest heavily in ongoing training to ensure our team are equipped with the most current, evidence-based approaches to therapeutic outdoor practice. It's not just what we do —
it's how we show up for every young person, every time.
Our Philosophy
All Active Connections CLG programmes are built on our 3 pillars...
The Experience
This pillar looks at the specific physically and mentally challenging the young person engages in and how the participant faces these challenges
Personal Ownership
Each participant is asked to take responsibility for their own actions & decision whilst in the session.
Reflections
This section focuses on the young person’s life outside of the programme and to the decision and action taken by the young person which resulted with the young person being referred to AC.
Objectives
Objectives of an Active Connections Programme
1. Personal Development and Mastery
To enhance the participant’s self-concept and extend their self-awareness.
2. Interpersonal Effectiveness
To expand participant sense of community and capacity for responding to others.
3. Environmental Awareness
To enhance the participants understanding of fragile nature of wild areas, and to increase the student's sense of responsibility for the care and preservation of such amenities.
4. Learning
To instill an attitude of curiosity, experimentation and participation.
Our SUPPORTERS
