This week see’s the return of schools staying at Avon Tyrrell after the Summer Holidays, and we have Wendell Park Junior School and Mortimer St Mary’s Junior School with us. Everyone is enjoying their stay and having an active time and learning lots of new things.
We also have two Princes Trust Teams on site staying in our self catering lodges. We run a 5 day programme, which is at the start of the teams course, and the aim is to develop the young people, help bond the team and encourage the team to work well together. Our experienced instructors work day and evenings with the teams aiming to have positive outcomes at the end of the week thus helping the team move forward with the rest of the time with the Princes Trust.
We have also begun our “Roll Out The Barrel Season”, this is when schools and colleges bring along new students to enjoy the day of team building, making new friends and starting the year on the right foot. In the morning the students find themselves enjoying games and activities where points are awarded for the effective team process within the group and the completion of tasks. The afternoon is a raft building adventure ending in a massive race. The students immerse themselves here with the designing, building and hopefully the successful raft being tested by the group themselves.
We also welcomed volunteers from B&Q last week to Avon Tyrrell and following on from the success of previous visits, two groups from B&Q’s Store Operations Division and members of the Systems Development and Communications Team helped build and maintain vital resources used by the young people who visit Avon Tyrrell Activity Centre, many of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds and may never have been to the countryside before.
The group did gardening and conservation work by Avon Tyrrell’s new straw bale “eco classroom” that acts as a base for Environmental Education activities and is an example of sustainable living and building techniques in modern society. By the classroom a sensory garden is being developed, to which the team contributed to laying out paths and cutting back Avon Tyrrell’s ubiquitous rhododendrons.
The afternoon was rounded off with some fun time playing on our High Ropes Activities and as a way of saying thank you.
We have many new projects on the go here at Avon Tyrrell and if you would be interested in finding out more about bringing a group to Avon Tyrrell to do some volunteering please contact us on the following details Tel; 01425 672347 or email info@ukyouth.org or view our website www.avontyrrell.org.uk/
Remember also to find out more about Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Centre and the many varied opportunities we offer people please contact us on Tel; 01425 672347 or email info@ukyouth.org or view our website www.avontyrrell.org.uk/
Remember… experience – learn – develop 
