The Youth Adventure Trust has been using outdoor adventure to inspire young lives for 30 years. Since we began, we have helped 1,960 vulnerable young people aged 11-16. In the past 30 years we have run 11,114 hours of activity on the YAT Adventure Programme, which means we have facilitated 428,000 hours of activity participation – the equivalent of 39 hours a day, every day for 30 years. The YAT Mentoring Programme launched in 2018; to date 61 young people have been offered a place and 1,282 mentoring sessions have been held. The YAT Resilience Programme launched in 2023 as a pilot scheme with 40 young people taking part.
Our Impact
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"My son has been given a chance by you, a platform to experience, grow, develop and feel like he belonged"
Success Stories
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Alice joined the Youth Adventure Trust as an engaging and chatty young person, but her school were concerned about her fierce determination to never …
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Sarah was struggling with her self-identity, her family relationships were under a huge strain and she was losing confidence in herself and those around …
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Jessica was referred to us in 2021 by her school, who felt the Youth Adventure Trust could really help her. Jessica is a type …
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David was referred to the Youth Adventure Trust in 2022 by his school who felt the programme would give David the opportunity to have …
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Kate has found the transition to secondary school difficult. She has additional learning needs and a language development disorder, finds it hard to make …
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In 2021 we received a letter from Ben, a young person who had been on our Youth Adventure Programme from 2016 to 2018. A …