Core curriculum
What participants explore
- Confidence and considered risk
- Teamwork and problem-solving
- Navigation and outdoor capability
- Resilience, reflection and application
Youth, young adults, adults and selected families
Roots in Action
Adventure with purpose: challenge becomes capability, resilience and teamwork.
Duration2–5 daysGroup10–30EnvironmentAdventure camp, mountain, forest or river
Participant outcome
A challenge scorecard and reflection that transfers capability into daily life.
Enquire about this programmeSignature experiences
How the learning becomes real
- Hiking and navigation
- Orienteering
- Ropes, archery or paddling where permitted
- Team capability challenge
Programme rhythm
Experience is turned into something participants can use.
Briefing → outdoor challenge → teamwork → reflection → capability application
The New Roots delivery standard
Every session must answer four questions.
- What did we experience?
- What did we notice?
- What does it teach us?
- How will we apply it beyond the programme?
Facilitators do more than supervise activities. They hold a respectful container, use nature as teacher, turn experience into meaning, build practical capability, protect professional scope and collect evidence of the intended outcome.
Participant materials
Navigation kit, challenge equipment, journals and capability scorecards.
Venue requirements
Adventure venue with qualified providers where needed and an indoor backup.
Safety and safeguarding
Activity-specific qualified staff, equipment checks, first aid and weather thresholds.
Your New Roots pathway
Young Roots → Roots in Action → Wild Roots or leadership programmes
This programme can stand alone, but it also connects to the wider New Roots progression ecosystem.