Outdoor

Outdoor

Sense Scotland has recently begun to offer an innovative new outdoor programme. We recently appointed an Outdoor Activities Co-ordinator who works across Scotland to provide and support all forms of outdoor activity to all our service users. The outdoor education programme is supported by the Big Lottery, who have funded three year outdoor project called 'Go for it!' which aims to increase the participation of our younger service users in outdoor activities. The Go for it! Project has two partners, the Glasgow Climbing Centre and The University of Strathclyde who offer support with facilitation and evaluation of the project. We also encourage student placements from outdoor education students who wish to learn more about deafblindness and sensory disability. The outdoor programme also has close links with Sense Scotlands Arts Department and Healthy Living Project.

Our Outdoor Activities Co-ordinator Dr. Joseph Gibson has worked for sense Scotland since 1997 progressing from a nightshift worker in Residential Services to Team Leader in Housing Support before taking up his current position as Outdoor Activities Co-ordinator. Joe graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a 1st Class Honours degree in Outdoor Education in the Community. While working for Sense he completed a PhD examining the experiences of congenitally deafblind adults participating in outdoor activities. Joe has presented his work on the international stage at both deafblind and outdoor conferences but he is more at home in the outdoors, whatever the activity.

Further information regarding outdoor activities with Sense Scotland will be available on the website soon. In the meantime the outdoor activity co-ordinator can be contacted on: