Earlier this month we launched a £20,000 appeal to ensure more school children get the chance to go on school trips.
Research suggests that nearly half of all children in the UK are currently missing out on school trips due to cost – a situation the Field Studies Council says risks limiting the aspirations of young people.
Every year we help more than 100,000 learners benefit from outdoor education and we are calling on businesses and individuals to support our latest appeal.
Fundraising manager, Gemma Edmonds, says: “No young person should miss out on an outdoor learning trip due to the cost but as it stands almost half of all school children are being left behind due to their personal circumstances.”
“They are missing out on the chance to get outside and explore, to get muddy and wet and to learn about nature, in nature.”
“Our latest appeal ‘Every Child Outdoors’ aims to try and address this disadvantage gap and we’re calling on businesses and individuals to donate to the fund to help us support more schools and pupils to access outdoor learning trips.”
“A residential trip can be transformational in many ways and outdoor learning is proven to support educational attainment, readiness to learn and wider personal development.”
The Every Child Outdoors appeal will directly support schools by reducing the cost of a school trip to one of the charity’s residential centres or by directly funding free places to ensure a whole class can attend.
If the appeal reaches its £20,000 target then it has the potential to fund 185-day trips and a further 60 overnight residentials for pupils.