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What you can do to help, the children of the UK 📣Send us a photo of you outside, using #saveoutdoored 📣Sign this petition asking for financial support petition.parliament.uk/petit… 📣 Tag @GavinWilliamson @RishiSunak @BorisJohnson @educationgovuk @wgmin_education @KenSkatesMS

N Wales families enjoying flat calm seas. Unfortuntely @educationgovuk decision means no school children can attend a residential before Easter 2021. A year without young people is catostrpohic, we wanted the 👍 to open but now we need the funds #saveoutdoored @RishiSunak

It would be lovely for these counsellors to speak to schools, attend an activity to see first hand the impact on children that a residential has! #saveoutdoored

Please help to raise awareness before we lose any more outdoor centres and if you were lucky enough to visit such a place please take a minute to sign this petition so others can have the chance to find their way and discover themselves in a different environment.

I think it is so important that young people are given as many opportunities & get to experience different environments as we are all different. If we lose residential school trips, not just for this year but for the future, young people are not going to find their way as easily.

This gave me so much more confidence and a ‘can do’ attitude. This trip had such a big impact, I became an outdoor instructor & have worked in outdoor centres for the last 23 years, sharing my love of the outdoors. It has been such a privilege working with so many amazing people.

If you don’t fit into this, it is a very difficult place as a young person. I gained so much self confidence from this trip. This was not only down to the activities but the fact that I was away from home and having to organise myself I realised I could do things.

Kayak surfing at Fairbourne, climbing at Barmouth slabs &climbing through the tunnel at Penrhyngwyn to go mining. It was here I realised that there was a place for me in society, because looking back, at that age you really only have your family environment & school surroundings

I had a lot of help at school but still found it hard. Luckily and life changing for me, the school ran a residential trip to an outdoor centre in North Wales. I can still remember all the activities that we did and even the locations.

I believe that a residential experience is so important for a young persons development. I know that this was very true for myself as I found school work incredibly difficult and frustrating as a child with dyslexia and struggled with self confidence.