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Youth Adventure Programme Easter 2016

The Adventure Starts here!

Welcome to Our 2016 Easter Youth Adventure Programme.

Our exciting activity days run throughout the Easter holiday period. We have activities to suit everyone with a flexible programme to ensure you don’t miss out on the action.

Most of our activities take place away from the Falkirk area taking in some spectacular scenery in challenging adventurous surroundings.

Our team of instructors are experts in running outdoor activities, ensuring your time is action packed, fun, safe and enjoyable.

This Easter we will once again be offering a childcare element to the service by opening our doors at 8.30pm in the morning and remaining open until 5pm after the activity has ended. During nonactivity time participants will be closely supervised at the centre.

Our activities all begin at 9am and end at 4.30pm

Our Centres Courses will be delivered from one of our centres detailed below. If you have any enquiries regarding any of the courses offered please contact our main office. Please Note this is not the booking Office.

Main office Outdoor Activity Base Victoria Buildings, Queen Street, Falkirk

The Helix Park Meeting point – Lagoon slipway

Tel: 01324 506846

Please Note: • We only take bookings on receipt of payment, we cannot accept provisional bookings over the phone.

• Confirmation of booking will be sent to your address, you will only hear further from us if your course has to be altered.

• We require an original medical form at the centre before the activity takes place. Please ensure this is sent in to Victoria Buildings prior to the activity date.

Falkirk Community Trust - Outdoor Base Week 1

Activity

Age

Times

Monday 4 April

Canoe Trip

Tuesday 5 April

Rock Climbing

Wednesday 6 April

Kayaking

Thursday 7 April

Blokarting

Friday 8 April

Mountain Bike & Bushcraft

Week 2

Activity

Age

Monday 11 April

Chain Walking Coasteering

11 +

Tuesday 12 April

Blokarting

9+

Drop Off 8.30am

Wednesday 13 April

White Water Rafting

11 +

Activity 9am - 4pm

Thursday 14 April

Rock Climbing

9+

Friday 15 April

Mountain Biking

11 +

Ability

Cost

Beginners

£28

Ability

Cost

Beginners

£28

Drop Off 8.30am 9+

Activity 9am - 4pm Pick up 5.30pm Times

Pick up 5.30pm

Booking...

All bookings are to be made through the Falkirk stadium.

• By Phone (Card payments) Please call the Falkirk stadium on

01324 506850 Monday to Friday 9am until 6pm.

• Please note we still need a signed copy of our under 18’s medical form before the start of the activity • By Post - Please enclose a under 18’s medical form, booking form and payment • Please send payment to Bookings Team, Falkirk Community Trust, Suite 1A, the Falkirk Stadium, 4 Stadium Way, Falkirk, FK2 9EE • In Person - Please call in to the Falkirk Stadium Suite 1a (office hours Monday to Friday 9am until 5pm).

Kit List

• • • •

Towel Complete change of clothing (including spare trainers) Packed lunch and drinks Any relevant medication

***All specialist equipment will be supplied. See our website for further information

Our Activities

White Water Rafting

Up to eight people in a raft for some serious fun down one of Scotland’s classic rivers. Getting wet is guaranteed along with the fun. Open to all abilities with a sense of adventure.

Canoe Trip

Big boats equal big fun. Come and try it out or, if you’ve been in one before, improve your skills on one of our local lochs.

You might even visit a cave, an island or a ruined castle.

Rock climbing/ Abseiling

Rock climbing at a local crag or if the weather isn’t good we will go indoor climbing. We can take anyone from absolute beginners to budding mountaineers. How high can you climb? How hard a route can you do? How big an abseil can you manage? Find out this Easter.

Kayaking

You may get wet, you will pick up skills and you will have a whole lot of fun. Our loch based kayaking courses are a great way to explore some stunning areas.

Coasteering

Climb, jump and swim along a beautiful stretch of coast on this action packed adventure.

You don’t have to be a strong swimmer to enjoy this activity and all the jumps are optional.

Mountain Biking

Mountain Biking on single track terrain. This Easter the course will be aimed at beginners, offering the perfect chance to practice your skills.

Blokarting

Racing along, powered by the wind, inches above the ground – this is a fantastic experience.

We really need the wind for this activity to run so if it’s a calm day we will do another activity instead.

Bushcraft

Learn a bit about surviving in the woods, build shelters, light a fire and get involved in a whole lot of fun! Based in Muiravonside Country Park this course will appeal to anyone who just loves being out of doors.

The Helix Adventure starts here !

This Easter Falkirk Community Trust – Outdoor Activities Team will be delivering Paddlesports sessions on the Helix lagoon. We will be offering instructor lead activities for young people and families to try Kayaking, Canoeing and Katakanuing.

This season our sessions will be on the hour from 13.00 until 16.00 and give you 40 minutes of fun on the water. For all sessions we will be taking walk-up bookings only.

Weeks 1 & 2

Activity

Monday 4 April to Friday 8 April

Kayaking

Monday 11 April to Friday 15 April

Canoeing

Katakanuing

Age

Times

All Ages

1pm – 1.40pm

2pm – 2.40pm Adults only when accompanying 3pm – 3.40pm under 18’s 4pm – 4.40pm

The Helix Kayaking Katakanu

Canoeing

Ability

Cost

All

£7.50 per session

www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/outdoors Outdoor Activity Base, Victoria Buildings, Queen Street, Falkirk. Tel: 01324 506846 Falkirk Community Trust gratefully acknowledges the support of Falkirk Council