Venture Trust is proud to publish our 2021-22 Impact Report.
Emerging from the pandemic, we have all developed a greater appreciation for the outdoors and the positive influence it can have on our mental wellbeing.
At Venture Trust we have been using the outdoors as our office for 40 years. After the experience of the last two years, we are even more convinced in our approach to working with people facing multiple and complex challenges in their lives. Working with people in their local communities and harnessing the outdoors as a means for therapeutic development has become even more vital in supporting our participants to improve their mental wellbeing and to gain the life skills, stability and confidence they need to move forward in their lives.
This impact report tells the story of 2021-22 for Venture Trust and our participants. What we did to successfully navigate our way through the changing landscape of Covid restrictions. How we went about adapting our delivery, re-establishing our traditional programmes and launching new services to support the needs of our participants. How we have brought our approach to new audiences both here in Scotland and across Europe. And telling the story of how our work has impacted on the lives of our participants.
Here are some of the highlights:
- We adapted our delivery throughout the year to the changing Covid restrictions and managed to fully return to the outdoors.
- We supported 656 people across our various programmes and services.
- We saw the first full year of our Outdoor Therapy Service.
- Our 3.5-year European project (FOLM) came to a close in February, which exported our model of outdoor personal development to three countries in Europe.
Of the people we worked with:
- 82% of participants improved employability
- 83% of participants improved resilience and confidence
- 82% of participants saw an improvement in their stability
- 125 moved into a positive outcome
Venture Trust CEO Alastair Pringle said:
I’m delighted to be able to share with you our 2021-22 Impact Report.
This mixture of stories and statistics shows the difference Venture Trust has been making over the past year, working with people furthest from opportunity across Scotland. As the cost of living crisis deepens and those we work with face even greater adversity our support is needed more than ever. If you want to refer to us, or support us in any way, please get in touch.
We are proud of the support we have provided, and you can now read all about our results of the past year in our new report.
You can find the full Impact Report here.
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