Links Outdoor Organisations
Adventure Activities Licensing Authority
www.aala.org.uk
The Adventure Activities Licensing Authority inspects activity centres and other activity providers on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills (DfES). If the Licensing Authority is satisfied that the provider complies with nationally accepted standards of good practice they issue a licence.
Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres
www.ahoec.org
The Association was formed in 1963, then known as ‘The Association of Wardens of Mountain Centres’. This was a period in which many Local Education Authorities started their own Centres along the lines of the successful Outward Bound Schools. Today these Centres are still thriving but the Association has moved on. Membership includes managers of multi activity Centres, sometimes in urban areas and Centres equipped for those with special needs. The aims of the Centres has changed little, that is to foster greater confidence and regard for others through a series of adventurous challenges requiring co-operation set in the outdoors.
Field Studies Council
www.field-studies-council.org
The Field Studies Council (FSC) is a pioneering educational charity committed to bringing environmental understanding to all.
Institute for Outdoor learning
www.outdoor-learning.org
Supporting, developing and promoting excellent practice in learning through outdoor experiences.
Lessons Learned Group
www.lessonslearned.org.uk
The Lessons Learned Group (LLG) is a small group of professionals and practitioners in adventure activities, brought together by a common aim to:
- Incorporate into ongoing good practice any lessons that can be learned from outdoor accidents.
- The Group's intention is to present an objective summary of an incident together with possible lessons. We do not aim to allocate blame or responsibility and our report represents the views of the individual members of LLG and not of any official body.
- Information not currently available to us may render our comments inaccurate and the lessons identified may or may not have influenced the actual outcome. Any report published has been agreed by at least four individuals within the Group as meeting these aims.