Ward Thompson, C., P. Travlou & J. Roe, 2006, Free-Range teenagers: the role of wild adventure space in young people’s lives. Final report, Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt University
- Author : Ward Thompson, C., P. Travlou & J. Roe
- Year : 2006
- Title English : Free-Range teenagers: the role of wild adventure space in young people's lives. Final report
- Pages : 53
- Publisher : Edinburgh College of Art and Heriot-Watt University
- Outline in English : OUTLINE: The study sets out evidence of the potential benefits for the individual and the community arising from young people’s engagement with wild adventure space, barriers to obtaining these benefits, gaps in understanding, issues for further study, and opportunities for provision of relevant and necessary resources. It recommends the action needed to take this work forward and identifies a range of potential partners. MAIN CONCLUSION: The findings support the notion that free and easy access for adventurous and enjoyable engagement with outdoor environments has the potential to confer a multitude of benefits on young people's development and therefore to benefit society as a whole. There is therefore a need to recognize and promote the concept that all young people should have access to wild adventure space. The costs of not doing so, to individuals and to society, are potentially enormous. The Adventure Licensing Authority suggest that , by constraining young people's access to structure adventure, we have already condemned an entire generation to a life of awful quality and shocking brevity )"
- Comments/Notes : Available at http://www.openspace.eca.ac.uk/rtf/wasyp_finalreport5dec.doc Bailie, M. H. (2005) "… and by comparison". Adventure Activities Licensing Authority. Available at URLsee: http://www.aala.org/guidance_details.php/pArticleHeadingID=144