Dormant account following 2024GE. Formerly MPs supporting the UK's Outdoor Learning sector. A presence across the UK. A reputation around the world.
Joined December 2020
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Well done, @SamRowlands_!
So glad you got to see the extraordinary variety and depth of provision in the outdoor sector and championed it so effectively.
Outdoor Learning is only better known and understood for this effort.
Thank you! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Despite the outcome, going through this process has been an honour. I have met so many incredible people doing amazing things, and it has been a real pleasure to campaign on their behalf.
I will continue to work to see access to Outdoor Education a reality across Wales. (2/2)
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Today was the day...
🏴 Tomorrow is a big day for my Residential Outdoor Education Bill.
I'm calling on @SeneddWales Members to back my Bill and give all schoolchildren a life-changing experience.
📺 You can watch proceedings from around 3.30 tomorrow on senedd.tv
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Formerly APPG for Outdoor Learning retweeted
It was great to be invited by @RobinMillarMP to the APPG for Outdoor Learning Event this week! 🍃 We talked to MPs about our latest Outdoor Learning policy report, and our strong belief on the benefits it offers to young people's development and physical and mental wellbeing.
ALT Our Outdoor Learning Director, David Watts with Tonia Antoniazzi
ALT Our Outdoor Learning Director, David Watts with Tim Farron
ALT Our Outdoor Learning Director, David Watts with Robin Millar MP
ALT Our Outdoor Learning Director, David Watts with Rebecca Long-Bailey
The APPG hosted an event on Parliament today with support from @IOLOutdoorProfs and @CLOtC A busy drop-in for MPs to introduce ourselves and connect them with their local centres through interactive online maps. New contacts. Good conversation. Happy days!
Pleased to be joined by @UKYouth promoting their report on #OutdoorLearning
Download the report here: ukyouth.org/wp-content/uploa…
Is the deterioration of mental health in young people linked to a decline in opportunities for U18s to "play, roam and engage" and take risks?
🚨🚨"Our thesis is that a primary cause of the rise in mental disorders is a decline over decades in opportunities for children and teens to play, roam, and engage in other activities independent of direct oversight and control by adults." 🚨🚨(1/2)
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Formerly APPG for Outdoor Learning retweeted
IOL Online 2023 Conference - today.
Thank you Robin Millar, MP for Aberconwy, for your excellent words as speaker this morning and for Championing Outdoor Learning in
Parliament as co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for #OutdoorLearning
@OutdoorLearnin8
Formerly APPG for Outdoor Learning retweeted
Live session with @RobinMillarMP on the @OutdoorLearnin8 APPG and how we can support their work for the benefit of the sector.
Has your MP signed up their support for OL and joined the APPG for outdoor learning?
@IOLOutdoorProfs @AHOECUK @BoltonSch
After a quiet period on twitter, we're back at #CPC23 at the launch of @UKYouth's report on Outdoor Learning. Impressive young voices asking questions, taking them and moderating the event.
A pleasure to be involved as chairman of @OutdoorLearnin8.
Well done @UKYouth for bringing this important issue in front of legislators!
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Please be assured your #OLAPPG is still here in Westminster and working away quietly but persistently.
Whatever the next few weeks may bring, the importance of the outdoors for learning - and a cross-party approach to the interests of that cause - will continue!
One of the longest established youth hostels in Britain, opened in 1931, and still creating a sense of freedom. @YHAOfficial @anitakntweets @JamesBlakeYHA
Good catch up for sector leaders with Outdoor Learning APPG co-chairs @RobinMillarMP and @timfarron this week. Just the start of a conversation about opportunities for the sector and APPG plans for the year ahead.
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Pleased to meet up with @RobinMillarMP at @FSCRhydyCreuau and discuss his positive approach to outdoor learning @FieldStudiesC @CLOtC @timfarron @DrNeilHudson @OutdoorLearnin8 @JaneCampbellMo2 @jua1313thomas @AHOECUK @CreativeSTAR @lakesfieldwork @CastleHeadFSC @Paul_Rose
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It was great to be at the @OutwardBoundUK Centre at Howtown. Outdoor Education sector plays such a vital role for our young people, with huge benefits for physical & mental health. I will continue to bang the drum at Westminster for this sector
@UllswaterCentre @OutdoorLearnin8
Formerly APPG for Outdoor Learning retweeted
Sail Training is a unique and powerful tool for boosting young people's social and personal development. This can lead to greater aspirations and improved mental health.📈 #SaveOutdoorEd
We will continue to promote the importance of #OutdoorLearning in @educationgovuk recovery plans and future development strategies.
Today in the Commons Urgent Education Question session I asked the Education Secretary to support and utilise our fantastic Outdoor Education Centres as part of the Educational Recovery Strategy for our young people
@OutwardBoundUK
@BlencathraFSC
@OutdoorLearnin8
.@DefraGovUK's response to the #Glover report is out and @julian_glover said:
"Our report set out a plan for a brighter, greener future. I’m delighted that words are now being followed by action."
gov.uk/government/news/ambit…
We will look at this so feel free to DM questions.
A great testimony, @tillyteadance! Thanks for sharing - brings it home.
Who else wants to tell their story in a tweet?
Education is also about "timeless moments" and Outdoor Education Centres are "experts in delivering these experiences".
Sec of State for @educationgovuk, @GavinWilliamson is asked to consider using Outdoor Education Centres in the Education Recovery Plan.
Formerly APPG for Outdoor Learning retweeted
🔴 Education Secretary @GavinWilliamson is making a statement on education recovery.
Watch live ⬇️ teapawt.net/i/broadcasts/1YqKDeEEe…
The @educationgovuk Secretary of State @GavinWilliamson is making a statement to the @HouseofCommons later today (Monday 7th June) on the Education Recovery Plan.
@OutdoorLearnin8 APPG Members will try and raise the role of Outdoor Learning Centres in that plan.