Connect outdoors

Thomas Dillon

Listowel Youthreach participated in a bespoke ‘Connect Outdoors’ activity programme facilitated by Kerry College, Killorglin Campus, at Ballyseedy Woodlands.

The day-long activity programme required learners to work together to solve and overcome a series of creative team-building challenges.

These skills included; good communication, listening to one another, problem-solving, and working together as a group while encouraging and supporting each other.

Activities concluded with a group discussion and reflection around a campfire where learners reviewed their learnings from the day over a cup of tea and coffee.

Feedback was extremely positive, with a general consensus among the groups that they would be interested in similar outdoor programmes in the future.

Conditions on the day were very cold, but morale remained high mainly due to the fantastic staff from Cappanalae, who engaged and supported learners throughout the day. On behalf of Listowel Youthreach, we would like to thank Kerry ETB and Kerry College Killorglin Campus for coordinating the programme, which was very beneficial for our learners and staff.