Leadership Days

The Y offers free leadership days to schools, to give young people the skills they need to be leaders of the future.

The Y hosts up to 12 leadership days each year at our outdoor camp at Omaui. These are free for schools, groups, agencies or organisations but require bookings in advance.

Leadership days will focus on

• adventure-based learning
• outdoor experiences
• teamwork
• confidence
• communication
• leadership

and will encourage young people to step out of their comfort zone and try new activities and experiences.

Programmes are delivered by one of the Y’s awesome staff members, who will guide students through a day of fun and engaging activities.

Key points:

• The days cater to all skill levels
• Open to a maximum of 30 young people per day
• The Y provides morning tea and lunch for all participants
• The day will generally run from 9am (or whenever you can get there) through to 2.30pm, but if you need alternative timings just let us know
• Activities could include low ropes, adventure-based learning, archery, night line, bushcraft, navigation and more
• Thanks to community funders these days are free for schools – you just need to get yourselves to Omaui

Bookings

To make a booking or pencil in a date (we can tentatively hold a date for up to two weeks), please contact:

Michael Gilbert
Y Southland Youth Development Coordinator
e: michael.gilbert@ymcasouth.org.nz
p: 022 6214553

Why adventure-based learning works

Adventure-based learning encourages and supports young people to get out of their comfort zones, and to gain practical skills in teamwork, leadership and communication. It also inspires confidence – giving young people the opportunity to experience unique challenges to face and overcome.

It’s all completed in a supportive, engaging environment, where everyone is supported to have a go.

Previous programme participants said the skills they learned could help them in a range of ways in their daily lives:

It will help me be a better person in life.

Programme participant

Things such as outdoor education at school and also school camps, I feel much more confident and can share the skills I have learned with the juniors in the future.

Programme participant

The team work could help with my confidence with people I’m unfamiliar with.

Programme participant