Biography
Active Outdoor Pursuits was founded in 1999 by it’s owners Roy & Sophia Gibson. They share a love of the outdoors, a passion for Scotland’s landscapes, history, culture and wild places but most of all, we love sharing this with others.
For 20 years Active Outdoor Pursuits has had the pleasure of witnessing the fun, exhilaration, personal growth and challenge that so many people from every background experience when pursuing outdoor adventures. Many have used Active to simply experience the thrill the outdoors can provide or to gain a deeper appreciation of our environment. Some have come to learn and develop new skills or start a new career on an Outdoor Instructor Training Course, some come for an outdoor learning experience with their School or College, an experience every young person should have, some come to explore new places while others come to find themselves! This is the vision we set out to achieve…helping people to experience their own unique adventures in a fun, healthy and educational environment.
From The Cairngorms Adventure Centre in Newtonmore and our satellite Centres in Ayrshire and The Great Glen, we provide a wide range of adventure activities, training courses and holidays within the Cairngorms National Park and throughout the Highlands of Scotland. Active Outdoor Pursuits offer activities on the hills and mountains, on snow and ice, in the water and on the water. We cater for all age ranges and abilities and listen to everyone’s aims and aspirations with the aim of delivering individualised and inspiring outdoor experiences.
People are important to us, we always strive to do the best we can and to be the best in our clients and our staff team. At Active Outdoor Pursuits, we are proud of our staff training programmes. Each year we take in students to our Instructor Training courses then offer as many as possible the chance to complete our Instructor Development programme (Apprenticeship). Today, every instructor and manager began their career on an Active Instructor Training course as a client.
Our core values of People, Purpose, Probity and Planet underpin the above approaches and reflect our ongoing commitment to our team, our clients, our services, our community and our planet.
At Active Outdoor Pursuits, we are extremely proud of our hardworking talented team and their dedication to the company, its clients, services and values. As well as their ongoing personal development.
As an AALA licenced provider of Adventure Activities we have extensive Health & Safety Policies and Procedures relating to: risk assessment, staff qualifications, operational systems/protocols, booking systems, equipment, venues, accident and emergency procedures, first aid etc These ensure all services and activities adhere to national health and safety standards in our industry sector. Our internal systems also enhance this to a qualitative level ensuring that the instructors dedicated to a client or a group are fully aware of the client objectives, fitness/skill level, health concerns, special physical or psychological needs, previous experience etc Thus ensuring best practice and the best possible outcome for participants.
Our staff all have National Governing Body qualifications in a wide variety of land based, water sports, snow sports. We have a comprehensive matrix of all staff qualifications, first aid renewal dates, in house training, planned training, record of inductions, monitored practice etc which we can make available on request. (All have up to date first aid)
Our team at Active Outdoor Pursuits have diverse personal backgrounds, hobbies and interests. Here is a flavour of who we are:
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