SAFETY

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- 90% of the work and experience we carry is to prevent an incident from ever happening. It's all in the prep!
- We carry a comprehensive first aid kit around with us
- We gather information beforehand about your child's medical history & any special needs they may have
- Your guide has a collective 17years working with children in an outdoor setting, including wilderness programmes, Forest School, working with schools, adults groups & bushcraft

- Your guide has attended outdoor and wilderness first aid training almost every year for the last 12 years!
- Your child will never be forced to do anything they do not feel comfortable with. There is a fine line between empowering them to stretch their comfort zones, and forcing them into an experience they are not ready for. Our safety includes not only keeping your child safe physically but also taking care of their emotional well-being.
- Based on our unique location, in the highly unlikely event of an emergency during the night, we would require helicopter assistance or marine police. Ordinarily, a ferry from Aberdeen to Mo Tat Wan would be the main mode of transport to and from the island.

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RISK

There is always an element of risk in everything that we do.

Part of my role is not to point out every single potential danger there is to the girls, but to create a container that supports them in identifying, and assessing the risk themselves. Pointing out any and all risk to our young ones would be doing them a disservice. Sheltering them from potential danger means we rob them of the opportunity to learn for themselves what feels safe, and right. 

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By building and strengthening this skill in risk assessment, we allow them to gain experience and confidence in listening to their own bodies and trust their intuition so that this can be applied in any and all environments.

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WEATHER

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Our programme will continue even in the rain! If weather forecasts unsafe weather to continue, we will postpone the programme date. You will be informed by 6.30am that morning if the programme needs to be cancelled.

A programme will be cancelled if:
- T3 or above is hoisted

- Red Rain or above is hoisted
 

In the event of a Thunderstorm, amber rain, or T1 signal, our programme activities will be adjusted as well as our location to ensure we have safe and accessible passage out to main roads, and that we have access to sheltered spaces to work on skills-based learning.

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If a Red Rain or a T3 signal is hoisted during the programme, the group will travel to the nearest safe space or exit site, and parents will be contacted about arranging an earlier pick-up.

During the camp - we will have plenty of waterproof tarp's to set up and shelter under if there is a shower that passes.

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Benefits of continuing in the rain and 'imperfect' conditions
- Teaches the girls to adapt to different environments and situations
- Offers an opportunity to problem solve, improvise and think on our feet
- Allows them to listen to their bodies response to the environment, and learn how to dress accordingly
- Invites a new relationship with the rain, learning to see the beauty in that element, rather than a hindrance

- Can offer ideal bonding time, sharing experiences that stretch our comfort zones

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FOOD
We will do our absolute best to provide food that is going to cater to everyone's preferences and dietary requirements.
We will provide a vegan/vegetarian menu, deliciously and creatively cooked over the fire. (we are happy to privide meat options too!)
Please do let us know if you or your daughter has any food allergies, religious eating requirements and STRONG dislike of certain foods (I can't stand corriander for example).
 

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TOILETS
During the camp, we will be using the Toile-TREES! There will be a public toilet 5mins from the beach if necessary, though the girls will be encouraged to use private designated bushy areas for simple wee's! We will provide toilet paper and hand sanitiser, plus run through agreements of how to respect each others privacy.
We will be practising Leave No Trace Ethics, so all tissues and toilet paper will be taken out with us, and we will have procedures on how we manage that, as well as hygiene after the girls have finished.
 

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THE ROLE OF THE MENTOR

I am not the only Mentor in the group
As your guide, I am there to support when support is needed or requested.

You may recognize me as your human guide, but as a mentor, I will also be constantly pointing out how Mother Earth is also mentoring us all the time, as well as each individual in the group.

I will be sharing practices on how to listen and observe what the Earth might be sharing, so even after they walk away from the programme with me, everyone feels they are constantly being guided.

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Independence
A large part of my role is also to open their eyes to their own limitless potential and power. I do this by not doing everything for them. Literally!
A strong element of this programme is independence as well as community, so we will be drawing on the collective wisdom of the group, especially when there is an individual who is needing support.

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Transforming self-doubt
I am familiar with self-doubt (I have been friends with self-doubt for a long time), and because of that, I can see when it is coming up for the girls. There will be plenty of opportunities where we will stretch our boundaries to do things we didn't think we could, make things we didn't think we could make, go places we wouldn't have attempted to go before and to know that we are capable and deserving of feeling powerful!

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Celebrating Diversity
Each girl and each day will be different, and so the level of support and guidance I will offer to each one depending on the environment will vary.

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