What We Do
Guiding & Instruction
Individuals: Adults
We provide day and multi-day activities to develop your skills and experience in the outdoors. We can work with 1-4 individuals at a time for each activity so encourage your friends, family or colleagues to join you.
Groups:
Adults or Families
We provide day and multi-day activities. The group sizes will be dependent on the activity and difficulty level, from beginners to advanced.
Schools
We provide day and multi-day activities for school and youth groups. The group sizes will be dependent on the activity and difficulty level. We can offer one activity only for your group, or a mix of activities such as coasteering along with rock climbing/abseiling. Our day activities are tailored to suit your group's abilities and what you would like to achieve for example: improving skills, team building, improved communication, confidence building and having fun.
Corporate Away Days
Whether you are planning a team building away day or a celebration, we can offer a range of activities to help with improved communication, building relationships, team morale and fun. We can discuss location with you, group size and provide a mix of activities to best suit your staff abilities and needs.
Youth Work
Day work
Through our day work programme we work mainly with local schools and groups here in Oban, but can also travel to your location to deliver activities. We regularly work with groups on Tiree, Coll and Barra. Our day work is tailored to deliver activities to suit your particular needs. For example, we have delivered activities to a whole class that needed to bond and improve their cohesion, and have worked with smaller groups of young pupils experiencing anxiety or other behavioural issues. We also work with Scouts and other youth groups to provide adventurous fun activities. Multi-day courses are popular and mean that young people can try multiple activities over a number of days.
“For children who are often disorganised and erratic to return to school after a day of activity with Hebridean Pursuits and be able to articulate clearly and consistently the experiences in a calm and collected manner is AMAZING! Thank you!”
“These sessions have made me feel happier and have encouraged me to go outside more.”
Day work costs starts at £545 and depend on the size of group and number of days required.
If you are unable to secure your own funding please get in touch; we may be able to assist with an application for funding to subside or fully pay for your activities.We offer a range of activities.
Residentials
Our tailored outdoor activity residentials take place in Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands. Groups are accommodated at one of our partner hostels and all professional instruction, equipment, insurance and food are provided. Activities can include coasteering, rock climbing and abseiling, scrambling, hill walking, beach exploration, outdoor art, campfires, gorge walking, and sledging.
Our highly experienced instructors will tailor the break for your group according to ability and requirements.
Using their years of knowledge both of working with young people, and of delivering outdoor activities in Scotland, our instructors will ensure your group will make lasting memories. We frequently work with local schools (Primary and High School); and other youth groups on our residential programme; groups come from all over Scotland and the UK.
“It's been such a benefit for my child to be involved in residential trips to have experiences in outdoor pursuits and activities which has encouraged her to grow in her social and personal development.”
“I made friends who I now see as a family. I learned a lot about myself.”
Typical residential courses:
- Coasteering
- Gorge Walking & Canyoning
- Rock climbing / Abseiling
- Hill Walking including Munro bagging
- Winter skills
- Campfires
- Outdoor art activities
It costs from between £4,150 (2 nights away) - £7,250 (4 nights away) for an outdoor activity residential, this is dependent upon the time of year. This is for an average group size of 12 young people and supporting adults from the group - we can accommodate larger groups so please get in touch to discuss your requirements.If you are unable to secure your own funding please get in touch; we may be able to assist with a funding application to subside or fully pay for your trip.
Young Carer
Respite Residentials
We work with many young carer groups, providing respite residentials for their young participants who are facing challenging home circumstances. Our outdoor activity residentials provide opportunities for young carers to relax, enjoy home-cooked meals, have fun with their peers, and develop crucial friendships and support networks.
“Every young carer is leaving feeling a bit happier about themselves. Thank you!”
‘I’ve challenged myself and I’ve achieved so much. It’s been very fun and adventurous with all the activities and peaceful with getting away" (young carer)