In June 2014 Equal Adventure moved to the Old Dairy on Woodlands Industrial Estate, Grantown on Spey, a dedicated team worked morning noon and night to crate a new base for Equal Adventure Charity and the Developments Team. The base includes:

Meeting Room

Training Room

Wood Workshop

Metal Fabrication Shop

Sewing and Cutting Room

Design Area

Administrative Space

Display area and Stock Storage

If you would like to come and meet or join our team please contact us.

Previous inclusive expeditions include:

1997 Coppermine River Expedition

1998 Israel

2998-99 Ganges

2000 Iceland

2001 Canada Alaska

Publications include:

Directory of Services and Equipment – RYA Sailability

Sailing for All – RYA Sailablity

Inclusive Expeditions Chapter – International Expedition Planning Handbook

Inclusive Paddling – BCU Handbook

When considering the background and documented conclusions of national campaigns, legislation and trends, it is evident that there are numerous advantages in:

Creating risk taking and adventurous opportunities

Meeting and balancing legislative requirements to increase access to these opportunities

Supporting active meaningful lifestyles

Although the origins of Equal Adventure started in the early 1990’s, it is thanks to the hard work and diligence of those involved in national campaigns from the year 2000 onward that the concept of risk can be presented succinctly, including the Question of Balance Conference (2000), the Campaign for Adventure (2006) and the Outdoor Manifesto (2006).

Many would argue that society is becoming risk averse and that it is increasingly difficult to undertake day to day activities without becoming obsessed by health and safety issues. This has a detrimental affect upon the opportunities and choice available to disabled people.

Equal Adventure seeks to challenge this through sensible education and careful preparation to enable an appropriate balance to be achieved between risk & safety and achievement & opportunity.

‘Everything we do in our everyday activity, in our work and leisure, involves some element of risk. Risk is an inescapable part of our lives. The challenge for all of us […] is to manage risk in a way which gives us the necessary protection we need without constraining what we do beyond a level that is justified.’ Blair, 2000

‘The involvement of learners in their own risk assessments is of importance. Risk assessment can be an opportunity for learning, especially for learners with learning difficulties.’ Rose, 2005