The Outward Bound Trust
Outward Bound® was founded in 1941 by the naval captain Lawrence Holt and the educationalist Kurt Hahn. It was intended as a survival school for merchant seamen who might find themselves shipwrecked and forced to cope with all manner of situations and conditions in any environment in the world.
After the war, it was felt by many that the success of the school was in more than just teaching survival skills. The Outward Bound® programme could also, in peace time, be a valuable means of making individuals more independent, self-aware and able to cope for themselves. The lessons learned have, from the start, been applied to teamwork and leadership.
Over a million people have now benefited from the life lessons and survival skills of Outward Bound® and the lessons learned are as valuable and relevant today as they were all those years ago.
Today The Outward Bound Trust has four residential centres, one of which is in Scotland on the shore of Loch Eil, near Fort William, and an urban based team, Outward Bound Metro. Outward Bound Metro work with young people across central Scotland and its instructors facilitate The Mark Scott Leadership for Life Award.
Further details about The Outward Bound Trust can be found at - www.outwardbound.org.uk