Active Connections

Active Connections is Ireland leading outdoor interventions service. We Transform Lives Through Adventure. 

We use a range of outdoor activities combined with therapeutic processes to help individuals and groups affect positive change in their lives. 

Each year we support over 900 people across our services. Active Connections is a registered charity 20201356

1. New Trails is our outdoor based therapeutic service, we engage at risk young people with the aim to try and repair relationships, restore persons and receive hope

2. The Ember Camps are an alternative to home respite that specifically operates on weekends and school holidays. We support young people with additional needs on a 1:1 basis. The camps are social, fun and safe spaces in which participants can engage in art, outdoor activities and play. Camps increase social interactions, raise physical activity and supply families with support when they need it. 

   Ember Camp runs each weekend on 8 sites across the South and East catering to 120 people every weekend, and across 11 site during the summer supporting over 500 people.

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   The connect programme is our outdoor education and development service. We remove barrier people with additional needs face when trying to engage in the outdoors