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Great to join the Landy Zone! Urban Pursuit is a not-for-profit social enterprise based in Bristol. We aim to help 11-14 year old children that are at risk of school exclusion get back on track with their education. We use extreme sports and urban adventures to underpin programs of personal and social development, ranging from traditional outdoor pursuits to more contemporary urban sports.

We have just been kindly donated a Land Rover Defender 110 Station Wagon (1992) to use as our first minibus/rugged adventure vehicle, which we intend to use with the kids for all sorts of wild explorations including camping out in the wilds, rock-climbing trips and mini-expeditions. We're really looking fwd to our first trips in the truck, which we have named Doris, and look forward to getting all sorts of advice and help through this forum!

Cheers,

Neil Dennison
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:welcome::D i may be an old cynic but i do hope this doesnt turn out to be another begging mission.

Forgive my comments if it isn't and i wish you all the luck you can with "Doris" and this is certainly the place for help and advice.
 
Iv never understood why the naughty kids get treats and praise while the good kids just get 'well that's what your supposed to be doing anyway'

Bring back punishment, that will get them back on track, not an adventure weekend

Just my opinion
 
Deasy said:
Iv never understood why the naughty kids get treats and praise while the good kids just get 'well that's what your supposed to be doing anyway'

Bring back punishment, that will get them back on track, not an adventure weekend

Just my opinion
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Sssssh...i got my very own urban pursuit team with you three.......think my lad wants to become Bear Grylls when he grows up now :D plus he keeps talking about when i die when im older can he have the Beast instead of his sisters :eek:

welcome to LZ by the way , Urban Pursuit
 
Deasy said:
Iv never understood why the naughty kids get treats and praise while the good kids just get 'well that's what your supposed to be doing anyway'

Bring back punishment, that will get them back on track, not an adventure weekend

Just my opinion
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Totally agree..:clap2:
 
Welcome Urban Pursuit, get stuck in and have fun.

Deasy said:
Iv never understood why the naughty kids get treats and praise while the good kids just get 'well that's what your supposed to be doing anyway'

Bring back punishment, that will get them back on track, not an adventure weekend

Just my opinion
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I understand where you are coming from, and while a part of me agrees, a bigger part doesn't. Let me try to explain.

In the main, the young people that are utilising this type of service are from a certain level of society! They have little in the way of options.

Couple that to not thinking about this sort of intervention as a treat!

Add in the fact that these kids are not BORN little barstewards, its their life circumstances that have shaped who and what they are, and yes, on the face of it I can see why people moan about this type of program, but what is the alternative?

Its is certainly not out and out punishment! That has been proven time and time to not be a succesful changer or deterrant!

We all have rights, and that includes the kids on this sort of program, what they generally struggle with is they have been conditioned by their so called parents to know their "rights" with no emphasis on their responsibilities!

This sort of program can and does show these kids that not only there are other options in life, but that by accepting responsibilities alongside your rights, then these opportunities can be open to them as well.

I worked in residential social work for many years, and had I not smashed my knee up I would probably still be there as I really enjoyed and valued my job.

As an aside, one of the most troubled, obnoxious, crime orientated kids I ever worked with got himself into a motorbike apprenticeship to start with then successfully into the Landrover program and the last I heard of him, he was working in the security devision helping design security systems for the then new (L322) RangeRover!

Give them a chance, some will never make it, but many will.
 
crazymac said:
Welcome Urban Pursuit, get stuck in and have fun.



I understand where you are coming from, and while a part of me agrees, a bigger part doesn't. Let me try to explain.

In the main, the young people that are utilising this type of service are from a certain level of society! They have little in the way of options.

Couple that to not thinking about this sort of intervention as a treat!

Add in the fact that these kids are not BORN little barstewards, its their life circumstances that have shaped who and what they are, and yes, on the face of it I can see why people moan about this type of program, but what is the alternative?

Its is certainly not out and out punishment! That has been proven time and time to not be a succesful changer or deterrant!

We all have rights, and that includes the kids on this sort of program, what they generally struggle with is they have been conditioned by their so called parents to know their "rights" with no emphasis on their responsibilities!

This sort of program can and does show these kids that not only there are other options in life, but that by accepting responsibilities alongside your rights, then these opportunities can be open to them as well.

I worked in residential social work for many years, and had I not smashed my knee up I would probably still be there as I really enjoyed and valued my job.

As an aside, one of the most troubled, obnoxious, crime orientated kids I ever worked with got himself into a motorbike apprenticeship to start with then successfully into the Landrover program and the last I heard of him, he was working in the security devision helping design security systems for the then new (L322) RangeRover!

Give them a chance, some will never make it, but many will.
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In all fairness mate you couldn't have put it better, well explained!

I do now appreciate wher you are coming from.

But I still have a part of me (I'm 24) that despises the fact when I was at school the cunits and trouble makers and bullies seemed to get days out and rewarded for being bastids, it was never explained why they got to go to Alton towers and we had to do extra maths and extended physics.
 
Deasy said:
In all fairness mate you couldn't have put it better, well explained!

I do now appreciate wher you are coming from.

But I still have a part of me (I'm 24) that despises the fact when I was at school the cunits and trouble makers and bullies seemed to get days out and rewarded for being bastids, it was never explained why they got to go to Alton towers and we had to do extra maths and extended physics.
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That was more down to the liberal doo gooders that didn't have a clue, they are still around but you have to justify yourself much more these days.

The other side of the coin is i'm 43, the little barstewards in my school got kicked out, no interventions or assistance and most are either dead now or alchoholics and serial crims!
 
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