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ARRAN OUTDOORS FOR ALL
SAVE ARRAN OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE (AOEC) FROM CLOSURE IN 2025
Feb 15, 20232 min read
Youngsters learn the ropes during five-day sailing course
Kieran Geraghty now 16 got in touch to say "Please NAC Councilors don't close the Outdoor Centre. I learnt so much there and it was great...
Feb 13, 20233 min read
Skill, Energy and Enthusiasm of the AOEC staff
An Open letter from Dr Graham Tinto retired Arran GP Dear Sir, I am writing ,as a retired Arran GP, formerly resident at...
Feb 10, 20233 min read
Extremely concerned retired headteachers letter to CEO
Open letter to Craig Hatton NAC Chief Executive Dear Mr Hatton, My name is Jim Hughes and I worked in Education in NAC for 32 years,...
Feb 3, 20232 min read
Those skills were character-building and shaped me into the person I am today.
Alan Burns MESSAGE... This place is the best experience any children I have taught have had! To a person, they all rate it as the...
Jan 26, 20231 min read
My life doesn’t revolve around my phone…
Written by a Primary 7 who visited only a few weeks ago...
Jan 24, 20233 min read
REMEMBER my experience on Arran at the Outdoor Centre, You bet I do.
When I started Abbey Primary at the end of P2 in 1997 one of the first things I remember being told about was the P7 trip to Arran. It...
Jan 22, 20234 min read
So much more than outdoor education...
Arran Outdoor Education Centre – So much more than outdoor education… “Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are...
Jan 21, 20233 min read
Snowball fights above the clouds
My Experience of Arran Outdoor Education Centre… From a teenage and teacher perspective. I first visited what was then the Arran Outdoor...
Jan 14, 20231 min read
Do you have children or grandchildren?
Do you know Britain lies 2nd bottom of all European countries for the state of our children's wellbeing and mental health? Anxiety over...
Jan 14, 20231 min read
Facts about Outdoor Education in North Ayrshire
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