New Horizons helps young people test their potential, deepen their values and widen their horizons through learning experiences (personal and group) across cross cultural, outdoor, social service, arts and sports opportunities.
Amazon and Peruvian Street-Children Expedition
The Second Peru trip took place in June 2008 after almost a year long period of hard work and group fundraising ! The Wood Family Trust provided a substantial donation to the trip for which we were very grateful . 18 Pupils from Kincorth Academy, 2 members of Staff , 4 Volunteers from Blue Horizon and Eddie McKenna and Elmer Rojas of Blue Horizon. A highlight was the return as volunteer leaders of two of the original Peru trip. The Group spent a week in Iquitos in Amazonia seeing at first hand the work of Scripture Union's (Union Biblica) Street Boy's Centre, visiting local schools and living in Puerto Alegria, an Orphanage in the Jungle . The trip had a huge impact on the group of School pupils (aged 16-17) and the cross cultural engagement process and seminars allowed everyone to look in detail at how they coped seeing poverty and homelessness at first hand. Since returning many of the folks who took part continue to be involved in Blue Horizon either as friends and supporters or in some cases as volunteers in aspects of the wider work, such as the bus and the recent fashion show.
Blue Horizon is working to be a Strategic Partner with The Vine Trust (www.vinetrust.org) in providing future trips to Peru and hopes to set up a direct link between a project in Peru with Kincorth Academy. This initiative is already in process; Kincorth Academy, the Vine Trust and Blue Horizon are working together on the next trip to Peru for the summer of 2010.
Personal challange Opportunities eg an Outward bound expedition of Tall Ships expedition, joining a gym, a theatre group, a sports team. Blue Horizon staff supports a young person as they try a new opportunity.
New Life Horizons: A chance to explore the horizon announced 2000 years ago by Jesus of Nazareth and how it is relevant to realizing life potantial today. As part of this process Blue Horizon have recently received training from Richard Passmore of Frontier Youth Trust; looking for new ways to connect with young people.
Leadership Coaching and Volunteering offering practical opportunities for young people to take initiative with youth activity and contribute to their community.
"Dont let your fears stand in the way of your dreams"
SPORT
Paralympics 2008. We have pioneered coaching opportunities to lift and challenge young people’s aspirations in sport and sporting achievement. In 2008 a summer athletics week with 12 young people, took place and research is currently taking place to see how Blue Horizon could engage young people in a wide range of sporting opportunities. A local Sports Centre, Banks O Dee Sports Club (www.banksodee.co.uk) is willing to work in partnership with us in developing sporting opportunities . New Horizon Director Eddie McKenna was selected by the British Paralympic Association, (ParalympicsGB) in 2008 to be a BPA Staff coach at the Beijing Paralympics, and having coached a local paralympic hopeful is engaged in looking at models for inspiring motivation and realising untapped potential
