Projects

“We are particularly concerned with assisting our youth population make the difficult transition from childhood to adulthood (avoiding the pitfalls of “negative recreation”) and thereafter maximising their potential within society”

Alternative Academy

Transition Extreme’s Alternative Academy is an innovative new personal development programme in which Transtion Extreme work with young people who are at risk of disengaging, or who have disengaged from the formal education system.  By igniting a passion for extreme sports and developing the confidence, capacity and talent in these young people we hope they will become ambassadors for their peer group. The Alternative Academy aims to equip participants with the life and employability skills to move on to positive destinations.

Transition is now running it's 3rd Alternative Academy programme. Each programme works with 12 young people for 12 weeks. The results from the first two programmes demonstrate the strength of the programme.

Transition Extreme is particularly grateful to The Robertson Trust who funded the development and first pilot of the Alternative Academy and Fairer Scotland Fund whose funding has allowed us to deliver 2 more Alternative Academy programmes.  Transition Extreme has also been successful in securing a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) for this project.  This has allowed us to recruit a full time KTP Associate who is working on the future accreditation and development of the Academy curriculum whilst forging links with RGU and Aberdeen College.

Return to Northfield

This phenomenally successful project began in March 2010 and has growth from strength to strength.  Essentially the project is an outreach coaching programme aimed at young people from the Northfield area. The programme has not only taught young people how to ride their local skatepark but has identified 8 young people to become custodians of the park. These custodians have taken responsibility for becoming guardians of the park and ensuring that it is regularly cleaned, removing any broken glass or hazardous objects. They also encourage other young people to come along to the weekly coaching sessions and help to teach them the skills required to safely ride the park.  The project originally started as a result of funding from Cashback for Communities but with extra funding from Fairer Scotland Fund we were able to continue this project through the summer and give the young people passes to use Transition in the winter when the outdoor park was not suitable for use.  With additional funding we hope to work with the young people again this spring leaving a lasting legacy in the community for generations to come.

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