Mission

Mission and Fundamentals of Outward Bound

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide challenging experiences that help people to discover, develop and achieve their potential.

Our Core Values

Human Potential - Striving to be the best we can be.
Integrity - Being true to yourself and others - having the courage to honour your values and commitments.
Responsibility - To self, others and the environment. To be accountable for your decisions and actions.
Resilience - The determination to perservere through adversity and challenge, and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
Compassion - Caring for others and accepting the differences of people in our diverse global community.
Service - Service beyond self for the betterment of others and the environment.

Course Objectives

Personal Development - To enhance self-awareness, self-esteem, confidence, discipline and motivation, and improve physical fitness.
Teamwork - To enhance appreciation and awareness of other's strengths and skills. To develop an understanding of the positive attributes of an effective team including leadership, followship, participation, trust and communication.
Leadership Development - To develop social awareness, interpersonal skills and communication skills. To provide group leadership opportunities in challenging and unfamiliar settings.
Service - To teach the concept of service. To provide opportunities to model and practise acts of service to others and/or the environment. To develop a service ethic.
Environment - To develop appreciation for and an awareness of the natural environment. To develop awareness of minimal impact practices.

Design Principles

Experiential Learning – Learning by Doing. Providing diverse stimulating activities involving teamwork and problem-solving facilitated to bring out the best in you.
Safe and Supportive Environment – Providing you the right support, guidance and belief in your potential so that you can challenge yourself and celebrate your success.
Adventure and Challenge – Stepping out of your comfort zone to face mental, physical, social and emotional challenges with a sense of fun and adventure.
Self-discipline – Allowing you to make decisions, experience consequence, success and failure, and being accountable for what you say and do.
Skill & Care – Self-respect, using initiative and being resourceful to achieve to the best of your ability.
Solitude and Reflection – Providing a place apart to appreciate silence, reflect on your values and set goals for your future.
Minimal Impact Practices – conducting ourselves in environmentally responsible and sustainable ways.

Outward Bound Australia Manifesto

Since it’s inception over 50 years ago, Outward Bound has provided challenging experiences that have helped people discover, develop and achieve their potential. We were founded on helping young people prepare for the challenges and uncertainty of life and this remains our core reason for being.

We are the leader in developing human potential. In bringing out the best in people, we aim abseil

to develop the most positive elements of the human character, consistent with our core values: Integrity, Responsibility, Resilience, Compassion, Service and Human Potential.

We aim for our programs to reach as many people as we can serve. This growth is always achieved in conjunction with maintaining the highest quality programs and delivering safe life-changing experiences.

We reach beyond Australia’s youth to serve a broad range of people who can benefit from one of Outward Bound’s life-changing experiences. Our programs impact directly and indirectly: teenagers, young adults, business professionals, community leaders and families. We seek to serve and develop the potential of people with mixed abilities and those of diverse cultural backgrounds. We have an important role in developing the potential of individuals, teams, leaders, organisations, communities and the broader Australian society.

We aim to remain affordable and accessible for all Australians. We believe all people have the right to discover, develop and achieve their potential. We work in the natural world, allowing people to expand their awareness and appreciation for the environment. Our practices respect the areas we work in, leaving minimal impact so that they can be enjoyed by future generations.

We are passionate about taking people on learning journeys to discover their potential. Outward Bound journeys are both inward and external journeys of discovery. In our base camps, programs and offices, we seek to create a model for how the world can be: a compassionate world where people of diverse backgrounds are unconditionally accepted for who they are, and encouraged to become the best they can be.

We understand the importance of strong values-based leadership in society. We explicitly aim to create outstanding leaders who are actively engaged in service in their schools, organisations and communities.

We operate our business responsibly and with integrity, so that the mission and work of Outward Bound is sustainable and able to serve future generations. We are an independent non-profit organisation. We remain firmly focused on what we are best at and passionate about: developing human potential.

“We are all better than we know. If we can only come to discover this we may never again settle for anything less” – Kurt Hahn

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