To enhance the safety and quality of Outward Bound educational services worldwide and to protect the Outward Bound name.
Outward Bound International's strategies to achieve this mission are:
By ensuring that Safety and Quality Standards are met in all Outward Bound centres.
By providing protection of the Outward Bound trademark and reputation.
By helping Outward Bound centres to be successful.
By improving collaboration between Outward Bound centres.
By establishing adequate, ongoing funding for Outward Bound.
At Outward Bound, student safety is a top priority and Outward Bound International is fully committed to the delivery of safe outdoor education programs at all Outward Bound Centres.
As the leading adventure-based outdoor education program in the world, Outward Bound International has collaboratively developed and refined our safety procedures and program reviews to maintain an unparalleled safety record in the outdoor industry.
Outward Bound seeks to have the highest standards of risk management in every country in which it operates. Outward Bound International have developed a number of voluntary procedures designed to reduce the probability of accidents and incidents worldwide, including Safety Reviewing, Safety Training, Safety Resources, Safety Infrastructure and Staffing guidelines. International Safety Reviews are conducted on a two-year cycle.