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    • Farmhouse Holiday in Wales
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    • Getting Wild on the Brecon Beacons
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    • Action-packed Exmoor Weekend
    • Learn to Sail a Tall Ship
    • Walking for Wellbeing
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Come AND Join us FOR

Free Adventures

IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS!
Come AND join us FOR

Free Adventures

In the great outdoors!
Come AND Join Us FOR

Free Adventures

in the great outdoors!
Come AND Join Us FOR

Free Adventures

IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS!
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We are also supporting the Birmingham Children's trust with their Future You Project who are also encouraging Care Leavers to post a picture of their Care Leavers Week Walk you can find more information about their project by clicking HERE

Under the Sky News

We have started a newsletter to help build a community between care-leavers. It is filled with great articles and activities to keep you entertained during lockdown.
You can find it
Here 
Keep checking back for regular updates!
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Coronavirus Notice
Due to the increased risk COVID-19 poses to public health, the government has enforced a strict lockdown procedure. As current predictions suggest this procedure may continue until 2021, we will henceforth be postponing some of our holidays, this is to promote the safety of yourselves and others. We understand these are challenging times and we urge you to get in contact with us or a UK mental health service if you are struggling. We will keep you all informed with regular updates on how COVID-19 may effect any future events.
Rees Foundation loneliness helpline for care experienced people
The Coronavirus is certainly affecting us all in different ways. Stay at home but don’t feel alone, it’s Time to Talk. You can reach the Rees Foundation on their freephone number 0330 094 5645 or email them ContactUs@ReesFoundation.org. They are all trained in mental health first aid and happy to help.

Who we are

Under The Sky Events is a national organisation offering fully funded opportunities in ​the outdoors to care experienced adults to transform their lives.
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We are a Community Interest Company set up by explorer, writer and speaker Jacki Hill-Murphy alongside The Welland Trust ... read more>

What we do

​Under the Sky Events empowers care experienced people to create personal and social change through real and meaningful experiences in a natural environment.
We want to help adults from all walks of life to try something new that may be just what they need to change their perspective in life. Recently published studies report that the benefits of going for a walk can last for seven hours, imagine what a few days or longer could do as it seems that just exposing ourselves to the sky turns on the magic.
If there is a strong link between exposure to nature and wellbeing who better to benefit than care experienced adults, who may return to their personal environments feeling energised and in better spirits after joining us on one of our interesting and fun programmes.
Young people who were cared-for grow into adults who are forced to be independent much younger than their peers and without the support network of a family. 
"We want to help to build confidence and wellbeing through activities in the outdoors that are chosen by the participant"
 

Fancy taking part? It's easy!

Come and join us for these exciting FREE opportunities in 2020...

Under The Sky Events Thames Path Walk

Stay in a Medieval Farmhouse in Wales

*Shared rooms. Sibling groups are encouraged to apply.
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Includes trekking in the Brecon Beacons National Park, visiting Llangorse Multi Activity Centre for horse riding or Sky Trek Challenge, visiting Llanthony Priory, cooking together, taking photographs, mindfulness, star gazing and more.
Find out more >
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Annual care-leavers camp-out​
*Open to all care-leavers and their friends/family.
*POSTPONED* 2021
Unfortunately, due to the current social gathering restrictions in place we have been forced to postpone this event to next year. However, we will be replacing the camp-out with Mini camps taking out groups of six on separate camping experiences.
FIND OUT MORE >
Under The Sky Events Chilterns Woodland Experience

Getting Wild on the Brecon Beacons


​​*Open to all care-leavers
*POSTPONED* 2021
​Come and enjoy some rugged outdoor activities with team leader Ken Hames MBE, former SAS soldier who is passionate about giving people the opportunity to do extraordinary things. Staying in an old Welsh farm in bunks and sharing the cooking and chores.
Find out more >
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Care-leavers week walks: London Thames
*Open to all care-leavers and their friends/family.
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Open to all care-leavers and their friends who can walk 5-6 miles. Walk with us through fascinating London for one day, two or three. We will be walking through many areas made famous by Charles Dickens and Shakespeare.​
Find out more >
Under The Sky Events Thames Path Walk
Parents and Tots Winter in Warwick
Open to all care-leavers with children under 5
*POSTPONED* 2021

​We want to give our care-leaver parent and their tots a holiday to remember, staying at the beautiful Riverbank Lodge near Stratford-upon-Avon. Includes a visit to Hatton Adventure World, a pirate boat ride, baking cakes and after lights out wine tasting for the adults.
Find out more >
Under The Sky Events Ammerdown Centre Bath
Action Packed Weekend in Exmoor for everyone!
Open to all care-leavers
2 - 5 July 2021

Calvert trust Exmoor is a five-star accredited activity centre which enables people with physical, learning, behavioural and sensory disabilities to experience exciting, challenging and enjoyable outdoor activities. 
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Find out more >
Under The Sky Events 3 Peaks Yorkshire

Learn to sail a tall ship from Poole in Dorset


​Open to all care-leavers between 18-25 years of age
12-16 July 2021
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A voyage on the Queen Galadriel provides a challenging but adventurous environment, where you can live and work as part of the crew, taking an active part in running the vessel both above and below deck.​
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Find out more >
 

R E L A X A T I O N


"Thank you for an amazing week, you have changed the world for eight care experienced people."

K

C H A L L E N G E


"Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to grow as people"

J

V I S I O N


"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

George Eliot

About us

Jacki Hill-Murphy of Under The Sky Events
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Sam Lister

Under The Sky Events is a community interest company set up by Jacki Hill-Murphy alongside The Welland Trust.

Jacki Hill-Murphy, MA, FRGS, is an explorer, writer and speaker who has travelled to some of the most inhospitable places on earth to re-create the journeys of daring adventurers from the past.
“I passionately believe in the magic of being in the outdoors, where everybody can feel themselves and recover lost strength.”
Sam Lister, BSc, is a psychologist and adventurer who has volunteered in projects around the world helping to improve local communities and natural habitats. 
“I believe that adventures in the outdoors have a profound effect on improving mental health, and that more time spent outdoors can help to create a more peaceful mind.”
Rees Foundation with Under The Sky Events
The Welland Trust was founded by Jan Rees OBE  to support care leavers and care experienced individuals and communities across the UK.

Work with us

Would you like to work with Under the Sky Events? Are you a professional person with a love of the outdoors? We are looking for volunteers for all our events, all your expenses will be paid, please apply through our volunteer application form 
 

Contact us

Please complete this enquiry form and we will get back to you straight away
or if you want to register to attend an event please click here
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