Clothing can cause many barriers when trying to access the UK outdoors. We asked Steph Wetherell , the co-founder of Every Body Outdoors, to explain some of ways it can stop people getting outside, and explore some of the solutions that advocates and allies are discovering.

How do you embed a successful Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) culture in your community group or organisation? At The Outdoor Connection 2024, Aneela McKenna spoke on how to create and align systems, processes and values that will drive an inclusive culture for all…

It’s one of the most talked about areas of diversity but how can we practically support more inclusion from a gender perspective within outdoors spaces? We asked Mountain Leader and outdoor instructor Harriet MacMillan to share how she runs gender inclusive outdoor sessions…

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We caught up with Sahir to learn more about what it was like to cycle across the continent of Europe and how this has altered her own sense of belonging.

We’re celebrating the Bicycle Adventure Club who collaborated with the Ekho Collective to run a project called “Exploring The Edges”

We asked beekeeper Rachel Sampara to give us the lowdown on beekeeping, how she got started and how she’s helping others to overcome the barriers to this traditional craft…

Wave Wahines have released their latest ‘Diversity in surfing survey’ and they want to hear from you! The survey is open until the 30th January 2025

Next up we're celebrating Lorna Stoddart founder of The Waymaking Project - An OUTSIDE landscapes project.

We caught up with photographer, filmmaker and writer Leslie Latchman, who joined us at The 2024 Summit, to find out more about his year.

Nominated for her remarkable resilience and dedication to making cycling accessible for everyone. Find out more about CeCe’s cycling

Over the last month we’ve been celebrating our incredible community members, and some of their wins from the last year. In this post we’re sharing a recap and some of our own wins.

Glide Gals UK - A women's Paragliding community have recently had their first film premiered at Kendal Mountain Festival! We caught up with founder Rhian to find out more.

In October, Black Girls Do Run UK won England Athletics’  ‘Community Project of the Year’ Award, again!

We caught up with the Black Tri Tribe Team to hear more about what they’ve achieved and learned over the last year.

Allie Mason teamed up with Elemental Challenge to create ‘The Autistic Adventurer’s Support Guide To The Elemental Challenge’!

We caught up with Allie to learn more about the project.

We caught up with founder and CEO Lewis Garland to learn more about what Fences and Frontiers have been up to this year!

It seems like everyone is talking about working ‘cross sector’ these days, but what does that really mean? We delve into what cross sector collaboration is, the benefits you can get from it and the pitfalls to avoid.

Whether you're looking for a book to dive into over the holidays or need a last minute gift here are 17 books that our community think you'll love! 

Financial planning and budgeting can be one of the trickiest aspects of running community groups and events in the outdoors sector. If you’re new to managing budgets, here are four tips to help you get started, taken from a live event at The Outdoor Connection 2024…