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The Valley Project based on the Holme Wood Estate in Bradford is using outdoor learning as a means to help tackle isolation caused by poverty and promote social mobility.
Despite the area having significant economic problems – 46 per cent of the 2,600 child residents live in households below the poverty line – the project draws its strength from the local community.
“It was important for The Valley Project to be embedded in the community, not to be seen as distant but approachable,” says project co-ordinator Laura Bowen, who jointly set up the initiative with fellow co-ordinator Steve McHugh after seeing the limitations of local authority schemes.
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