News
Volunteer Rangers Paddle the Bann
The first Volunteer Ranger training event of 2010 took place on Saturday at Drumaheglis Marina on the River Bann. An Introduction to Open Canoeing was provided by Xplore Outdoors and was a great success, despite temperatures of -3 o C! Spirits were high when the temperature wasn’t, and the Volunteer ... Read more >
Venture Outdoors 4 New Tenders to provide outdoor recreation taster sessions
CAAN is now seeking applications from experienced Service/Activity Providers to provide six outdoor recreation taster sessions for people with disabilities, including people with limited mobility, learning disabilities, hearing and visual impairments; people from minority ethnic communities and people living ... Read more >
Disability Inclusion Workshops for Outdoor Activity Providers
Venture Outdoors in partnership with Sport NI & Disability Sports NI are organising; Disability Inclusion Workshops for Outdoor Activity Providers which will take place at Craigavon Water Sports Centre on Friday 12th February 2010 and at Share Holiday Village on Friday 19th March 2010. These workshops are ... Read more >
Hannah Shields & Daryl Grimason to present at the Belfast Holiday World Show
CAAN will be exhibiting at the Belfast Holiday World Show at the King's Hall Belfast from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th January 2010 . Whether it is walking, canoeing, cycling or the extensive list of adventure activities CAAN (under OutdoorNI.com) will have a great selection of information available. ... Read more >
Venture Outdoors Conference proves to be a great success!!
Mark Pollock, the first blind man to reach the South Pole shared his experiences at CAAN's conference entitled Venture Outdoors – Creating Healthy Communities. The event took place on Thursday 3 rd December 2009 at Armagh City Hotel. Mark is renowned worldwide as a motivational speaker and provided a ... Read more >
Venture Outdoors Conference - 3rd Dec 09
CAAN is delighted to announce that work is underway for the new project ‘Venture Outdoors’. The 3 year project will address the barriers currently discouraging those from the disabled, minority ethnic and disadvantaged communities from taking part in outdoor recreation. The programme will include 4 ... Read more >
Outdoor NI - Out and About
On August 13th the World famous Tall Ships sailed into Belfast Lough and the OutdoorNI team was there to make the most of this great event. The Belfast Maritime event, which ran from August 13th to 16th, saw a 35 strong fleet of unique ships from all over the world dock along Belfast Lough for an event that ... Read more >
New look for CAAN websites
CAAN’s marketing team has been working hard over the summer to change the emphasis of its consumer websites: OutdoorNI.com, CycleNI.com & WalkNI.com. The object of the redesign is to further inspire the consumer and make them aware of the possibilities to enjoy the outdoors in each area within ... Read more >
Dalby Forest Site Visit
Representatives of Down and Newry and Mourne District Councils, Forest Service, Mourne Heritage Trust, SportNI and CAAN recently spent a day visiting Dalby Forest in the North York Moors National Park. The visit organised by CAAN and hosted by the Forestry Commission focused on how an investment of ... Read more >
Inspiration from Fortwilliam
Developers of outdoor recreation in Northern Ireland were involved in an action packed 3-day study trip to Fortwilliam, Scotland during the first week of September. The trip was organised by CAAN and was part funded by NIEA. In attendance were 12 representatives from Councils and other organisations including ... Read more >
