OUR TEAM

Venture Out Wilderness Project was established in 2016 as a company limited by guarantee (CLG) under the governance of a board of trustees. We currently have 3 directors on our board, John Doherty - Chairperson, David Whelan - Company Secretary, and Stephen Hannon - Director. We have recently secured charitable status, we have signed up to The Governance Code and we engage fully with Revenue, the Companies Registration Office and the Charities Regulatory Autority on a regular basis.

Duties & Responsibilities of Directors include; ensuring organisational accountability, overseeing management decisions, coordinating board meetings, leadership, setting strategy and delegating implementation of board decisions, recruitment, compliance with legislation (Employment, Health & Safety, Companies Act and Charities Act etc.), governance, ensuring conflicts of interest do not exist, acting in the best interest of the organisation, ensuring proper accounts and audits are undertaken, monitoring and reviewing risk, and ensuring practices are in line with policies.

Our team consists of experienced social care practitioners with professional qualifications in outdoor adventure activities. Following years of extensive delivering personal development focused nature based programs to young people and families from a wide range of backgrounds, our guides are ideally qualified to support participants through their therapeutic adventure journeys. Along with our team of highly experience facilitators, Venture Out is led by our program manager - Barry Dillon.

You can find out more about our organisation by following the Benefacts link below

VENTURE OUT WILDERNESS PROJECT COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE | Benefacts