News Update: May 2024
As part of the re-development, the centre is being connected to mains water for the first time in its history. This will bring major improvements and make the centre much more resilient, however, it is taking a little longer than hoped for. The centre should now be handed over to us from the Contractors in mid June with our fist customer use being in July. We look forward to bringing you news of our summer holiday programmes for young people!
News Update: January 2024
The build is progressing well and we are still on track forContinue reading
News Update: May 2024
As part of the re-development, the centre is being connected to mains water for the first time in its history. This will bring major improvements and make the centre much more resilient, however, it is taking a little longer than hoped for. The centre should now be handed over to us from the Contractors in mid June with our fist customer use being in July. We look forward to bringing you news of our summer holiday programmes for young people!
News Update: January 2024
The build is progressing well and we are still on track for an April opening. We are now taking firm bookings and all the info is on our webpage here including details of the all-inclusive activity week packages for schools
https://bit.ly/BookSAGCentre
News Update: July 2023
If you have some preferred dates in mind for using the centre once it re-opens please complete this Form https://forms.office.com/e/m8A0XkpnVm
Your booking will not be guaranteed for you until you have had chance to look at the prices and programmes (which will be available in Sept 2023) but it will let us know you are interested and we can get back to you as soon as the information is available. An early indication of interest will also be very useful to us in these planning stages.
Aberdeenshire Council is carrying out a major refurbishment and extension to the Sir Arthur Grant Residential Outdoor Centre
When it reopens The Sir Arthur Grant Centre will be a hub for outdoor education in Aberdeenshire. It will be able to host all kinds of groups for stays, courses and activities.
The newly refurbished centre will provide accommodation for 34 in two dorms, 2 twin rooms and 2 accessible ensuite single rooms. The entire building will be fully updated with changes to improve the layout of the social area and its links to the upgraded outdoor spaces. Full internet connectivity will be installed to allow the expanded use by staff and others for business and social use. The grounds will be landscaped and secured with much improved access and parking. As well as a complete refurbishment of the existing building, a new building will be added to accommodate storage, a workshop, office space and a large flexible learning space.
Groups will still be able to book for residential only stays but Live Life Outdoors will also be offering activities where requested. On site, or in the surrounding countryside, in-house staff and external contractors will be able to offer everything from hill walking and mountain biking to water based activities, teambuilding skills, bushcraft, climbing, skiing, tubing and many more activities.
Live Life Outdoors are working hard on developing the exciting programmes which will draw in schools and groups from Aberdeenshire and beyond and maximise the use of this fabulous facility. If you have used the centre before – or are interested in using it in future – we would love to hear from you about the kinds of activities, services and programmes you would like to see available there and how you would like them to be delivered. Or simply tell us what is important to you in a residential centre.
Please use our various tools to give us your ideas,comments and suggestions. You can also Follow us to receive emailed updates straight to your inbox.
