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INSPIRE (Institute for Sustainable Practice, Innovation and Resource Efficiency) will be launched at University of Wales Trinity St David in September 2011.

Hay on Earth is an important landmark in the sustainability calendar with a series of cutting edge talks and workshops, including a chance to win a share of £40,000 at Green Dragonʼs Den.

The Do Lectures launched in 2008 by David and Claire Hieatt and co-founded by TYF, share stories that inspire action for change. In the first 3 years the talks have been viewed over 3 million times.

TYF are leading innovators, in the design of memorable events and experiences. For 25 years, we've delivered exhilarating programmes to tens of thousands of participants and hundreds of clients in a dozen countries, introducing the world to coasteering and starting a world kayak championship along the way.

TYF are on a mission to make good things happen faster. Our work is underpinned by our strong values to look after our environment and communities and the recognition of the shift to one planet, sustainable living. We create experiences which change lives and last long in the memory.

TYF live in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, one of the most beautiful, inspirational and creative corners of the British Isles. St Davids is the wellspring, soul and hub of the energy, passion and play that we share on our events, wherever theyʼre run on this lovely planet.

We design for our clientʼs needs, delivering world class programmes from adrenalin-fueled coasteering to in-depth consultancy on systems thinking. We guide organisations, teams and individuals to improve, getting themselves fitter & faster for high performance and a smarter future.

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Simple, powerful programmes for change that mix play and fun, with strategic thinking and innovation.

Explore our one-day programmes for inspiration or contact the team to discuss your bespoke requirements

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- build stronger team spirit

- bond with colleagues

- get smarter at risk, goals and performance

- increase personal confidence

- learn from natureʼs designs

- have fun and play on the wild Pembrokeshire coast.

Classic Team Build

applicable to

A proven one day programme of engaging team challenges, designed to help teams get stronger. Whether for a new team thatʼs forming for the first time or a well established team thatʼs ready for an injection of energy ideas, the Classic Team Build provides powerful, memorable learning that builds resilience, goal focus and personal performance. Teams can learn from each other and from nature whilst exploring the Pembrokeshire coast and take time away from a busy agenda to better understand what makes colleagues tick, or redesign ways of working together. The take home? Useful new insights and skills, and memories to last a lifetime.

Any team looking for an alternative or supplement to classroom based learning. Individual team members can explore their potential in a real, experiential environment, choosing a level of adventure or excitement that's right for them. For individuals of any level, age and ability.

in a nutshell

team take outs

1. Team ExperienceA morning to learn, explore, play and connect whilst on a magical sea level exploration of Walesʼ only coastal national park, with an option of choosing coasteering or kayak as the mode of travel.

Coasteering: scramble, leap, jump and swim your way around cliffs of rugged beauty with the company who invented this wild sport. Explore your comfort zone, build team spirit, bond with colleagues, increase personal confidence and most importantly, enjoy a few hours of pure adrenalin-soaked fun.

Kayaking: a low-impact, floating cruise from bay to bay on sit-on-top kayaks, uncovering the hidden gems that remain unseen from other boats or the shore. Explore caves and deep inlets on calm days, and when the sea is animated, enjoy the roller coaster ride between islets and reefs.

2. Team ChallengeAn afternoon of tasks and activities to put your teamʼs communication skills and team working to the test. See the effects of collaboration and rapid learning as a team, capturing insight that can be reapplied in the workplace. Understand how 'back casting' can accelerate your team's success, see the benefit of understanding the bigger picture and reconfirm the ʻwho does whatʼ of achieving the results you need.

“learn coasteering with the people who invented it - madness, fun and adventure in a wetsuit”

The Guardian, 2010

min 8 people

1 day (8 hrs)

£125+VAT pp

• Experienced team facilitator• Adventure kit & specialist equipment• Space for workshop/discussion• Local transport (if applicable)• Lunch & refreshments

+44 (0)1437 725 038 | talk@tyf.com | www.tyf.com

what’s included

what’s involved

- new ways to communicate sustainability issues

- the psychology behind motivation and persuasion

- understanding barriers to change and how the mind works

- increase personal influence

- improved presentation skills

- have fun and play on the wild Pembrokeshire coast.

The World’s MostPowerful Team Challenge

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A one day programme for colleagues who feel that they have mastered the essentials of business performance and teamwork and are looking to step up a level, understand the bigger picture and move beyond compliance to a culture based on imagination and innovation. Play and learn in the most powerful classroom on the planet and consider some of the toughest questions your organisation will ever face. This is a powerful and uplifting day, building the drive and ambition needed to help teams plan the way forward for real change.

Organisat ional, community or government-led teams with a desire to connect their way of working to a post-conventional, resource, energy and carbon-constrained future, and understand how the challenges of s u s t a i n a b i l i t y c a n b e c o m e opportunities for any team. For individuals of any level, age and ability.

in a nutshell

team take outs

min 8 people

1 day (8 hrs)

£145+VAT pp

1. Team Coasteer - scramble, leap, jump and swim your way around the cliffs of the St Davids peninsula. Learn how to work smarter, understand goals and risk and how playfulness increases creativity. Build team spirit, bond with colleagues, increase personal confidence and most importantly, enjoy a few hours of pure adrenalin-fused fun. Learn the basics of Biomimicry and understand how mimicking nature's designs can help individuals and organisations work more efficiently to create a sustainable future.

2. The Real 10 - participative discussion to help teams understand and overcome the comfort of setting only small, incremental actions and tap into the power of exploring goals and targets that deliver the breakthrough, performance that is needed for sustainability, resilience and profitability.

3. Cloud to Concrete - leverage the knowledge and insights of individuals and groups, developing a plan for action thatʼs about step change, and good enough, rather than just ʻbetter than yesterdayʼ. Practical learning, reinforced by juggling, art and words.

“we have to develop new ways of doing business which will ensure that our growth does not come at the expense of the world's diminishing natural resources.”

Paul Polman CEO, Unilever

• Experienced team facilitator

• Adventure kit & specialist equipment

• Space for workshop/discussion

• Local transport (if applicable)

• Lunch & refreshments

+44 (0)1437 725 038 | talk@tyf.com | www.tyf.com

what’s included

what’s involved

- understand environmental & climate context

- gain knowledge of current best practice

- apply practical tools to real issues

- learn from natureʼs designs to work more efficiently

- take away actions and ideas for your own organisation

- have fun and play on the wild Pembrokeshire coast.

Green Team

A one day programme focusing on the development of practical solutions to some of the biggest sustainability challenges of our time, equipping individuals with the essentials of the knowledge, skills and attitude for the rapid change that's needed by business. With a special blend of experiential learning and focus on real issues, teams are able to take time away from busy schedules to stop and think, experience the level of creativity and innovation that will create the results they need, and plan for action on their return to work.

applicable to

Teams already working effectively at the ʻday jobʼ who recognise the importance weaving sustainability principles into the way they work, rather than consigning responsibility to the communications or external relations teams. Suitable for individuals of any level, age and ability with little or zero knowledge of the environmental issues we are facing.

in a nutshell

team take outs

min 8 people

1 day (8 hrs)

£145+VAT pp

1. Understanding the context – an interactive workshop examining the current reality, and why it is so important that business takes the lead in making a step change needed to design a more sustainable future. Review and discuss the business and biological impacts that current behaviour is having on our environment and gain awareness of how this will affect individuals, communities and organisations.

2. Systems Insight - using a purpose-designed learning vehicle (Kingdom of the Blind) to demonstrate and experience the importance of cross-team and cross-organisation communication, teamwork and learning. KOB powerfully emphasises the need to make sure that everyone understands the bigger picture.

3. Learning from Nature - scramble, leap, jump and swim your way around cliffs of awesome beauty on the Pembrokeshire coastline. Learn how to work smarter, understand goals & risk and how playfulness increases creativity. Learn the basics of Biomimicry and understand how mimicking nature's designs can help individuals and organisations work more efficiently to create a sustainable future. Build team spirit, bond with colleagues, increase personal confidence and most importantly, enjoy a few hours of pure adrenalin-fused fun.

4. The Real 10 - workshop based discussion to understand and overcome the fear and comfort of setting small, incremental actions that work only towards compliance based goals. Find effective ways of leveraging the knowledge and insights of individuals and groups to make a plan for action that focuses on consciousness, with real goals relevant to your place and area of work.

5. Cloud to Concrete - leverage the knowledge and insights of individuals and groups, developing a plan for action thatʼs about step change, and good enough, rather than just ʻbetter than yesterdayʼ. Practical learning, reinforced by juggling, art and words.

“we have to change, not a little but radically. Not later but now. Not with today’s business thinking but with a new set of skills”

Stuart Rose Outgoing Chairman, M&S

• Experienced team facilitator

• Space for workshop/discussion/creative tasks

• Learning resources & equipment

• Lunch & refreshments

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what’s included

what’s involved

- start and finish projects better

- connect the team through shared memory and experience

- understand the links between waste, energy and value

- apply creative skills to real challenges

- reflect on the connection between values and value

- a deeper appreciation of craft and business success

Creative Sparks

A one day creative workshop designed to fire up the imagination and creativity of teams or groups from any background. Creative Sparks explores the drivers and barriers to creativity, and introduces people to different aspects of innovation and craftsmanship, using artistic skills to understand the relationship between waste, energy and value.

Participants will collaborate with colleagues to design, plan and implement pieces of art from waste or natural materials, and then enjoy the exhilaration of creating an art installation from scratch. Theyʼll take home a shared memory of connecting with team mates and a physical reminder of their new skills.

applicable to

Individuals and teams wanting boost creativity a n d i n n o v a t i o n , a n d connect their work to the bigger picture. Suitable for individuals of any level, age and ability.

in a nutshell

team take outs

min 10/max 20

1 day (8 hrs)

£195+VAT pp

1. Applied Improv Toolkit - whatever happens, whatever other people say or do, thereʼs always choice to be had in the way that we respond and make a situation better or worse for our contribution. The skills of Improv offer a powerful tool chest that turn ʻyes, butʼ into ʻyes, andʼ with deft use of language and behaviour.

2. Wood craft – learn the basics of how to shape, hew and carve a bowl, small piece of furniture or sculpture using the finest quality tools. Take a creative brief from concept generation through planning and into production, consulting with team members along the way. Work on individual pieces or create one large scale item that can take pride of place back at work.

3. Scrap Shac Ali – a master of her craft, Pembrokeshire sculptor Dawny Tootes works with groups to communicate the importance of reuse and recycling by turning waste aluminium into one-off designs and sculptures. From her mobile workshop, Dawny demonstrates the versatility of liquid aluminium and invites groups to join the exhilarating process of conceiving, moulding then holding an object that's flown from crucible to form. As individuals or as a team, participants produce a piece of silvery, textured magic that's theirs to keep.

“if as artists we can communicate and move the soul then we can make a difference, Dawny’s work will live on for me and for all who share it”

Victoria Callen,Cultural Enterprise Mentor

• Experienced team facilitator

• Tuition from local artists/craftspeople

• Space for workshop/discussion/creative tasks

• Lunch & refreshments

+44 (0)1437 725 038 | talk@tyf.com | www.tyf.com

what’s included

what’s involved

A one day, hands-on programme where participants learn new skills that are valuable for anyone spending time outdoors, on the coast or away from the desk. Coastcraft is a unique opportunity for teams to spend a day with specialist teachers, reconnect with nature, rekindle old skills & acquire new, and to share in the delight of building a team with the capability to do more, differently. Return to the workplace with a different take on resources, opportunity, craftsmanship, and a clearer focus of your team's goals. Take away insight and philosophies to help improve work-life balance and a basketful of new skills to share with friends and family.

- reflect on personal approaches to learning

- boost team working with shared experiences

- develop life skills to share with others

- gain a clearer focus of your teamʼs goals

- connect and rejoice in natureʼs playground

Coastcraft

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Individuals and teams keen to taste l i fe outs ide the confines of ʻmanufactured ̓ play, with a desire to learn skills and spend time in nature. For individuals of any level, age and ability.

in a nutshell

team take outs

min 8 people

1 day (8 hrs)

£130+VAT pp

1. A day long journey of exploration, moving along the coast by kayak, coasteer or foot, whilst learning valuable skills for low effort, rewarding travel thatʼs based on ʻno traceʼ principles, leaving the places you visit cleaner than you found them.

2. Learn foraging and cooking techniques using locally found materials to fuel open fires and Kelly Kettles and develop knowledge for what's available and edible on the sea shore. If youʼre lucky, youʼll have freshly caught mackerel or bass to grill or smoke for your lunch too.

3. Build natural shelters, learning how to make camping on the beach comfortable and fun, and if your trip allows, create your very own base camp at a secluded beach or valley for an overnight stay*.

4. Learn some of the principles of biomimicry and the positive insight that nature's designs can have on helping to create a sustainable future. You'll experience and understand the basics of wood craft, tidal movement, the weather, knots and much, much more.

* this programme can be extended to a 2 day programme including an overnight stay at additional cost.

“essential knowledge that we all used to depend on, once rekindled, can help us reconnect with our precious and brilliant world.”

• Experienced team facilitator

• Adventure kit & specialist equipment

• Space for workshop/discussion

• Local transport (if applicable)

• Lunch & refreshments

+44 (0)1437 725 038 | talk@tyf.com | www.tyf.com

what’s included

what’s involved

fit and fastenviropass

mission zerofood future

resilience road mapgood for nothing

additional products...sustainability

kingdom of the blindrising starsblack bart

roller coasterancient lands

day to remember

team

inspired learningfundraiser

future trustlegacy

project 24

community

wild foodland heart

life craftstar gazersbiomimicryearthwatch

whale watchnatureʼs detectives

nature

scrap shac aliwild sculpturemagic handswillow willow

ty unnoswild about pizza

drawing rightbig picturegransfors

creativity

coasteersurf

climbkayak

coastal explorerstand up paddle

power kitingmountain biking

mountaineering & trekkingkite boarding & buggying

horse ridingsurf & turf

adventure

band-itcommand performance

big topjuggling

junk orchestraapplied improv

play it real

performance

MBTIthe journey

vision & valueindividual effectiveness

NLPthe work

green gurupembroke programme

personal development

energiserskeynote speakers

facilitationspirit of do

conference

any of the above products can be integrated into a bespoke programme.

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clientsAA

AC Nielson

American Express

Atos

Body Shop

British Energy

Countryside Council for Wales

Crowne Plaza

Dragon LNG

Elsevier Science

Ernst & Young

Guardian

Hyder

Interface Flor

National Trust

NPT Homes

Orangebox

Ordnance Survey

Rexam

SCA

Sony

Stena Line

Tetra Pak

Thames Water

Water Aid

Welsh Government

WHS News

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