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Women in Adventure announce results of 2017/18 Mental Wellbeing Survey Press Release

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Mud, mountains and the mind - a new survey reveals 99% of women in adventure find that the outdoors has a positive impact on mental wellbeing.

Coming Soon - Mental Wellbeing Survey Results from Women in Adventure on Vimeo.

A new survey interviewing over 2,000 women who participate in adventure sports reveals that 99% find the outdoors has a positive impact on their mental wellbeing.

The survey, run by the independent research project Women in Adventure, asked women about how they spend their time outdoors and the effect this has on their happiness, worthwhileness, life satisfaction and anxiety. It also examined the impact adventure sports has had on other areas of their lives, looking at which sports have the most significant effect on wellbeing.

Mental Wellbeing Survey Infographic

Hetty Key, Lead Researcher and Founder of Women in Adventure , explains the motivation behind the survey "Instinctively I think we know that spending time outdoors is good for us. Even a short walk in your nearest park or green space can make a difference - you rarely regret going out. When I launched the survey in 2017, I felt there was a lack of accessible information showing how and to what extent the outdoors impacts our lives."

Partnering with Dr Ruth Farrar: Director of Shextreme and Senior Lecturer in Creative Media & Enterprise at Bath Spa University , Hetty & Ruth launched the survey at Shextreme Film Festival in October 2017. The pair joined forces with the Outdoor Industries Association , Kendal Mountain Festival , Outdoor Women's Alliance and a number of other industry partners to distribute the survey. It quickly gained momentum with over 2,000 individuals responding and hundreds of women reaching out to share their personal stories.

Mental Wellbeing Survey Infographic

Hetty Key continues, "Now the results are published clearly showing the benefit the outdoors has on our mental wellbeing, I want to use them to drive positive change. By working with key partners in the outdoor industry and beyond, I hope activity providers and those who are invested in promoting the outdoors will utilise this information to help widen participation, improve accessibility and increase diversity."

The full results of the survey will be released on International Women's Day - 8th March 2019 and available for download on www.womeninadventure.com/mental-wellbeing.


ABOUT WOMEN IN ADVENTURE

Founded in 2016, Women in Adventure is an independent research-based project focused on empowering women through the sharing of information, inspiration and advice. A collective voice championing women in the outdoors, it aims to represent as large and diverse a range of women as possible.


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