Event recording from the Resilient Communities Series - Session 1: How to get paid - Getting started with core funding. Hosted by Get Grants facilitator Sam Davis

What are our options when things all seem a bit overwhelming and burnout is looming? In this article, we hear from Ailish Breen, founder of Queer Out Here. In Summer 2024 they made the decision to pause the work of Queer Out Here for several months, and we delve into their key learnings from this process. 

We are hiring an Administration Manager. Deadline for applications: 22nd June 2026.

The Resilient Communities Series is back with 3 new sessions, and this year we’re focusing on funding! Developed from community feedback, these online training sessions are free to attend and specifically tailored to community leaders working on diversity in the UK outdoors.

From the 24th - 26th April, we gathered at YHA Ilam Hall for The Outdoor Connection 2026. It was an incredible weekend, bringing together the experts and community leaders who are shaping the future of an inclusive, accessible and representative UK outdoors.

The YHA Festival of walking is back for it’s fifth year, running from the 11th September to 11th October 2026 . With grants and hostel discounts available.

We’re excited to share that the applications for the 2026 komoot X All The Elements Community fund are now open. 

Following on from our 2025 partnership, this year we are excited to be offering more pots of funding to support communities working on access and representation in the outdoors. 

We are so excited to have so many experts from our community leading sessions at The Outdoor Connection 2026.

We are delighted to have on-going support from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation as we enter our second year of multi-year funding and the third year supported by their grants. 

We’re excited to share that for 2026 we’re developing our general online socials, introducing ‘Community Hosts’ - a new role where members of the All The Elements community will join us to co-facilitate our online social events.

Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (ShAFF) is nearly here! We’ve put together this short guide featuring sessions related to diversity and representation across the festival.

In November 2025, the UK’s first-ever national awards ceremony dedicated to racial equity in nature took place - The Soul Trail Awards. The event recognised the individuals and organisations dismantling barriers to outdoor access for global-majority communities.

All The Elements community member, climber and co-founder of ClimbOut Festival AJ is building inclusive spaces for LGBTQ+ communities in climbing. Here’s a 5 minute introduction to their work…

Developing experiences in collaboration with artists can bring new perspectives to your work, creating opportunities for meaningful connection to each other and the world around us. But how do you find the right artist to collaborate with, design a session together and align to hold the space for your participants? 

Lorna, from women-led outdoors community Bird Outdoors, talks to us about the everyday safety challenges faced by women runners — and offers ideas on how community can help.

We are pleased to release our 2024-2025 Impact Report, which highlights the work that All The Elements has carried out over our financial year from September 2024- August 2025.

In 2026 we want to make it even easier for you to find out what awareness days are happening across different diversity areas. This list pulls together some of the key awareness days, weeks and months.

Within the All The Elements Community there are some incredible disability campaigners, activists and changemakers. In this article you get to meet 6 of the wonderful leaders from our network and learn more about their work.

Meet Spenser Gray! Spenser is currently working to create an information hub, to support disabled and neurodivergent people in rock climbing, mountaineering and hill walking activities. In this article we’re spotlighting his work as part of our International Day of Persons with Disabilities series.

Meet Mimi Jones! Mimi is the founder of Queer Out Loud and Director of NeuDICE. In this article we’re spotlighting their work as part of our International Day of Persons with Disabilities series.