D of E Expeditions
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D of E Expeditions
Addventure Awards Ltd is able to support all aspects of your Duke of Edinburgh Award Expedition.
We offer training packages of varying duration, based in the South Pennines. These can be 5 days midweek (to include a Practice Expedition), 3 day ‘long weekends’ (including a hill day with a Mountain Leader), 2 day weekends-quite an intense training programme that will give you the knowledge to enable you to go away and practice the skills-or 12 week training blocks as an after school club (1 ½ hour sessions) with an optional hill day with a Mountain Leader to consolidate the training.
If you have a preferred location within the UK we can operate from a local centre. We also provide support for practice expeditions including wild and remote country, or independent DofE Accredited Assessors.
This training is available all year round either at our venue located centrally along the M62 corridor or at your chosen location within the UK.
What we offer
5 Day Residential Package:
Monday - Arrive mid-morning, introductions, site familiarisation.
4 training sessions around site, evening orienteering
Tuesday - This is a full practical training day on/around site
Evening: Silver practice expedition kit check, food and equipment distribution
Wednesday - Bronze Candidates: full hill training day with Mountain leader, returning to centre for tea and to pack for expedition- sleep at centre.
Silver: Depart on practice expedition accompanied by ML and camp out.
Thursday - Bronze practice expedition departs with ML
Overnight camp (Bronze and Silver camping)
Silver alone on expedition- remotely supervised.
Friday - Expeditions return 13.00 for lunch.
Equipment return, showers, changes of clothes.
Individual debriefs
15.00-collected to go home.
3 Day Weekend Package (Friday, Saturday, Sunday):
Arrive mid-morning Friday - 4 Practical sessions during Friday, orienteering Friday evening.
Saturday - 5 training sessions, including practicals, based around the site
Sunday - Full Hill day with Mountain Leader, consolidating all aspects of your expedition training weekend.
Individual candidate de-brief session.
Weekend closes 17.00 hrs.
2 Day Weekend Package
Arrive 19.00 Friday evening - Introductions and training session (First Aid)
Saturday - On-site training and practicals, evening orienteering course
Sunday - On-site training/practical sessions
Individual debriefs/action plans
Depart 17.00 hrs.
