Costs.

The costs to undertake remote supervision work in 'wild country' are relatively high. However, as a grass roots, not-for-profit organisation without any shareholders or investors, we are in a position to to keep running costs low. In fact the in-house training programs described below work out at around £30 per person per day!

Because of our 'not for profit' status the DofE work that we do is zero rated for VAT so there is no VAT to pay.

The cost of whole expedition programmes depends on how we conduct the training and how many participants there are. Lupine Adventure like to do a very thorough job of training groups. We believe that good training results in safer and more comfortable, happier groups.

Take a look at some sample costs below.

• In house training in the Leeds area
• In house training elsewhere in the country
• Residential training
• Supervision of groups that you have trained

In house training in the Leeds area followed by practice and qualifying expeditions.

Our in house training program is suitable for groups in and around the Leeds area. We spread the training over a number of weeks and carry it out in your premises. Please note that these figures are a guide only. Please get in contact for an accurate quote.

These sample prices are for a Leeds based group taking the expedition in The Yorkshire Dales. These prices do not include registration with The DofE, food or travel to the start points.

If your team wish to go further afield for their expeditions it is a simple task for us to quote for expeditions in the Lake district, peak district or North Wales.

If you would like us to quote for expeditions in other areas of the British Isles then please get in touch.

In house training elsewhere in the country followed by practice and qualifying expeditions.

If you live further afield and would like us to visit your group for an intensive weekend training course using your premises then please get in contact for a quote. We are happy to travel anywhere in the country to provide weekend training programs local to you. As a guide below are prices quoted for in house training in London in 2013. In the weekend training we do everything except Qualifying route planning. We can either leave that up to you to do or we can come back to school for a half day between their practice and qualifier to do the qualifying route planning.

The costs below include:

Training: A weekend of training at your premesis with the option of a subsequent half day.

Practice Expedition: Three days and two nights walking and camping (camping fees included, food not included). We will meet the groups the afternoon before the expedition starts to do a navigation and emergency procedures refresher as well as a kit check.

Assessed Expedition: Three days and two nights (or four days and three nights for gold) walking and camping. (camping fees included, food not included). We will meet the groups the afternoon before the expedition starts to do a navigation and emergency procedures refresher as well as a kit check.

 Gold - Cost per participant

 Silver - Cost per participant

Residential training followed by practice and qualifying expeditions.

For schools and other groups outside the Yorkshire area we can offer the entire expedition in two chunks. We carry out the training on a residential in the Yorkshire Dales and immediately follow it on with the practice expedition. We then carry out the qualifying expedition at a later date after participants have had time to recover and reflect on their practice expedition. Please note that these figures are a guide only. Please get in contact for an accurate quote.

The costs below include:

Training and Practice Expedition: Three evenings and two full days training based in a bunk barn in the Yorkshire dales or Peak District, immediately followed by a 3 day and two night practice expedition

Assessed Expedition: Three days and two nights walking and camping (or 4 days and 3 night for gold). We will meet the groups the afternoon before the expedition starts to do a navigation and emergency procedures refresher as well as a kit check.

All camping fees are included and food for the residential part of the expedition is also included. The students will be required to bring money to purchase their expedition food for the practice after they have received their 'menu planning' training.

Supervision of groups that you have trained.

After training a group yourselves we can provide qualified Mountain Leaders experienced in remote supervision to run and assess the expeditions.

Our ball park figure / standard day rate is £180 per member of staff per day. This covers their wages, accommodation, fuel and food. If you are arranging accomodation or food or if their vehicle will not be needed then we will reduce this amount. However, we may have to charge an additional travel fee to cover costs of getting our staff to and from the location of the expedition. Best get in contact for a quote.

Funding opportunities.

There are a number of pots of money out there that can be accessed to enable young people to take part in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. If your budget will not stretch to the fees required we can supply you with information as to where you may get the funding.

To start with you can try looking here

• Awards for all
• DofE regional notice boards often have local funding opportunities

If you think that you may have students who would benefit from taking part in The DofE but neither your organisation or the students can afford it then get in touch soon so we can investigate other more specific funding pools.

As an organisation we tick quite a few boxes that funders like. It may help to point out that the organisation that you are hiring to carry out the activity is a not-for-profit social enterprise. We will happily help you filling out such applications.