Open DofE Expeditions For Individuals
The expedition section of the DofE consists of 4 parts. Training, Practice expedition, Qualifying expedition and then a Presentation. All parts need signing off at all levels (with the exception of Bronze which does not require a practice expedition).
Most people who attend our expeditions fall into one of two camps.
1) They do a full programme with us as they can't do it at their school or they have left school
2) They do just the assessed expedition as they couldn't make the dates the expedition that their school were able to offer or they were ill or injured at the time.
However, as our programme is entirely modular some people just do the training and practice then go on to do their assessed with someone else or maybe they just do the practice expedition before re-joining their school group for the assessed
Open expedition groups that we have not trained will not do a wild camp unless specifically requested.
As well as the dates listed below we can run bespoke training for individuals and groups of 5-7 participants at a time to suit you. Please visit this page or get in touch if you would like further information on this or to set a date.
Open Silver Dates for 2021
16-18 August 2021 - Practice or Assessed expedition in the Peak District.
Open Gold Dates for 2021
28-30 May 2021 - Practice expedition in the Yorkshire Dales
1-5 June 2021 - Practice or Assessed expedition in the Yorkshire Dales.
26-31 July 2021 - Training and Practice expedition in the Yorkshire Dales.
28-31 July 2021 - Practice expedition in the Yorkshire Dales.
16-20 August 2021 - Practice or Assessed expedition in the Lake District.
25-29 October 2021 - Practice or Assessed expedition in the Yorkshire Dales.
We offer a number of free places on our full, 10 day gold expedition programme each year for people who live in households with a relatively low income.
For 2021 we are running a Gold open expediton package that will include all training and a Practice Expedition in one 6 day stint and then a Qualifying Expedition that you can take at the end of August or the end of October.
During the training element of this course food and accommodation is included in the price as are all campsite fees when on expedition. You will, however, have to supply all your expedition food as this is not included in the price. There will be an opportunity to buy food the day before the practice expedition (after the menu planning instruction).
