JoyofAdventure was set up to enable the training of teachers and the leading of DofE expeditions for local schools. It is an approved activity provider (AAP) of the DofE Award and has a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Adventure Activity Licence (AAL).
JoyofAdventure believes in the benefits to young people of learning in the outdoors and is passionate about equipping and training teachers and students so that they are able to competently and safely work in the outdoors, particularly through the DofE award scheme.
JoyofAdventure works with highly qualified staff. All staff are experienced outdoor professionals with a wealth of experience of working both with young people and adults in the outdoors.
JoyofAdventure includes the First Aid Centre Applied First Aid which is an accredited Immediate Temporary Care (ITC) Centre offering a number of accredited First Aid Certificates which are Ofqual regulated and meet the meet HSE standards for due diligence for First Aid providers. All certificates are valid for 3 years.
Talk to us about what you want to achieve. Contact poppy@joyofadventure.co.uk
Working with young people in the outdoors provides them with lots of benefits including:
Organisations we have worked with recently include:
- Parkside Federation Academies, Cambridge
- University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
- Bottisham Village College
- Netherhall School, Cambridge
- Royal Grammar School Worcestershire
- High Wycombe Grammar School
- The Leys School, Cambridge
- St Joseph’s Reading
- Outlook Expeditions
- Expeditions Wales
- Bedford High School
- Zest for Adventure
- Arete Outdoor Centre
First Aid Dates; see first aid pages
Open Gold DofE Canoe and Walking training
6th -7th October 2018 Lode CB25 9HF
Open Gold DofE Canoe and Walking training
2nd -3rd March 2019 Lode CB25 9HF
Open Silver DofE Canoe Training Practice Expedition:
Monday 18th March 2019
Location: Milton Country Park
Open Silver DofE Canoe Training Practice Expedition:
Saturday 23rd – 24th March 2019
Open Gold DofE Canoe Training Practice Expedition:
6th – 9th April 2019
Location: Great Ouse Norfolk Broads
Open Gold DofE Canoe Training Practice Expedition:
10th – 13th April 2019
Location: Great Ouse Norfolk Broads
Open Gold DofE Walking Practice Expedition:
16th – 20th April 2019
Locaiton: Snowdonia
Open Gold DofE Walking Assessed Expedition:
29th May – 2rd June 2019
Location: Yorkshire Dales
Open Silver DofE Canoe Expedition:
Monday 10th June – Weds 12th June 2019
Open Silver DofE Canoe Expedition:
Wed 26th June – Fri 28th June 2019
Open Gold DofE Canoe Assessed Expedition:
19th June – 23rd June 2019
Location: River Severn River Wye Norfolk Broads
Open Silver DofE Canoe Expedition:
Mon 1st July – Wed 3rd July 2019
Open Gold Canoe Practice Expedition:
8th – 12th July 2019
Open Gold Assessed Expedition:
8th – 12th July 2019
Open Gold DofE Canoe Assessed Expedition:
20th – 24th July 2019
Location: River Severn River Wye Norfolk Broads
Open Gold DofE Canoe Assessed Expedition:
21st – 25th July 2018
Open Gold Assessed Expedition:
2nd – 6th Sept 2019
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Contact poppy@joyofadventure.co.uk for future dates.
Well delivered and enjoyable. I would like to see this compulsory for all secondary school pupils.