Duke of Edinburgh – Bronze Expedition Cumulus Outdoors
About Cumulus Outdoors • Adventure Activities in Swanage, Dorset • Tented Village & Centre Residentials • DofE Expeditions and Gold Residentials
Safety • AALS Certified (Adventure Activities Licensing Service) • DofE AAP Certified (Approved Activity Provider) • LotC Certified (Learning Outside the Classroom) • AIM Insured • Fully Qualified NGB Instructors (ML) • DBS Enhanced Checked Staff • Outdoor First Aid Qualified • Experienced staff and rapport
Date for the Diaries Launch Evening 19.00pm – Tonight In School Training Day – (2 Days, No Overnight) Saturday 21 st March - Sunday 22 nd March 2020 Practice Expedition - (1 night, 2 days) – Saturday 25 th April – Sunday 26 th April 2020 Qualifying Expedition - (1 night, 2 days) – Saturday 6 th June – Sunday 7 th June 2020
Why do DofE (Expedition) • GREAT FUN! • Navigate and camp with your friends! • Soft and hard skills that employers/ universities will want to see • New experience • Commitment • Team work • Leadership • Learning new skills
What’s required for Bronze? • Training, Practice and Qualifying • You will need to plan, train for and complete an unaccompanied, self-reliant expedition • Prepare and give a presentation of your expedition aim (qualifying only) • Meet the 20 conditions • You will need to make your own way to the expedition venues
Training Weekend Saturday 21 st March2020, 9.00am – 5.00pm South Wilts Grammar School • Navigation • Tents & Rucksacks • Stove Cooking & Food • First Aid & Emergency Scenarios Please bring walking boots, rucksack, sleeping bag, sleeping mat and lunch.
Training Weekend Sunday 22 nd March 2020, 10.00am – 3.00pm South Wilts Grammar School (Durnford, Woodford) • Navigation training with supervisors • 4 D’s! Direction, Detail, Duration, Distance • Bring expedition rucksack, kit & lunch
Practice Expedition Date: Saturday 25 th April – Sunday 26 th April 2020 Purbecks • 2 Days 1 Night • 10 km • Two start locations • Day 1 - Supervisor training/ close by • Overnight - Burnbake Campsite • Evening route planning for Saturday • Day 2 - Remote Supervision • Two finish locations
Practice Expedition Private & secluded campsite with canvass tents
Practice Expedition Purbecks • Start/ Finish Locations - Shell Bay Carpark – Ferry Rd, Studland, BH19 3BA - Middle Beach Carpark - Studland, BH19 3AX Start Time – 10.00 Finish Time – 16.00
Qualifying Expedition Date: Saturday 6 th June – Sunday 7 th June 2020 Cranbourne Chase • 2 Days 1 Night • Assessors • 16 km • Start Location - Win Green • Day 1 - Remote/ Check Point Supervision • Overnight - Six Penny Hanley Campsite • Evening route planning for Saturday • Day 2 - Remote/ Check Point Supervision
Qualifying Expedition Cranbourne Chase • Start/ Finish Locations - Win Green Carpark - Donhead Hollow, Near Ludwell, Wiltshire, SP7 0ES Start Time – 09.30 Finish Time – 16.00
Aim - Qualifying Expedition Teamwork: • Make a video diary of your team’s experiences, from camping and cooking to reaching your destination. History: • Explore and document cairns. Environment: • Search for forms of fungi, photograph or sketch them and record them. Conservation: • Monitor the levels of litter on your route and plan how you could campaign to reduce this.
20 Conditions 1: Your expedition must be by your own physical effort, without any motorised or outside assistance 2: Your expedition must be unaccompanied and self-sufficient 3: Your expeditions must be supervised by an adult who is able to accept responsibility for the safety of you and your team 4: Your expedition must have an aim 5: You must be properly equipped for your expedition 6: You must have completed the required training and practice expeditions 7: At least one practice expedition must be undertaken at each level of the programme, in the same mode of travel in a similar environment to the qualifying expedition 8: You and your team must plan and organise your expedition 9: You must be assessed by an approved accredited Assessor 10: There must be between four and seven people in your team
20 Conditions 11: You must be within the qualifying age of the DofE programme 12: Participants must be at the same level of assessment 13: Your team must not include anyone who has completed the same or higher level DofE expedition 14: Your overnight accommodation should be camping 15: Your expedition must be the minimum number of days required for your DofE level 16: Your expedition should normally take place between the end of March and the end of October 17: Your expedition should be in the recommended environment for your DofE level 18: You must do the minimum hours of planned daily activity 19: You should cook and eat a substantial meal each day 20: You must create and deliver a presentation after your expedition to complete the section
Expedition Kit – What we supply: • Tents • Stoves • Fuel • Compasses • Maps • Emergency Phone • Rucksacks (up to 20 only)
Personal Kit List • Manage kit on your mobile! • 10% off with DofE Card • Lot’s of recourses online
The Essentials … • Rucksack - 65l Minimum • Walking Boots (not shoes!) • Sleeping Bag and Sleeping Mat • Performance Clothes - No cottons • Waterproof Trousers and Jacket
Any questions …
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