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Duke of Edinburgh – Bronze Expedition

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

Launch Evening 19.00pm – Tonight In School Training Day – (2 Days, No Overnight) Saturday 21st March - Sunday 22nd March 2020 Practice Expedition - (1 night, 2 days) – Saturday 25th April – Sunday 26th April 2020 Qualifying Expedition - (1 night, 2 days) – Saturday 6th June – Sunday 7th June 2020 Date for the Diaries

• 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

Why do DofE (Expedition)

• 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

What’s required for Bronze?

• Navigation
• Tents & Rucksacks
• Stove Cooking & Food
• First Aid & Emergency Scenarios

Please bring walking boots, rucksack, sleeping bag, sleeping mat and lunch. Saturday 21st March2020, 9.00am – 5.00pm South Wilts Grammar School Training Weekend

• Navigation training with supervisors
• 4 D’s! Direction, Detail, Duration, Distance
• Bring expedition rucksack, kit & lunch

Sunday 22nd March 2020, 10.00am – 3.00pm South Wilts Grammar School (Durnford, Woodford) Training Weekend

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

Date: Saturday 25th April – Sunday 26th April 2020 Practice Expedition

Practice Expedition Private & secluded campsite with canvass tents

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 Practice Expedition

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

Date: Saturday 6th June – Sunday 7th June 2020 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 Qualifying Expedition

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. Teamwork:

• Make a video diary of your team’s experiences, from camping

and cooking to reaching your destination.

Aim - Qualifying Expedition

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

• f 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

20 Conditions

• Tents
• Stoves
• Fuel
• Compasses
• Maps
• Emergency Phone
• Rucksacks (up to 20 only)

Expedition Kit – What we supply:

• Manage kit on your mobile!
• 10% off with DofE Card
• Lot’s of recourses online

Personal Kit List

• Rucksack - 65l Minimum
• Walking Boots (not shoes!)
• Sleeping Bag and Sleeping Mat
• Performance Clothes - No cottons
• Waterproof Trousers and Jacket

The Essentials …

Any questions …