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The Expedition as a Rite of Passage

Posted Friday, 6 December 2013

Initiation in Aboriginal society was a process that took place in stages from puberty to young adulthood. Usually the focuses was on making boys into men, perhaps because girls naturally go through the physical and emotional transformations of menstruation and childbirth whereas boys have no similar experience. Other societies have...

Recommended Bronze Award Locations

Posted Friday, 6 December 2013

In the last issue of the PALOES newsletter we asked readers where they preferred to run their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme Bronze Training and Assessments. Here are some of the replies we had: @myDofELife tweeted - bronze expeds in South Hams (training/prac) +E.Dartmoor(Bovey Valley), give nice progression through and...

Plas y Brenin has set up a fund to help voluntary leaders in the outdoors gain qualifications

Posted Friday, 22 November 2013

Who is the fund for? Plas y Brenin (The National Mountain Centre) has a pot of money available to help volunteer leaders in the outdoors access the training they need and deserve in order for them to perform better as a leader or coach in mountain sports. Currently aimed at...

Successful pilot of the Mountain Bike Leadership Level 3 award

Posted Friday, 22 November 2013

The pilot of the Level 3 Mountain Bike Leadership Award was held this month at Glenmore Lodge, Scotland's National Outdoor Training Centre, located in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park. The three day course has been designed in consultation with experts from the world of mountain biking and outdoor...

The Perception of Risk - a progression

Posted Friday, 22 November 2013

The Perception of Risk – a progression Did George Mallory actually give the reason for attempting Everest three times as “Because Its There”? Not all writers agree that he did. Certainly not Davis in the excellent “Into the Silence” that was published recently. So why are seemingly hazardous activities so...

Free first aid courses for schools

Posted Friday, 22 November 2013

For the last three years I have managed to put over 60 pupils per year through a full first aid at work course lasting 14 hours without paying any money! It seems that there is funding allocated for these courses through tertiary colleges for anyone over 16 and in full...