DofE Open Gold Qualifying Expeditions

2027 Bookings Available!

Find out more about our DofE Gold Qualifying Expedition, held over 5 days / 4 nights. Our Expeditions are held in beautiful locations in either the Lake District, Peak District or Yorkshire Dales.

5 days
4 nights
£360 inc. VAT
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Overview

Professionally planned and delivered DofE Gold Qualifying Expedition programmes with our friendly and qualified instructor team, your success is our focus. With our support, encouragement and experience, we'll make sure you have a safe, fun and rewarding expedition experience.  

Explore incredible National Parks, have an adventure, build confidence, resilience, navigation skills and teamwork with our Open Gold DofE Qualifying Expeditions.  

Itinerary - Day by Day

5-days includes:

1-day Route Planning/Kit Checks
4-days/3-nights Qualifying Expedition 

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Day 1: Arrival day

  • Getting to know your team
  • Reviewing / checks of kit and equipment  
  • Route planning, navigation and map skills 
  • Putting up tents 
  • Group cooking task (using stoves) 
  • Safety and basic first aid 

The programme will commence at 13:00.  

Days 2/3/4/5: Qualifying Expedition 

  • Ongoing assessment and remote supervision by our qualified DofE assessors 
  • End of Expedition debrief and reporting 

The DofE Gold Qualifying Expedition will involve ongoing observation using remote supervision, as well as meeting up in person with our DofE accredited assessors.

There will be a full debrief by the assessing instructors at the end of day 5.  This provides an opportunity for participants to reflect, identify proud moments, achievements, learnings and ask questions. 

A full report is produced for each student, which is to be uploaded to their eDofE account as evidence of the Gold Expedition Award completion. 

The programme will finish at approx. 16:00.

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Dates 2027

Peak District

  • 1st June - 5th June (Mon-Fri) Book Now
  • 23rd August - 27th August (Mon-Fri) Book Now

Yorkshire Dales

  • 31st May - 4th May (Mon-Fri) Book Now
  • 19th July - 23rd July (Mon-Fri) Book Now
  • 9th August - 13th August (Mon-Fri) Book Now

Lake District

  • 31st March - 4th April (Mon-Fri) Book Now
  • 26th July - 30th July (Mon-Fri) Book Now
  • 16th August - 20th August (Mon-Fri) Book Now
  • 25th Oct - 29th Oct (Mon-Fri) Book Now

Locations

Lake District
Start: Braithwaite, Keswick
Finish: Threlkeld, Keswick

Yorkshire Dales
Start: Austwick, Near Settle
Finish: Settle

Peak District
Start: Bamford, Hope
Finish: Bamford, Hope

  • Full joining information will be emailed on booking.
  • Locations are chosen for their ease of access by car and public transport.
  • Practice and Qualifying Expeditions should ideally take place in different locations. i.e. Practice in the Peak District and a Qualifying in the Lake District.

What's Included?

  • Tents
  • Group 1st Aid Kit
  • Tracking Device
  • Water Purification
  • Stoves/Pans & Gas
  • Maps & Map Cases
  • Coloured Rucksack Covers
  • All Camping Fees
  • Group Shelters

Our Services

  • Indoor training facility. Offering a great area for training and preparations, regardless of the weather.
  • Comprehensive training. Covering all aspects of the DofE syllabus.
  • Supervision by highly qualified staff. Ensuring your safety throughout the expedition.
  • DofE Accredited Assessors. For the Qualifying Expedition only - helping you feel relaxed and encourage you towards completing your expedition.
  • Personalised Report. Highlighting areas of improvement, recommendations and achievements during the expedition process.

You Will Need to Arrange

Our DofE Open Gold back-to-Back Expedition covers almost everything, however, we do require some input and organisation from yourself.

  • Transport Our expedition locations are chosen for their ease of access via public transport. Personal vehicles can be left in a location close to the finish point of your expedition.
  • Personal clothing and equipment. You will need to supply your own clothing, rucksack, boots and sleeping equipment. A full kit list will be sent at the time of booking. Extra clothing/food can be brought along in a 'spares bag', This will either be stored in a vehicle or at our stores, and you will have access to this in the evening of Day 3, allowing you to repack your main pack.
  • Food  Participants will need to bring enough food for the whole expedition. However, there will be an opportunity to restock between to the practice and qualifying expedition. We have teamed up with basecampfoods.com who have a large selection of meals to choose from. Basecamp Food are kindly offering a 10% discount to all participants.
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