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Award Solutions We can also provide additional staff to be supervisors or accredited assessors to support your organisation’s expedition.

Award Solutions is a non-profit making organisation and based in Merseyside, established to support young people participating in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Award Solutions is a registered Approved Activity Provider that offers quality Bronze and Silver expeditions to schools, youth groups, and voluntary organisations who are offering the Duke of Edinburgh Award to their young people. Our staff have over 25 years expertise and a wealth of knowledge in delivering safe and challenging expeditions, All Award Solutions staff have youth work and outdoor education qualifications and enhanced CRB. We can provide a variety of expedition packages that include training, practice and qualifying expeditions, or we can be flexible and produce a bespoke package to suit your needs. Award Solutions is an inclusive charity and staff have undergone training to work with people of differing abilities and back grounds. We are committed to engaging with and encouraging all young people to participate in the D of E Award. We have experience of working with young people with moderate learning needs or autism to name a few. We have also worked with care providers to enable young people to participate in the D of E Award. We support participation by adapting training methods to suit the learning needs of the participant. We use sensory resources, colour, touch and visual prompts. We can adapt expeditions with the use of photographic and symbol route cards. Our aim is to encourage independence and build self-confidence in young people.

Last 🌇 sunset on the last expedition camp of 2026Where did that go
26/09/2026

Last 🌇 sunset on the last expedition camp of 2026
Where did that go

Whist out on a Gold Expedition I am litter picking in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. I can't think of why people ca...
10/09/2026

Whist out on a Gold Expedition I am litter picking in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
I can't think of why people can't take their own rubbish away. Maybe the can tell me

22/08/2026

This Autumn, the Institute will run a series of webinars aimed at supporting Freelance Practitioners and Sole Traders, including:

💷 A Guide to Tax and Accountancy with Steph Taylor, AAT & ATT qualified Tax Adviser with over nine years of supporting small business and self-employed individuals.
⚖️ Balancing Burnout and Brilliance - Self Care for Freelancers with Sara Jane Murray, Training, Research and Consultancy Manager at Bendrigg Trust and a qualified compassion fatigue and resilience trainer.
🛣️ Alternative Provision: Demand, Delivery, and the Road Ahead with Mike King, founder and CEO of Releasing Potential.
🌄 What it Means to be Self-Employed - The Practicalities of You as a Business with Elspeth Mason BSc PGCE LPIOL, Founder of Mere Mountains
🛟 When the Buck Stops with You - It Can Feel Lonely - with Tim Morton, Head of Service at Adventure RMS, the Adventure Activity consultancy and inspectorate appointed by AALA.
⛺ Introduction to working on DofE programmes for AAP's with DofE Manager Andy Godfrey and DofE Expedition Supervisor and Assessor Jo Tucker from Lupine Adventure Co-operative
📊 Benchmarking your Practice with Dave Harvey, founder of consultancy, research and training organisation, Dave Harvey Outdoor Learning.

All webinars are FREE to IOL Members or £95 to access to all events or £25 per event.

🔗 Join IOL today: https://www.outdoor-learning.org/join-us.html
🔗 Info and bookings: https://bit.ly/3U9CiGi

Here's to the next 3 years
01/07/2026

Here's to the next 3 years

Not that it was ever in doubt we have just had 3 wonderful successes.
1.We took a great group of young people away on their Silver Practice
2. Celebrated our 15th Birthday and
3, Today we have been informed that our the Adventurous Activites Licencing Authority has renewed our AALA for 3 years 😄
Whoopee more adventures

Not that it was ever in doubt we have just had 3 wonderful successes. 1.We took a great group of young people away on th...
01/07/2026

Not that it was ever in doubt we have just had 3 wonderful successes.
1.We took a great group of young people away on their Silver Practice
2. Celebrated our 15th Birthday and
3, Today we have been informed that our the Adventurous Activites Licencing Authority has renewed our AALA for 3 years 😄
Whoopee more adventures

Well done a small group but a mighty effort for young people.
18/06/2026

Well done a small group but a mighty effort for young people.

Fabulous young people taking up the challenge 👏
18/06/2026

Fabulous young people taking up the challenge 👏

Well done to all the young people who completed their bronze training expedition over the last 2 days. Looking forward to next week's qualifying expedition.
If you would like to do your DofE award please get in touch as we recruit through out the year

Starting the morning in Southport with Plan B for Business. Business Breakfast and Networking
09/06/2026

Starting the morning in Southport with Plan B for Business. Business Breakfast and Networking

Busy start to the week with a kit delivery so young people can pack their rucksack and take their share of team kit for ...
03/06/2026

Busy start to the week with a kit delivery so young people can pack their rucksack and take their share of team kit for DofE Bronze

What a fabulous week with 49 young people on expedition.
14/05/2026

What a fabulous week with 49 young people on expedition.

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