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*Administered by one of Birmingham’s oldest children’s charities Est. 1906

LOCATION
Woodlands Adventure, formerly known as “Woodlands Camp” is situated in 36 acres of Green belt which includes a lake and 17 acres of protected woodland at Bourne Vale, Aldridge, West Midlands.

WHAT WE DO
Our aim is make any visit to Woodlands Adventure enjoyable, educational & memorable. During the course of the visit we provide encouragement so that those attending can realise previously hidden abilities and natural talents.

Woodlands Adventure caters principally for young people aged 7 ~ 19. Due to our comprehensive range of activities each group’s programme is tailored to meet their needs a few weeks in advance of their visit. Types of programme include Multi activity days, home education groups, NVQ & G.C.S.E adventure modules, team building, birthday parties, company away days.

Our staff team has a great deal of experience and are National Governing Body (NGB) qualified. All staff undertake a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme in order to give comprehensive instruction to, and meet the needs of visiting groups. They have considerable expertise instructing clients with physical and mental impairments.

Our aim is also to keep diversifying our activities and new for the 2010 academic year will be a forest schools programme :-

“The forest school originates from Denmark where it was used for early years learning thus preparing children for school. The children arrived at school with strong social skills, self esteem and confident to work on their own or in small groups.
Today forest school provides these same skills for the users whether they are pre-school or adults, based in a woodland environment. Activities are predominantly user led and include wide games, arts & crafts, nature studies – flora and fauna recognition, the importance of trees, glades and eco-systems, use of tools, fire lighting and backwoods cooking.
The forest school programme achieves best results when it’s run over a frequent and prolonged period – 1 day a week over 10 weeks or longer.
The woodlands forest school team are trained by Archimedes Training Ltd and have been part funded by the Forestry Commission.”- Cited with kind permission from Archimedes Training Ltd website www.forestschools.com

QUALIFICATIONS
Mountain Leader Training England (MLTE) ~ Single Pitch Award (S.P.A)
Mountain Leader Award (M.L.A Summer)
British Canoe Union (B.C.U) ~ Coach levels 1-3
Grand National Archery Society (G.N.A.S) ~ Archery Leader
British Orienteering Federation (B.O.F) ~ Teacher Leader
Ropes Course Developments (R.C.D) ~ Level 2 open instructors award
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (N.S.P.C.C) ~ someone to turn to, Keeping children safe in sport
Open College Network ~ Forest School Practitioner level 3
NVQ 3 Management
NVQ 2 Team leaders
NVQ 2 Customer Services
First Aid

FACILITIES
Our modern & extremely well equipped facilities include a main recreational building with a large hall, dining and kitchen areas, showers and toilets with facilities for the disabled and accommodation for 4 group leaders. In addition there is a dormitory block with accommodation for 56 people and another 4 group leaders. There is also a separate sports hall. A camping field with its own amenities that will accommodate up to 30 people under canvas is located on a separate area of the site.

New for 2010 season will be a separate toilet / shower block for day visitors. This will also provide full facilities for the disabled.

ACCREDITATIONS
Investors in People
Institute for outdoor Learning (I.O.L) ~ organisational member
British Association of Youth Clubs (B.A.Y.C) ~ Life member
British Canoe Union (B.C.U) ~Approved Centre