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ADVENTURE

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Specialist provider of Duke of Edinburgh expeditions

Embark on an extraordinary journey with Wildside Outdoors, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to fostering the personal growth of young individuals through adventure

The journey to better confidence in the great outdoors

Our mission and values

"Inspiring Growth Through Adventure."

We are a values-based organisation. These are the values we live everyday.

TRUST

Trust means we team effectively as an organisation and with our participants.

INTEGRITY

Integrity means we continually challenge ourselves to ensure we are best in class.

OPENNESS

Openness means an exchange of information, so we are always learning.

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Our Ethos

At Wildside Outdoors, our ethos revolves around outdoor activities designed to cultivate resilience and well-being in young people. We believe in the transformative power of real adventure.

Our experienced Instructors prioritise participant feedback, fostering teamwork and growing confidence. Operating with a on social impact, we are committed to offering life-changing experiences at a competitive cost, ensuring accessibility for all.

As a not-for-profit entity, Wildside Outdoors passionately invests in exceptional outdoor adventures and promoting mental well-being through these enriching experiences. Embark on the adventure of a lifetime with us – where every step contributes to our vision of inspiring growth, resilience, and well-being. Contact us now and let the journey begin...

Bronze

DofE Award

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Silver

DofE Award

Level up

Gold

DofE Award

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We would like to send our sincere thanks for a fantastic DofE weekend. My daughter really enjoyed the weekend. Some great memories made with lovely friends!

Bronze Participant Parent
We would like to say a big thank you for making the DofE expedition happen. My daughter had an amazing time and has learnt lots of new skills.

Bronze Participant Parent
My daughter was super worried before the expedition. She came back more confident and happier, and it's just great to see!

Bronze Participant Parent
Having worked on previous expeditions with Rob and Joss, I knew that they shared the same values as we did as a school, and had the same high expectations of what our students could achieve. The admin is run smoothly and takes a huge weight off my shoulders as DofE Coordinator. The communication with parents and students is organised and timely and I couldn’t recommend them more highly.

Ella, School DofE Coordinator
My daughter had an amazing weekend, albeit a challenging one. She has learnt so much and has made many new friends and created lasting memories - thank you for giving her this opportunity.

Bronze Participant Parent
We are a school with growing number of Bronze, Silver and Gold students and therefore are having to adapt rapidly to accommodate the extra numbers. Joss and Rob are extremely supportive and accommodating of the challenges often faced by running school trips of this nature with large numbers, and part of our growing cohort is due to word of mouth from the quality of expeditions that have been run while keeping them accessible to as many students as possible.

Hannah, School DofE Coordinator

Our team

The leadership team

The ever growing instructor team

Rob Balchin - Business Director Bringing many years of commercial experience in running projects and managing risk, Rob ensures Wildside Outdoors delivers best in class expeditions. Rob loves playing guitar, and will sometimes share songs on expedition.

Joss Halford - Expedition Director Joss became a full time Mountain Leader and Climbing Coach early, and uses this extensive knowledge to plan and lead Wildside Outdoors expeditions. Joss loves woodworking and pizza, sometimes at the same time.

Our Instructors are who make us great and they love working for us. They are the bedrock of our team. Our values of openness, trust and integrity mean the working environment we create helps both us and our Instructors to grow together.

If you would like to grow with us as an instructor click the link below.

Join our dynamic team!

How we work with clients

Support on your own expedition

You can arrange travel, accomodation etc. and we can provide instructors and assessors for your expedition.

Running an expedition alongside you

Run the expedition in partnership with you and take on as much as you would like us to. We are flexible.

Complete expedition programme

From the word go we plan the whole training programme and expedition for you.

Expedition members relaxing around an open fire.

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STEP INTOADVENTURE

Our mission and values

Our team

How we work with clients

STEP INTO
ADVENTURE