Dofe Gold Residential
GOLD Dofe RESIDENTIAL
If you are looking to achieve your Gold DofE Award, you need to complete an additional Residential section. You will spend five days and four nights taking part in a shared, worthwhile activity with people you’ve never met before. A DofE residential will boost your independence and confidence and is a great way to leave a positive footprint on your life and other people’s.
"I took part in an activity based Dofe Residential up in the Peak District. I had a great time making new friends and taking part in activities I had never done before." Emily, Stafford
Gateway Adventure predominantly aims to run is residentials in the Peak District as it is an ideal area to cover a wide variety of activities and is central to most areas of the UK. However, we are able to run residentials throughout the UK including the Bannau Brycheiniog (formerly Brecon Beacons), the Lake District and Snowdonia.
ACTIVITY BASED RESIDENTIALS
Why is Team Building Important?
Team building brings young people from different backgrounds together to accomplish a common goal and fosters tolerance and understanding.
Team members must find a way to co-operate and work together instead of having their own individual agendas or prejudices.
"Challenge by Choice"
Gateway Adventure operates a ‘Challenge by Choice’ policy concerning people on activities. This means we will not compel any individual to be involved in an activity they are uncomfortable doing, however, we find by experience that they will eventually join in after observing other team members reactions on completion of an exercise.
"Comfort - Stretch - Panic"
When a person feels ‘comfortable’ in doing an activity the learning is limited, but when the individual is ‘stretched’ their learning is increased. When they feel ‘panic’ it is very difficult for the individual to learn as “fight or flight” tends to take over and a survival instinct kicks in. We aim to ‘stretch’ all participants with appropriate activities.
What are the benefits of youth Team Building activities?
Gateway Adventure delivers its multi-activity adventure programmes at locations that have breath-taking landscapes and diverse geographical areas within the United Kingdom. Taking part in activities in these areas inspire parties that include inner city students to appreciate the great outdoors and their wider environment.
Team building games and activities can help young people learn cooperation, improve communication skills and learn to trust and respect for others.
Students who struggle with organising themselves will benefit from team members, learning techniques in order to solve a variety of functional tasks, using planning and their interpersonal skills to get the best out of the individuals within their team whilst learning from them.
Students who find social interaction difficult, have the opportunity to practice working and communicating with their peers. Getting involved and taking an active role during team-building activities can boost their self-esteem and create friendships.
THE GATEWAY ADVENTURE DIFFERENCE
Gateway Adventure’s aim is to ensure all participants develop potential and have fun at the same time! Whatever activities we do, they are all designed primarily to enhance the learning of life skills.
Lifeskills:
All our experienced instructors are skilled in developing and promoting a variety of life skills such as: Communication and leadership skills, environmental awareness, self reliance and team bonding.
Another element is time management, which is essential, as several of our activities use time management in order to make students aware of the consequences of poor time keeping.
Under the supervision of our experienced instructors, the teams could be responsible for a food budget for the duration of their residential and will have to learn to negotiate with other individual’s dietary requirements.
Planning:
Under supervision, the team will be responsible for planning and allocating roles within the team such as team leader, a time keeper to accountant and menu planner. This list is not exhaustive, there may be more roles the teams think they may need depending on team size, age and environment. We provide itineraries for students of all age groups.
2-Day to 5-Day camping and residential programmes usually around the Peak District area because of it’s central geographical location and it’s ability to host a wide range of activities. However, other venues are available and will be dependant on your location and your planned itinerary and requirements.
TYPES OF TEAM-BUILDING ACTIVITIES
Dependant on the overall goal you are trying to achieve, team building takes the form of a planned activities designed to teach specific skills. However, sometimes it’s a less structured activity that is more fun but still ‘stretches’ the individual so they are still learning and gaining valuable life skills.
Activities Available
Depending on the venue and location Gateway Adventure’s experienced Instructors and Leaders will introduce students to a range of new skills and activities including:
• Hill Walking and Mountaineering
• Map Reading and Navigation techniques
• Orienteering
• Rock Climbing and Abseiling
• Kayaking, Canoeing and Improvised Raft Building
• Caving
• Off Road Cycling
• Camp Craft
• Ground Leadership Tasks/Team Tasks (Exercises in order to improve/assess teamwork and communication skills)
• High and Low Rope Courses
• Bushcraft
• Archery
• Mountain Rescue Scenarios
• The Country Code
• Coming Soon - Laser Tag
EXAMPLE ITINARY
Day 1 Arrive, set up camp, menu plan and meal budget, purchase food and team activities.
Days 2, 3 & 4 Two activities per day from the above list.
Day 5 Break camp, team activities, a debrief of the whole week and then depart.
During the evenings the activities to keep the participants on their toes can include a camp fire and sing-along and various wide games (which is an outdoor
activity, usually between two or more teams).
Should you be interested in a Residential, we can design a programme to suit your needs. Prices will depend on the activities requested and the accommodation needed. Please note that some of the activities will be dependant on the geographical make-up of the area.
Cost = £295.00 per participant
