School Multi-Activity Programmes

Indie Outdoors aims to provide a 'real' outdoor experience for young people and adults using experienced and well qualified staff. We believe that outdoor activities can be a transformative and empowering experience at all ages but that this is best achieved through a mutual respect and understanding between instructor and participant. Participants should not be forced, coerced or led by the hand more than is strictly necessary for safety reasons and they should not see the instructor as some kind of superior and untouchable entity but rather as someone who can introduce the participant to new experiences and abilities within themselves.

What we do:

We offer any number of days of outdoor activities on Dartmoor, the South Devon coast and around Bristol including accommodation and food.

Summary:

• Choose one or two activities per day.
• Choose an accommodation option from camping to bunkhouse. Twin and double rooms or B&B accommodation for teachers is available.
• Choose a catering option.
• Choose extras such as evening activities.

Activities:

• Rock climbing and abseiling (full day)
• Rock climbing (half day)
• Abseiling (half day)
• Caving
• Canoeing or windsurfing (half day)
• Raft building (half day)
• Gorge crossing (half day)
• Off-road cycling (half day)
• Orienteering (half day)
• Navigation (half day)
• Initiative tasks

Accommodation:

• Camping on Dartmoor
• 'Tented village' accommodation on edge of Dartmoor with kitchen and dining areas under canvas.
• Dartmoor bunkhouse accommodation
• Bristol area bunkhouse accommodation
• B&B

Pricing

£220 per instructor per day. Each instructor can lead one group for one activity. Group sizes depend on activity and are from 8-12. See the activities page for details. Some activities have supplements due to extra costs.

From £34 full board per person per night for quality dormitory accommodation, from £31 full board per night for tented village. See the accommodation page for details and other options.

Sample Programme:

Day 1

• Group travel by coach to Buckfastleigh where they are met and guided to their accommodation.
• Settle in to accommodation, brief from Indie
• 2 course home cooked meal (see accommodation page for food details).
• Use of games room with table tennis and grass lawns in evening.

Day 2

• Travel by minibus to Leigh Tor for half day of rock climbing.
• Eat lunch by the river on Dartmoor.
• Travel to Pridhamsleigh caverns for half day of caving.
• Return to Buckfastleigh to wash the mud off and prepare for dinner.
• After dinner initiative tasks and fun games provided by Indie Outdoors instructor.

Day 3

• Travel by minibus to Two Bridges for half day orienteering.
• Eat lunch by Two Bridges.
• Travel to Ashburton to collect mountain bikes for half day off-road biking.
• Return to Buckfastleigh to get ready for dinner.
• Evening visit to Plymouth or Exeter for cinema, bowling etc organised by your lovely teachers.

Day 4

• Travel by minibus to Newton Abbot for half day canoeing and wind surfing.
• Eat lunch by the lake.
• Travel to moors near Ashburton for half day raft building and river crossing.
• Return to Buckfastleigh to get ready for dinner.
• After dinner quizz set by your lovely teachers perhaps!

Day 5

• Travel by minibus to Dewerstone for a full day of climbing and abseiling featuring more challenging climbs and culminating with a massive 100ft abseil from a viaduct or a full day canoe down the river with bushcraft in the afternoon before canoeing back with the tide.
• Eat lunch by the river in either case.
• Return to Buckfastleigh to get ready for dinner.
• Night walk activity organised by Indie Outdoors instructor.

Day 6

• Return to school and home.