Duke Of Edinburgh Specialists

Looking for A DofE Gold Expedition this year?

Jurassic Watersports is offering both Gold Walking and Gold Kayaking Expeditions!

Find more info on our website!

DofE Gold Walking Expeditions
👉 https://jurassicwatersports.bloowatch.com/booking?categoryId=13749

DofE Gold Kayaking Expeditions
👉 https://jurassicwatersports.bloowatch.com/booking?categoryId=13744
(Filling up fast so let us know ASAP if you are interested!)

Get in touch with our team today if you are interested in joining one of our expeditions, or talk to our team about arranging an expedition specially for you!

📞 Call us today: 01202 985289
📧 Email us: [email protected]

Just in time for expedition season! 🌳 Our DofE recommended kit partner, Lifemarque is offering 2 lucky winners the chance to win a spectacular expedition kit bundle full of Lifeventure and Lifesystems products!

Head over to our Instagram page to enter! ✨ https://bit.ly/40pbxLN

Or, enter online via our website! 💻 https://bit.ly/3SVY5Oz

Prize Draw Closes 17 March 2024 ⏳

Some great advice from the guys at Firepot again...

Affordable Duke of Edinburgh Expedition Gear The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) has been running since 1954. The programme is created to support the social and mental development of young people, through a range of community and outdoor experiences. It’s become so popular that by 2026, one million young people will have participated in B...

Looking for some top class expedition food? This locally based brand has one of the best ranges of Expedition food on the market!

So here’s the thing only those who visit us at our HQ in West Dorset will truly understand. Firepot is unlike any other expedition food company out there. We developed our own technology to dehydrate food in a way that maximises taste AND nutrition. This is because we want to control every single part of what makes our meals special. We can tweak recipes for big expeditions, to meet bespoke needs — adding a dash of this, a dash of that, to deliver even more nutrients when you’re stuck in a food desert from the Sahara to the South Pole. In the last year, we’ve worked with expedition nutritionists in Australia and the UK on high-profile projects — a USP we believe can’t be beaten. Come and see us to understand how. Visit the brain centre of what makes us ‘us’ — technology and know-how that will help you to perform better in the field.

It might be a little cold on the ground at the moment, but our team are hard at work planning all our DofE expeditions this year!

If you are looking for an Open DofE expedition, or even a new Approved Activity Provider for your schools DofE program, head on over to our website and check out what we have on offer, or get in touch with our team to discuss anything you need!

01202 985289
[email protected]
https://DofEDorset.co.uk/

This could be a nice little kit package for any of you going through your award!

Our DofE Recommended Kit partner, Vango, is giving away a camping kit bundle worth over £300 to one lucky winner! Here’s everything you could win:

- Nevis 200 Tent ⛺
- Nitestar Alpha 250 Sleeping Bag 💤
- Contour 60/70 Rucksack 🎒

Enter now for your chance to win! You never know, it could be you!

https://bit.ly/3znq67g

Gold Qualifying Expedition starting 21/08/2023

£330 per person for the Expedition

DofE Gold Qualifying Expedition | Open DofE Gold | DofE Dorset Join us for a Open DofE Gold Qualifying Expedition In Dartmoor. When you book with Jurassic Watersports, our number one goal is to remove every ounce of stress and anxiety for both the young people joining us and their parents.

"When I did Expeditions with my school, they provided some of the equipment. How does that work with Open Expeditions?"

Fair question! For all Open Expeditions we provide any 'Group kit' Such as Tents, Stoves & Fuel and Group shelters etc.

We don't provide Equipment such as Rucksacks, Roll Mats or Sleeping bags as standard. However if you are in need, get in touch with our DofE Coordinator and we maybe be able to help with arranging kit hire of such items.

If you would like some advice on what you need to bring, we do have a kit list available on our website which has been written by our team, based on our years of experience:

https://dofedorset.co.uk/pages/dofe-kit-list/

Gold Kayaking Training/Practice Expedition starting 29/05/2023

£370 per person for the expedition.

DofE Gold Canoeing Practice Expedition | Open DofE Gold | DofE Dorset Join us for a Open DofE Gold Canoeing Practice Expedition in Poole Harbour. We can provide all your Practice and Qualifying expeditions, as we as any pre expedition training you may need.

One of the biggest worries we here from young people looking at booking on to a open expedition is

"Will i be with the same people for my practice and qualifying?"

The truth is, that doesn't matter.

Just to unpack it a little more. If you book a package of Practice and Qualifying Expeditions with us, then 9 times out of 10, yes, you will be with the same people.

We quite often hear this from young people who maybe cant make both the dates of a package. Or its a worry from someone who can only make one of their schools expeditions and need to go elsewhere for the other.

The truth is. This isn't an issue. As much as an Expedition is a team event, your DofE Award is a very much personal Achievement. The goal of DofE training is to make sure each and every participant personally learns all the skills needed for an expedition, so you should never have to worry about going from a group with a strong lead navigator, to a group where no one can navigate, because that simply dose not happen!

If you read our post the other day, you already know we make sure you have the opportunity to chat to the others in your group before an expedition so when you arrive at your start point, you already know the people you are meeting. So that's another worry gone.

The other thing to remember is, you've already been brave enough to take the leap and join one open expedition, joining a second group will only be easier!

So to round up, should you worry about being in the same group for your practice and qualifying? No.

There's sun out in Dartmoor? It must be DofE Season!

👋 It is time to wave goodbye to the long winter months and 👋 hello to sunshine, colour, and new life 🐝🌻

Happy Spring Equinox … we can all look forward to brighter days from here 😎.

❓ What signs of spring have you been enjoying?

Gold Training/Practice Expedition starting 31/05/2023

£330 per person for the Expedition.

DofE Gold Practice Expedition | Open DofE Gold | DofE Dorset Join us for a Open DofE Gold Practice Expedition In Dartmoor. When you book with Jurassic Watersports, our number one goal is to remove every ounce of stress and anxiety for both the young people joining us and their parents.