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New Guidance on Educational Visits released

| 3rd December 2018 | 0 comments
The Department for Education’s (DfE) has released new Guidance on Health and safety on educational visits. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-and-safety-on-educational-visits/health-and-safety-on-educational-visits The guidance, which links to Outdoor Education Advisers’ Panel National Guidance, also endorses the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom’s LOtC Quality Badge, the national accreditation which ensures providers have the appropriate safety standards and liability insurance in place. We
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Outdoor Education
Outdoor First Aid

Outdoor First Aid

| 25th October 2018 | 0 comments
Our next two Outdoor First Aid courses are now full.  If you need to renew or want to gain the qualification for the first time, please book onto our course on 24-25 January 2019!
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We are hiring – Outdoor and Environmental Education Tutor

| 11th October 2018 | 0 comments
Salary: Grade 6 (£24,657 – £29,055) pro rata. Contract Type: Permanent. Hours Per Week: 22.12. Closing Date: 24 October 2018. This is an exciting opportunity to join the core instructor team here from January 2019. You’ll work a regular pattern of Monday – Wednesday each week to complement the existing team, with the opportunity for
exciting opportunity, job vacancy, peak district
Outdoor Education
Thirteen Bends Road Closure, 24 September – 21 October 2018

Thirteen Bends Road Closure, 24 September – 21 October 2018

| 18th September 2018 | 0 comments
If you are traveling here from Chesterfield / Sheffield direction, please note that Thirteen Bends is closed from 24 September – 21 October 2018.  More details can be found on the roadworks.org website.
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Accessible Adventure Competition

Accessible Adventure Competition

| 7th September 2018 | 0 comments
The Alpkit Big Shakeout Festival is coming up at the end of this month and Alpkit are running a competition to win a weekend stay in Woodlands, our accessible building for the festival! To enter, all you need to do is: 1. Take a photograph or video of yourself or you, your friends and family
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Events
Residential ‘Bundle’ Prices for 18/19

Residential ‘Bundle’ Prices for 18/19

| 27th June 2018 | 0 comments
We have just published the prices for school ‘bundle’ residential visits from September 2018 through to March 2019.  Our ‘bundles’ are a simplified pricing system which are suitable for the vast majority of our school groups. ‘Bundles’ aren’t fixed programmes and can incorporate a lot of flexibility.  They do however enable school groups to plan
Brilliant Residentials, Residential Visits
Outdoor Education
Guardian Article – Family fun in the Peak District

Guardian Article – Family fun in the Peak District

| 21st May 2018 | 0 comments
There is a great article in The Guardian Weekend magazine this month giving a snapshot into what the Peak District has to offer.  The journalist Lisa Buckingham and her family enjoyed an exciting weekend of biking, abseiling, climbing and weaselling which we helped to provide along with Peak Mountaineering and Hassop Station Cafe and Bike
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Activities

We are hiring – Senior Business Support Officer

| 25th January 2018 | 0 comments
We are looking for a well-motivated and customer focused person to join the small customer services and business support team here. It is an exciting opportunity to work at our outdoor learning centre in such a beautiful location. Please apply on the Sheffield City Council website and get in touch if you have any questions.
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Accessible Mountain Trike

Accessible Mountain Trike

| 19th January 2018 | 0 comments
Following the opening of our accessible accommodation Woodlands, Gillian and Jane from Accessible Derbyshire have very kindly let us borrow this brilliant Mountain Trike Push.  It is a trike that is equipped with air shock suspension, hydraulic disc brakes and off road tyres, perfectly suited for our 850m bike and trike trail onsite, or the
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Facilities
Exciting Training Opportunities for 2018

Exciting Training Opportunities for 2018

| 17th January 2018 | 0 comments
Training in the beautiful Peak District Not sure what to do with that Christmas money? Or set yourself a New Year’s resolution to get more training done this year? We have plenty of courses to chose from with dates set up until October this year including… Outdoor First Aid (late availability) A course focusing on
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Casual Outdoor Education Instructor recruitment Oct 24

27th September 2024
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Job title: Outdoor Education Instructor Job type: Casual Salary: £30,825 pro rata Location: Great Longstone, near Bakewell, Derbyshire Closing date: 13 October 2024 Job details: Thornbridge Outdoors is Sheffield City Council’s outdoor learning centre located near Bakewell in the Peak District.  Our mission is ‘to widen the horizons of young people through real outdoor adventures

Outdoor Activity Instructor recruitment Oct 24

27th September 2024
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We’re excited to be recruiting a full time, permanent Outdoor Activity Instructor to join us providing outdoor adventures in the wonderful Peak District. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, empathetic and adaptable outdoor instructor to share their love of the outdoors with our clients on a permanent, full time basis. Job title: Outdoor

Discounted Hill & Moorland Leader and Lowland Leader Course Opportunities – March 23

20th December 2022
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We are an approved provider for Mountain Training’s nationally recognised Lowland Leader and Hill & Moorland Leader qualifications. To encourage new leaders to share their love of the outdoors with others, we are offering half price places on our March 23 courses: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th March – Lowland Leader training – £70 (down
A video of who we are and what we offer

A video of who we are and what we offer

19th November 2021
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We’ve put together a short video highlighting the main role of Thornbridge Outdoors – Widening the horizons of young people through read outdoor adventures in the Peak District. Please take a look and share it with your friends.

Back on track!

30th August 2021
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It’s exciting to have a refreshed staff team working with our first autumn school groups this week and feels like the right time for an update: Much needed school residentials Despite the sterling efforts of parents and school staff there’s no doubt that many children have missed opportunities during the pandemic.  We feel now, more

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