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How Earning the Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award Boosts Your University Chances We all know that getting into the university of our dreams can be quite a challenge. But guess what? Completing the Gold Duke...

Almost every Gold DofE expedition brings a boot disaster, and last week's happened high in the Lake District on a lovely day. Despite being August, at 800m high it was only 7C and raining when this...

The DofE can be a steep learning curve in some areas, not least of these being mapreading. Using an old paper map and a compass can be a challenge if you're used to just looking at Google Maps on your phone....

One of the reasons some people have problems on their DofE expedition is boot disaster. It's not always catastrophic boot failure like this, but it happens at least once a month - don't let it be...

Sad news - our Admin Director Harriet is leaving us after 21 years. She is moving on to another post in the travel industry and we wish her the best, and thank her for all those years of service. Many of our...

We've been running DofE Open expeditions this year in Sussex, the Peak District and the Lake District and have been really lucky with the weather. Participants from all over the UK and abroad as well as small...

Of all the things that go wrong on our Gold DofE expeditions in the Lake District and the Peak District, issues connected with feet are right up there at the top of the list! Most people don't have these...

Students on our Level 3 BTEC course in Outdoor Adventure Activities are taking their NICAS awards at the moment - the National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme. This is just one part of their land-based activity...

TrekCo have completed all of our work on Covid related matters, and we are Good To Go according to Visit England. We have measures in place to ensure the safety of clients and staff, and these will vary...

From September 2019 OFSTED has changed its way of looking at schools, with greater emphasis on a more holistic view of education. A few points from the Government website give us a flavour of the new...

This year TrekCo have organised Gold DofE expeditions for schools, as well as Open Gold expeditions in the Peak District...

Our regular courses for GCSE PE Rock Climbing cover all of the specifications for each exam board and are run mainly in the winter ...

Autumn is a great season for school trips and activities at TrekCo - we're running school residential camps both indoors...

TrekCo staff get up to all sorts of things in their holidays - we've been in the French Alps doing via ferrata, canyoning, climbing, hiking and whitewater rafting; and running DofE expeditions in the Lake...

Last autumn TrekCo staff went on several trips to aid staff development and their outdoor experience - most notably a trek to Everest...