DofE Rule Changes for 2020-22 Steve Ranger May 15, 2020 D of E, Latest News The DofE have come up with a set of rule changes which allows for considerable flexibility with expeditions for this year - see:...
Changeable Autumn DofE Dates Steve Ranger April 1, 2020 TrekCo News This year we're running DofE expeditions for the whole autumn season in order to catch up with those expeditions which couldn't take place in the...
Covid 19 Information Steve Ranger March 16, 2020 Latest News, TrekCo News 1st December The second lockdown will end tomorrow, and we are able to run day trips and activity sessions. We have a good...
Character Education – Outdoor Trips are Ideal Steve Ranger March 6, 2020 Outdoor Education OFSTED, as you may know, are looking at Character Education in schools and as we have seen many times in the past, outdoor experiences are perfect...
OFSTED look at ‘Building resilience and confidence’ Steve Ranger February 4, 2020 Blog, Outdoor Education 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...
Winter Trip to Utah Steve Ranger November 29, 2019 TrekCo News In November we ran our fifth staff trip to Utah and Arizona, mountain biking in the world capital of biking, Moab. Five of us from TrekCo and our...
Gold DofE in the Lake District Steve Ranger August 29, 2019 Blog, D of E, Latest News This year TrekCo have organised Gold DofE expeditions for schools, as well as Open Gold expeditions in the Peak District...
What3Words Steve Ranger August 10, 2019 Latest News, Technical For the last couple of years the 'latest thing' in locating yourself, especially if you want to give a really accurate position to the emergency...
Peak District Residentials Steve Ranger May 23, 2019 Outdoor Education, Outdoor stuff We've had great fun on this year's Peak District residential courses so far, with students taking part in climbing, abseiling,...
GCSE Climbing for Spring 2019 Steve Ranger December 5, 2018 Blog, Latest News, Outdoor Education Our regular courses for GCSE PE Rock Climbing cover all of the specifications for each exam board and are run mainly in the winter ...
Harriet’s 21st Anniversary Steve Ranger December 1, 2018 Latest News, TrekCo Life Harriet, our Admin Director, has been working for us for 21 years now! In fact it's so long ago that she started, it's our best...
Autumn Activities Steve Ranger October 3, 2018 Blog, Latest News, Outdoor Education, TrekCo Life Autumn is a great season for school trips and activities at TrekCo - we're running school residential camps both indoors...
What We Did This Summer Steve Ranger September 2, 2018 Blog, Latest News, TrekCo Life, TrekCo News 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...
The tents go up… Steve Ranger June 8, 2018 Outdoor Education, TrekCo Life, TrekCo News No school residential is as good as a camping trip! We've been busy putting up tents at Blackland Farm for upcoming...
Autumn 2018 GCSE PE Climbing Steve Ranger February 19, 2018 Latest News, Outdoor Education Following the great success of our GCSE PE climbing special offer periods, TrekCo will be offering a season of GCSE PE climbing courses ...