The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme:
Other Sections
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) is the world’s leading youth achievement award. It inspires over 300,000 young people a year to develop skills for life and work, fulfil their potential and have a brighter future, whatever their circumstances.
Blackland Farm offers young people the opportunity to complete other sections of the award with us-
including Physical, Skill, and Volunteering. Our Residential Offer can be found below.
More information on our offer can be found by downloading the information packs below:
Gold Residential Activity Week Package
We are an Approved Activity Provider (AAP) for the Gold Residential Section of the Award Scheme.
For the Residential section, you need to undertake a shared activity or specific course where the majority of people are unknown to you, in a residential setting away from home and in an unfamiliar environment.
Evenings are often as much a part of the experience as daytime activities. The residential section consists of a 5-day, 4-night programme.
This section offers a high degree of flexibility but it must be done with an organised group, registered charity or Approved Activity Provider (AAP) such as ourselves.
Our residential packages are run from Weavers Lodge which can accommodate up to 36 participants in dormitory-style rooms (see our ‘Accommodation’ page for further details.
Our water sports activities are run from nearby Weirwood Reservoir where we have private access to launching facilities.
The site itself features a vast array of high roped activities plus zip wires, indoor and outdoor climbing, archery, abseiling, low ropes and team building activities, canoeing, kayaking and paddleboarding.
What does the Gold Residential Activity Week package cost?
We have managed to keep this week at an extremely affordable price on the basis that we have accommodation on site.
We are offering the Gold Residential Activity Week for £345 + VAT per participant!
This price includes all activities, facilities and instructional staff. It also includes a full residential report and the sign-off required to complete this section of the Award.
2024 Dates
05 – 09 August 2024: Open Gold Residential
19 – 23 August 2024: Open Gold Residential
To book onto our Open Residentials, please visit the Online Bookings page on our top toolbar