Fieldskills

Fieldskills has just been confirmed as the North West's first approved training provider for the Institute of Outdoor Learning (IOL). This recognises Fieldskills’ role as one of the outdoor industry’s leading training providers.

Later this month Fieldskills is running a fun and informative weekend course for people who want to build their confidence and skills in leading outdoor activity trips and expeditions.

They’ve travelled all over the world – to the highest mountains, the hottest deserts and the icy poles. What will they chose as their 5 favourite photos? This Weds hear 5 explorers talk about their chosen photos at Kendal Explorers Connect.

Fieldskills is offering 2 free places on its amazing weekend expedition in a remote corner of the Lake District in September 2011. Enter before the 1 September for your chance to win this unique prize!

In June a MTB team from the UK, Australia and Borneo completed a unique 5-day challenge to circumnavigate Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in S E Asia. Using machetes, they cut a path through the jungle to make the impassable passable.

Sadly a number of events in recent years have shown there where we experience tragic losses of life of travellers and young people overseas it often relates to road traffic incidents. An innovative new safety course looks at how to manage this.

UCEA (Universities & Colleges Employers Association) and USHA (University Safety and Health Association) have recently published new guidelines on fieldwork safety for the Higher Education Sector. Here are our top ten points on what it means for you:

Fieldskills (the Expedition Experts with bases in Ulverston, Cumbria, and Borneo) have just announced a fantastic prize draw offer for two free places on one of their expeditions - an action-packed taste of jungle expedition life this September.

What happened when one group of intrepid individuals left home comforts behind to join Fieldskills' expedition expert, Dom Hall, to build a jungle-style camp in a remote corner of the Lake District ...

On a unique trekking experience, Bedouin guides and their camels will take you across the El Gibi plateau, through the ancient ruins of the Nawamis to the oasis of Ein Hodra, as you discover a way of life that is unchanged since the Old Testament.