Category: Outdoor Adventure

October Holiday Programme 2017

Now that the Summer break is but a distant memory, it’s time to look towards the next holidays in October! This years Autumn holiday programme will run from 16th – 20th October. As in previous years, we try and run with a theme for the week, this year it’s Witches and Wizards! So join us and make your own broomstick, before using it in a match of Quidditch and taking part in the Wizards Apprentice tournament! Craft your own unique wand and use it to cast spells and find the dragon eggs. Other activities include archery, high and low ropes

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Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Pilot Scheme Funding Awarded from Awards for All and Big Lottery

Wiston Lodge has just received a £9851 grant from the Big Lottery Fund through its Awards for All funding programme. The funding will allow us to launch a timely, collaborative project, “Going for Gold!” with the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) and regional secondary schools’ Additional Support Needs (ASN) units. The project will empower participants to work towards attaining their DofE Bronze Award while improving their outdoor survival skills and personal, social and emotional development skills. Under this programme’s auspices, Wiston Lodge will organise four five-day courses in 2017 and 2018, with scheduled activities taking place at Wiston and in

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