Latest News
Witney Open Group
In association with staff and volunteers at Springfield School, we are launching a new open group in Witney. Please see the Witney Open Group page for details. |
OXPED CIC Bronze Expeditions
OXPED CIC has published details of two Bronze expeditions in 2018. Please take a look at www.oxped.org.uk for full details. Spaces may be limited, so please apply as soon as possible. |
DofE South East Training Courses
Remember that there is a link to the leader training courses being run by DofE South East from our Training Courses page. Oxfordshire-based REC2 First Aid and Lowland Leader training courses have recently been added - if you need one of these, book soon! |
OXPED CIC Expeditions for 2018
OXPED CIC has started to publish their list of expeditions for the 2018 season. OXPED CIC is a volunteer-run not-for-profit organisation dedicated to provide good value expeditions for young people from around Oxfordshire. They expect to offer at least two expeditions at each Award level - more will be added to their website soon as details are finalised.Please visit their Expeditions Page for further information. |
DofE website links
We have updated all of the links from this website to the recently-moved official DofE pages, so that the information you are looking for should be easily retrieved. |
Volunteering Opportunities
Don't forget to visit our Volunteering page for ideas for this section of your Award. New opportunities are added whenever we are told about them, so keep in touch if you're in need of suggestions! |
Training Courses 2017-2018
We have published the initial list of leader training courses that we are providing over the next year. These include Lowland Leader training and assessment courses, and some REC2 first aid courses. |
A Very Successful First Year!
The Oxfordshire Open Award charity has completed its first year of operation, having taken over the running of the Award for open groups in the county from Oxfordshire County Council. Our first year's highlights are as follows:
award opportunities. It is expected that years 2 and 3 will be seen as consolidation ones, with the view to ensuring sustainability and viability into the mid and long term. Many thanks to all our volunteers for such a successful year! |
OXPED CIC Expeditions - spaces available
OXPED CIC still have plenty of space on some of their Silver and Gold expeditions, and have just announced the dates for two more Bronze expeditions near the end of the 2017 season, for anybody who would like to finish their Expedition this year. Please see the OXPED CIC website for full details. |
E-mail Issues
We are aware that our 'enquiries' and 'chair' e-mail addresses appear to
be being blocked from certain domains (including oxon.sch.uk). This is
due to a problem with btinternet.com not accepting mail from e-mail
forwarders, which is how our e-mail addresses have been set up. If you are trying to contact us by e-mail and get an 'undeliverable e-mail' message, please send to this address instead and your message will be forwarded appropriately. |
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