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Outdoor Education Unit

Outdoor Education Unit & Duke of Edinburgh Award Office
Hillside Youth & Community Centre
Cheltenham Road
Paulsgrove
Portsmouth
PO6 3PY

Tel No: 023 9238 5389
Fax No: 023 9238 2310

email:  odeu@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Contact:  Amanda Littlefield

Opening Hours: Office 9.00am - 5.00pm Mon - Friday, 24hr answerphone.

Project delivery available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. 

Facilities & Resources

• Low Ropes Course
• Problem Solving/Teambuilding site
• Allotment
• Campsite and Wild Campsite
• Classroom

Access

Open to all groups or individuals and all ages

Activities

• Personal Development Courses
• Teambuilding and Problem Solving Days/Camps
• Expedition Training
• Young People's Project
  2 Junior Groups 8s to 11s (Mondays 5.30pm-8.30pm, Saturdays 9.00am - 12.30pm)
  2 Senior Groups 12s to above (Wednesdays 6.30pm to 9.30pm Thursdays 6.30pm - 9.30pm)
• Allotment - grow your own fruit and vegetables, healthy eating

Other Information

The Outdoor Education Unit can offer a diverse range of activities according to the needs of the young people. Workers and young people can and are involved in the design of the programme in order to provide client needs are met. Initial meetings are encouraged so that instructors can meet the young people and workers involved to discuss the activities that can be offered and discuss any limitations.

Programmes provided in the past have included:

• one day team building/problem solving
• a series of teambuilding days with porgession of difficulty
• 2, 3 or 4 day camping experiences
• expedition training and expeditions.

However, this list is not exhaustive as the unit is very flexible and, as mentioned before, willing to tailor programmes to needs.

The Outdoor Education Unit has a Young People's Project. This has 2 junior groups and 2 senior groups, each group is seperate and meet on different days. The junior groups run on Monday evenings from 5.30pm to 8.30 pm and on Saturday mornings 9.00am to 12.30pm, all young poeple are picked up and dropped off from 3 locations. The senior groups run on Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 6.30pm to 9.30pm.