English Outdoor Council

An umbrella body for those involved in outdoor education, training and recreation

Publications

“Nothing Ventured … balancing risks and benefits in the outdoors” – a new publication that explodes the myths about safety on school visits and gives real reassurance to teachers

“High Quality Outdoor Education” – a Council publication that lists ten outcomes of quality provision and gives advice to schools and providers on how to achieve these

“Time for Change” – a summary of evidence in support of outdoor learning

Reading recommendations with a difference – distinctively individual recommendations from some key members of the outdoor community

“Why Adventure?” – summary of this research review by Jon Barrett and Roger Greenaway

Volunteers in the outdoors – although this is only a small part of the massive amount of information available on the subject, it contains some useful advice to providers (downloads a Word document)

Annual report 2011 (downloads a Word document)