Costs and Funding

DofE Expedition Programme Costs

Lupine Adventure are a not-for-profit, social enterprise without any shareholders or investors. We are also one of the biggest Approved Activity Providers (AAPs) of DofE expeditions in the country. This means that we can deal with both large and small cohorts of participants.

Because of our ‘not-for-profit’ status, the DofE work that we do for schools is exempt from VAT.

The cost of expedition programmes depends on many variables, and usually ranges between £50 and £65 per participant per day. We are always keen to work on the quote with you to enable us to bring the price down and give the best price possible. We’ll even let any trained and / or qualified staff from your school ‘volunteer’ on your expeditions. When this happens we can give you a discount of £180 per member of staff per day.

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Funding Opportunities.

There are a number of pots of money out there that can be accessed to enable young people to take part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. If your budget will not stretch to the fees required, we can supply you with information as to where you may get the funding.

To start with you can try looking here

We (Lupine Adventure Co-op) run a bursary scheme for people in low income households and care leavers. It covers the cost for individuals to attend a whole gold expedition programme for free.

Awards for all, Part of the National Lottery.

In 2017 The DofE announced a £3 million fund to support more young people accessing and doing their #DofE as part of the #iwill fund. Please contact your local DofE office to discuss the specifics of the fund, how it can be used, and how to apply. You can find your nearest here: www.dofe.org/offices/

DofE regional notice boards often have local funding opportunities

If you think that you may have students who would benefit from taking part in The DofE but neither your organisation or the students can afford it then get in touch soon so we can investigate other more specific funding pools. As an organisation we tick quite a few boxes that funders like. It may help to point out that the organisation that you are hiring to carry out the activity is a not-for-profit social enterprise. We will happily help you filling out such applications.

Costs and Funding

DofE Expedition Programme Costs

Funding Opportunities.

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