Venture Centres

Explorations

The President's Award is open to all young people. And we strongly encourage the participation of young people with physical and learning disabilities. An expedition can by its very nature be an obstacle for a person with a disability, and so the participant can opt for an exploration instead. While we encourage participants to do an expedition, the choice is up to the participant themselves.

An exploration involves less journeying than the expedition with a greater proportion of the time involved being spent on approved activities. These activities can be research, investigations or other specific activities, ideally undertaken in the context of an expedition. The typical types of exploration for the Bronze and Silver Awards would be the exploration or study of wildlife in a particular area, old pilgrimage routes, churches, old buildings, folklore etc.

An exploration at Gold level would need to be of a higher level with the possibility of it taking place in a foreign country and a significant amount of preparation done in advance. More and more young people are choosing to spend some time abroad doing volunteer work and there are many organisations that exist to promote this type of activity. While the period of time spent volunteering can vary and as such may not be long enough to fulfil the Community Section of the Award, it would however provide an ideal opportunity to undertake an exploration.

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