NEW FOREST TEAM-BUILDING ORIENTEERING CHALLENGE

We are able to offer this exciting challenge and activity at locations within an hour of central London, and regularly run this event for groups in the New Forest. A fully structured day out which enables you to address particular team issues and development needs in a fun and relaxing way - great value and very rewarding for all involved

Example Programme

This two day programme was developed taking the following points into consideration :

- A desire for all people to be involved and to have equal roles throughout
- Encourage all people to contribute ideas and expertise
- Idea generation, creativity and development as a crucial element
- Enable everyone to feel comfortable with sharing their views
- Ability to try "different" solutions and be creative
- Examine ways to handle conflict and manage differences
- Identify elements of successful teams - working well together

The aim of including a number of challenges and exercises was to look at specific elements of working within a group, but throughout the trip everyone's interaction and involvement with each other will be strengthened and developed. Also progress will be made with individual goals and awareness as well as contributing towards departmental objectives.

Transport & Logistics
We can collect you from your offices for the transfer to the New Forest in our comfortable mini-bus. All meals are included (lunch, afternoon tea and dinner on day 1, and breakfast on day 2). Includes hotel accommodation. All rooms are en-suite and non-smoking. You will have 2 tour leaders with you throughout the trip who will be acting as facilitators and observers for the exercises as well as being there to ensure that your whole trip runs smoothly.

Mountain Bike Orienteering
Each team will be issued with a set of maps and some details about checkpoints - each of which will have a "K-point" value. Teams are aiming to collect as many "K-points" as possible, by visiting each point and answering a simple question about that location…however, this must all be achieved within a set time period and ensuring that teams arrive on time at the designated meeting point for lunch!

After being issued with the instructions, there will then be a 10-minute period while teams plan their strategy. Our tour leaders will be observing closely the planning and questioning that follows before teams head off into the forest.

By not providing a set route - and with plenty of options and choices - the planning of the route is going to be crucial. This will involve input from all members as to their expected speed, limits etc. Then a route has to be formed - ideally an optimal route minimising the distance - again bound to be a point of discussion.

The morning session will last for about an hour or so before all teams meet up for lunch at a designated checkpoint. There will then be a chance to discuss the teams' progress and observe how teams will interact with each other, and themselves during a rest period.

For the afternoon session - there are "Challenge Points" which every team must visit in rotation, and each of these is outlined in more detail below. Each challenge will also earn the teams "K-points".

Along with the "Challenge Points" that must be visited there will be further optional points which can also be visited to earn further "K-points" - but again the choice of route will be important.

Team Challenges
These will be located at suitable venues out and about on the orienteering course…and each one will be operated by one of our tour leaders who will explain to the group the objectives and aims as well as the rules, time limits etc.

They will be observing the activity and making notes which will allow us to review each team and provide feedback on how each team undertook the activities and challenges - and how they worked as a team. Each Team Challenge concentrates on different themes some of which are listed below.

· Communication and trust are paramount as some team members are blindfolded in this exercise which examines how people can adapt their leadership style
· A challenge where planning is essential. What role will each member of the team adopt and how will they react with working under pressure and tight deadlines?
· A logical problem relying on the group sharing information and listening to each other.

- Simple actions and instructions - but can a team do it all at the same time, and who will be co-ordinating their actions?

Each "Challenge Station" will also have drinks and snacks to provide some energy for the teams and will act as a small break in the activities (at least one will also have toilet facilities).

Our final orienteering location will be in the heart of the forest, where we can enjoy a cream tea or coffee and reflect on a fun day in the New Forest. Your facilitators will be able to prepare the challenge scores and give some quick impressions of the day along with a small prize ceremony.

After the day's activity we will then transfer you to the hotel to freshen up, before enjoying dinner and a social evening.

Day Two - Review and Feedback Session
The next morning we will all come together for a final time to enjoy a review and feedback session over a coffee. This session will be facilitated by 1 or 2 of our tour leaders who will investigate what people got out of each challenge and exercise, and which personal development points they took away from the sessions. We will finish this session with a personal statement of expected actions and developments from each person.

From £145pp for the full overnight trip.
Including all transport, accommodation, meals, all activities including equipment, services and facilitation of your tour leaders.