On 18th and 19th May a group of 14 participants, from Prior Park School, who are undertaking their Bronze Award, travel to Spain to undertake the qualifying venture for the Adventurous Journey Section of their Bronze Award programmes.

A statement from the Award Centre follows below:

They will be travelling to the area of Jimena de la Frontera where over the two days they will carry out activities such as camp craft, undertaking research for group projects, map reading and navigation as well as hiking approximately 24km in the area. The participants will be self-sufficient during the venture, carrying all their equipment, food and tents and will be spending the night under canvas.

The participants, whose ages range from 14 to 16, will be self-sufficient during the venture carrying all their equipment and food requirements.

Experienced leaders from Prior Park School will be supervising the participants throughout the venture to ensure their safety.  In addition, an Accredited Assessor from the national Adventurous Journey Panel shall assess the participants’ abilities to work as a team in achieving the Award's requirements for the Adventurous Journey. The Award would like to thank the adult volunteers for giving up their free time to attend during the venture as well as in the lead up sessions.