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What to Wear on the Water: Paddlesports

What to Wear on the Water: Paddlesports

Hi, I’m Rob, Chief Instructor at Whitemoor Lakes Activity Centre in Staffordshire. I’ve been investing in paddlesports kit, both personally and for our centre, for quite some time and this has given me a rounded perspective on appropriate kit choices when you’re...

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How to : Get into sailing

How to : Get into sailing

Hi, I’m Alex, I work as a Senior Activity Instructor at our Whitemoor Lakes centre, I’m the Chief Dinghy Instructor and I’ve been sailing since I was 12. One of the questions I often get asked is ‘How can I get into sailing?’. I remember finding myself in the same...

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A Trainee Teacher’s Visit to Whitemoor Lakes

A Trainee Teacher’s Visit to Whitemoor Lakes

Every year we invite a group of trainee teachers to Whitemoor Lakes in order to experience the centre through the eyes of a student. They have an opportunity to face the same challenges through experiencing our high ropes course for the first time. This group also...

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Healthy Banana Bread Recipe

Healthy Banana Bread Recipe

My name is Simon and I'm the Catering Administrator for Kings Park Conference Centre since the beginning of this year and my job is to assist with The Catering Manager to ensure the smooth running of the catering facilities here at the centre. I was asked to share my...

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How to face the zip wire when you’re terrified of heights.

How to face the zip wire when you’re terrified of heights.

A little bit about me… So let’s start with a disclaimer, I am not an activity instructor. My name’s Siobhan and I actually work as a designer at NAYC & ACUK. I often go up our activity towers to take photos and videos of people on the activities (even that makes...

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Releasing Potential in All

Releasing Potential in All

Hi! I’m Sammi. I’m an Instructor at our Whitemoor Lakes Activity Centre. I have been an Instructor now for 5 years and there is a reason why I always come back for more! During my career as an Outdoor Instructor I have met thousands upon thousands of young people,...

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The Voice of Opportunity

The Voice of Opportunity

As an organisation, we are committed to releasing potential in young people, that's why we are so excited to welcome Gabrieli through our doors at King's Park Conference Centre this week. We asked Gabrieli to tell us a little bit more about who they are and what...

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Svea’s Story

Svea’s Story

Svea is one of our trainee instructors, currently on our Firm Foundations gap year training course. She travelled all the way from Germany and wanted to tell you a bit about her experience working at Pioneer. When I stepped out of the car at Düsseldorf airport I was...

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Kings Park Rd,
Northampton,
NN3 6LL

T: 01604 499699
E: yd@nayc.org

King's Park Conference Centre

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Kings Park Rd,
Northampton,
NN3 6LL

T: 01604 493111
E: kingspark@acuk.net

King's Park Sports

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Kings Park Rd,
Northampton,
NN3 6LL

T: 01604 494100 / 797900
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Pioneer

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Cleobury Mortimer,
Kidderminster,
DY14 8JG

T: 01299 271217
E: pioneer@acuk.net

Whitemoor Lakes

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Barley Green Ln,
Lichfield,
WS13 8QT

T: 01283 795000
E: whitemoor@acuk.net