Forth Valley & West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative

In Forth Valley and West Lothian each local authority has specialised staff who support outdoor learning opportunities within different settings. This is most commonly seen with the provision of Duke of Edinburgh awards, Forrest Schools etc. These staff have responsibility for supporting practitioners who wish to work with children and young people in outdoor settings. Contact details can be found below:

Stirling:

  Matt Brooke brookm@activestirling.org.uk

  Iain MacKinnon mackinnoni@ActiveStirling.org.uk

West Lothian:

  Gary Sneddon Gary.Sneddon1@westlothian.gov.uk

  Darren Crumpton Darren.crumpton@westlothian.gov.uk

Falkirk:

  John Jackson John.Jackson@falkirk.gov.uk

Clackmannanshire:

  TBC

Staff in the authorities offer local accreditation which allows practitioners to receive the necessary skills and experience to lead/support DofE expeditions and other outdoor learning activities. This accreditation follows a set of regional outcomes which can be seen below:

View Regional Outcomes for Local Outdoor Accreditation document 

The resources to deliver these outcomes are developed by each local authority. A catalogue of these can be seen below based on each outcome with the contributing authority highlighted.