Our Approach to School Residential Trips in 2021

2020 has been a difficult year for the outdoor adventure and residential sector. Government guidance in response to the Covid-19 pandemic has changed quickly and often with little warning. This has meant activity providers, like ourselves, have had to be flexible and adapt to already stringent operating procedures at short notice.

Cumulus Outdoors have adopted a new way of working to meet the challenges we’ve faced this year. Thankfully, as a longstanding business, with over 15 years’ experience in the industry, our expert team already possessed the necessary skills to do this with ease. We were able to pivot quickly to ensure activity sessions could go ahead.

Flexible approach to planning

Over the course of the year, we successfully followed all Government guidance and will continue to implement new rules and regulations as they are introduced. We’re incredibly proud of our team and the way they have embraced the changes we’ve made to our offering this year. Together they have ensured we were still able to run Covid Secure outdoor adventure activities and DofE Gold residentials on the Dorset coast. We have not had to compromise on quality and continue to maintain an excellent reputation within the sector – something we have worked hard to establish over the years.

The wellbeing of young people in our care has always been our top priority, but this year we’ve gone above and beyond to strengthen health and safety protocol across the site. We’ve reviewed and adapted our activity programmes as well as our accommodation and facilities to allow for social distancing and enhanced cleaning measures.

The new procedures we’ve implemented have enabled us to run our popular Gold DofE residential programme throughout the summer at limited capacity. All of the residential trips that went ahead were embraced by participants and a fantastic time was had by all. We were delighted to receive excellent feedback from students, parents and staff. It was incredibly rewarding to see happy, smiling faces and know our hard work had paid off!

School outdoor adventure residential trips in 2021

We understand that things are difficult at the moment and that school trips might be the last thing on your mind. So, take the stress out of planning and work with our dedicated team to craft an unforgettable experience on the Jurassic Coast. They will arrange everything from start to finish for you – making sure all of your residential and learning objectives are met.

The Cumulus team are already planning and preparing our facilities for school residential trips in 2021! We’re constantly improving our residential centre in Swanage and have been creating new outdoor spaces, including a new target sport range, aeroball and improved bushcraft area. We’ve also enhanced our kitchen facilities so that we can provide students with 3 healthy and hearty meals a day

We can accommodate up to 133 students and staff on site in our dormitories and bungalow. There are three common rooms where students can relax after a fun filled day.