School/Youth Charity Projects

Inspire’s Charity Projects are for schools, youth groups, scout/guide units and university students.

All our trips provide a community-based volunteer project, which has been requested by the charity partners we work with overseas. Our projects vary from renovation of classrooms, to construction of school farms. All have a strong educational/learning theme, which can be coupled with adventure activities on your request.

We provide a full day of pre-departure training and a FREE day of educational workshops relating to poverty and development, global citizenship, fundraising, teamwork and leadership and expedition management for all students.

We also offer FREE teacher places on all our trips.

Working with Inspire offers you a hassle-free experience. We take care of all logistics, health and safety, risk assessments, crisis management, preparation and management of the trip. We also provide CRB checked Leaders to run the trip on the ground, working with teaching staff to ensure the trip is a huge success.

Inspire provides support to teaching staff both before, during and after the trip to save you time and help you to manage the perfect trip for your school and your pupils. Click here to read some feedback from past groups.

Our Education & Development Programme
Inspire also offers an optional Education & Development Programme for all our School/Youth Group teams. The Programme consists of a selection of courses, which are delivered by Inspire’s experienced staff either as a week long Programme or at various different times over the academic year to fit in with your current curriculum.

Schools can opt for the whole 10 stage Programme or can pick and choose which courses they feel are most appropriate for their students.

Courses include Poverty and Development, Environmental Sustainability, Teamwork and Leadership, Media and Communication, Marketing, Fundraising, Budgeting, Expedition Management and Travel Safety.

Each course covers key skills and themes and then applies these directly to the overseas expeditions the group will be taking part in. When the group take part in their overseas expedition they are able to apply their learning as well as witnessing first hand what their hard work and fundraising has achieved.

Pre-departure Support and Preparation
Inspire ensures that each team arrives in-country fully prepared for what to expect and with a wealth of knowledge on the background of the country, area and people they are visiting. This also ensures that each team has a positive impact on their host communities.

The educational element continues when the group are overseas with fun sessions held by our Project Leaders in the evenings to ensure the team gain the most from their experience. 

Safety
The safety of our groups is an absolute priority. For this reason we employ two professional and experienced Project Leaders to manage the team overseas, carry our detailed risk assessments which are continually updated, provide 24 hour support to all groups, have an on-call medical advisor and carry out thorough checks on all our third-party suppliers. For more details on our safety policies click here.

On Your Return
We want each of our groups to take as much from the experience as possible. For this reason we  hold a ½ day debrief session with the group when they return to the UK to discuss highs and lows, look at lessons learned and help the group decide what they can take forward from their experience.

Team Size
Teams can be any size ranging from 8 to 50 members.

Summary:

• FREE teacher places
• Teacher Training Day
• Educational Workshop Day (1 day  - includes sessions on poverty and development, fundraising, teamwork and leadership and expedition management - run in-school by professional Inspire Staff)
• Additional Education & Development Programme (if requested)

• Pre-departure Training Day for students
  
• Overseas trip
• Post trip debrief (1/2 day)

Types of Project Work
Projects vary according to group and communities needs but can include the following:

- Building a sand dam in Kenya
- Renovating a classroom in Swaziland

- Building a health clinic in Malawi

- Constructing a school farm in Tanzania

Extra Activities
Add-on activities including safaris, trekking and other adventure activities can also be arranged. It is also possible for Inspire to arrange for sections of the trip to be used towards Duke of Edinburgh qualifications.

Costs

Costs for our trips vary depending on your needs, size of group and length of stay. On average a 2 week trip for a team of 14 including a safari costs around £850 p/p + flights. Our Education & Development courses start from £250 per session with packages also available from £600. For more details on costs click here.

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