BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7@move2change.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251108T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251109T180000 DTSTAMP:20251104T084408Z URL:https://move2change.org.uk/events/hill-skills-course/ SUMMARY:Hill Skills course DESCRIPTION:\n\nOur 2-day Hill Skills course will equip you with the skills and knowledge to safely undertake hill walks in the upland areas of the U K. Our experienced trainers will put you at ease and share their years of knowledge gained from working in the hills and mountains. THIS IS NOT THE HILL AND MOORLAND LEADER SCHEME.\n\nNo experience of hill walking or navig ation is required prior to coming on one of our hill skills courses.\n\nTh e Hill Skills course is nationally accredited by Mountain Training and Mov e2Change are proud to be able to offer these courses to enable people to g et outdoors\, get active and get connected.\n\nWe are pleased  to offer t his course at a discounted price to encourage more people to get outdoors safely\, and to be Adventure Smart.\n\n\n\nCourse Content\n\nPlanning – how to successfully plan a hill walk in the UK or Ireland.\n\nWalking skil ls – what things should you consider while out walking and what can make life easier (pace\, nutrition\, movement skills etc.).\n\nClothing and eq uipment – being suitably dressed and equipped can make the difference be tween a great day out and a complete disaster.\n\nWeather – how it affec ts the hills and your day out.\n\nNavigation in the hills – everything f rom selecting a compass to navigation strategies and an intro to GPS.\n\nE nvironmental knowledge – how to minimise your impact on the hill and inf ormation on good practice and useful organisations.\n\nHazards and emergen cy procedures in the hills – how to respond to any hazards you encounter and what to do in an emergency.\n\nEquipment\n\nA detailed equipment list will be sent in the joining instructions. Ideally\, you need to be self s ufficient for a day in the mountains but if you feel that you don't have t he correct equipment just let us know\, we have a stock of clothing and ge ar to loan you for the 2 days. We will provide all the group safety equipm ent and learning materials.\n\n\n\nFitness/Health.\n\nYou don’t have to be mountain fit to enjoy this course\, and a level of general fitness is q uite sufficient. We do need to know of any health issues that may impact u pon you during the course but we hold all of these in confidence - we just need to know so that we can take best care of you.\n\nFormat\n\nThe first part of the day 1 is spent getting to know the other people on the course and gaining an understanding of basic hill walking planning. Your tutor w ill outline the plans for the course before you head out into the hills ne arby. Throughout each day you will gain vital experience in all aspects of hill walking in an engaging and developmental way. The end of each day wi ll usually involve a short session to review the day and plan the followin g day's activity.\n\nYou can expect to be out walking each day for around 4-5 hours and generally on Hill Skills courses this will be on footpaths o r trails that are rough underfoot. Much of the journey during the course w ill involve learning opportunities and as such\, the pace of the day is fr iendly and will include plenty of breaks.\n\nUp to 8 weeks before start da te we require 50% deposit of £25.00\, after that the full course fee of £50 needs to be paid - please see terms and conditions during the booking process.\n\n\n\n \;\n\nThe course includes the following:\n\n BMC Sa fety on the Mountains Handbook\n Registration (lifelong) with Mountain Tr aining\n Certificate of attendance upon completion of the course\n Mount ain Training Timings Card\n Other resources as available\n\nIf you're not already registered with MTA you do not need to register with them – we will do this on your behalf when you book the course. We need your date of birth to be able to do this. Please email us this upon booking\, thank yo u. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://move2change.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/20 24/08/IMG_5084-scaled.jpeg LOCATION:Langcliffe Village Institute\, Main Street\, Langcliffe\, \, Settl e\, North Yorkshire\, BD24 9NF\, United Kingdom GEO:54.081037;-2.272945 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Main Street\, Langcliffe\, \, Settle\, North Yorkshire\, BD24 9NF\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100 ;X-TITLE=Langcliffe Village Institute:geo:54.081037,-2.272945 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR