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Encouraging creativity, firing imaginations and building confidence. Equipping
pupils with the tools and skills to face a future full of radical challenges.

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 5
TYF ADVENTURE 6
Who we are 6
What we do 6
Where we live 7
OUTDOOR EDUCATION 9
Coasteering 10
Kayaking 13
Surfing 14
Climbing 17
Further learning 19
DESIGN YOUR PROGRAMME 20
EDUCATION AMBASSADORS 22
ACCOMMODATION 24
CONTACT 26
More information
tyf.com
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TYF Adventure are on a mission
to fuel pupils’ dreams and fire
their imaginations. We use real
adventure to teach young people
how to solve problems, respect
nature and each other,
understand risk, build confidence
and have fun.
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INTRODUCTION
TYF believe in real adventure. For 26 years
we’ve taken groups out to play in the
breathtaking Pembrokeshire Coast National
Park to inspire, learn and have fun, giving pupils
real hands-on experiences in a unique and
adventurous way.
Our adventure guides are some of the best in
the UK. They are professionally qualified, story
tellers and exceptional at what they do.
We will work closely with you and your
colleagues before, during and after the
programme to ensure the best possible
outcomes for you and your group.
We provide courses that boost personal/social
development and improve self-confidence. Our
guides inspire creativity, encourage decision
making and help provide children with effective
strategies to manage challenges and changes
within their environment. Our outdoor
adventure activities are directly linked to
National Curriculum subjects including
geography, science and PSHCEE, which helps
reinforce classroom based learning.
We are the world’s first Carbon Neutral
adventure company which means once we’ve
reduced as much carbon as possible, we offset
the remaining carbon we produce through
renewable energy projects worldwide.
TYF was also one of the first 50 businesses
globally to sign up to 1% for the Planet where
companies donate 1% of their income every
year to an environmental charity of their
choice. In the last three years we have donated
over £40,000 to environmental charities.
In 2013 we are donating our 1% to TYF
Connect, a social enterprise with a mission to
rethink models of education and ways of
problem solving to arm people with the
knowledge to face present day problems
around sustainability.
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TYF ADVENTURE
Who we are
Since we opened our doors in 1986, we’ve had an adventurous
journey.
From pioneering a sport called coasteering to starting a
freestyle kayaking championship and opening the first organic
hotel in Wales, we have gone on to deliver exciting adventure
and sustainability programmes to some of the UK’s leading
schools.
We are proud to be one of the most respected outdoor
adventure centres in the UK, and in 2012 we picked up the
Coast Award for ‘Best Watersports Provider in the UK’.
What we do
TYF specialise in school trips and in-school learning
programmes to give young people a solid grounding in play,
outdoor skills, safety, risk and sustainability. We provide
anything from high impact school assemblies to self-supported
expeditions or ocean camps, and offer education and adventure
options to suit a range of budgets.
This brochure describes our St Davids based education
adventure programmes. For more information about our family,
individual, or corporate packages just get in touch.
The greatest coastal region on Earth
to visit in 2012”
“Lonely Planet
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Where we live
TYF was born and bred in St Davids, Pembrokeshire, one of the
most beautiful, inspirational and creative corners of the British
Isles. St Davids is the wellspring of the energy, passion and play
that we share on our programmes. We’re surrounded by some of
the UK’s best beaches, clean water and incredible flora and
fauna.
“
Magnificent protected coastline from both
ecological and geological perspectives. Landbased
and marine-based conservation
tourism appeals to all ages. A future issue
will be one of getting ‘loved to death”
National Geographic
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OUTDOOR EDUCATION
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Session length:
3½ hours +
Coasteering
TYF pioneered coasteering in 1986. Since then we’ve taken
thousands of people to have fun experiencing the wild and
wonderful cliffs of the St David’s peninsula. We provide a
unique opportunity to play with experienced guides in one
of the most spectacular playgrounds on the planet where
the ocean meets the land.
What’s involved
Climb, swim and jump your way around the bottom of cliffs. The Pembrokeshire Coast is dotted with
cave arches, stack rocks and channels to explore and has swell pools and pour overs to play in.
The location for TYF’s coasteering is at St Non’s. An incredible place 1.5 miles from our centre and
the birthplace of St David.
Pupils can explore their personal limits and overcome fears, bond with classmates, increase personal
confidence and of course enjoy a few hours of pure adrenaline-soaked fun.
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
Clear communication
Build stronger team spirit
Get smarter at understanding
risk, goals and performance
Increase personal confidence
Learn from nature’s designs - perfect
examples of biomimicry
Discover common sense approaches to
complex problems
Biology - study rock pool life & seaweeds
Geography - learn about coastal erosion,
caves and arches, rock types
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Learn coasteering with the people who
invented it. Pop on a wetsuit, helmet and
trainers and leap off ledges and low cliffs,
scramble over rocks, slip in and out of
caves and make your way around the
fabulous Pembrokeshire coast just as
nature intended.”
The Guardian
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
Bond with classmates
Increase personal confidence
Build stronger team spirit
Learn from nature’s designs - perfect
examples of biomimicry
Biology - study rock pool life & seaweeds
Geography - learn about coastal erosion,
caves and arches, rock types
Have fun and explore the Pembrokeshire coastline
“Everyone was still buzzing with excitement
when we got back to school yesterday”
Deborah Hunt
Bearwood College
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Session length:
3½ hours +
Kayaking
A low-impact, floating cruise from bay to bay on sit-on-top
kayaks, uncovering the hidden gems that remain unseen from
other boats or the shore. Explore caves and deep inlets on
calm days and when there’s the right swell we can take the
group to enjoy the roller coaster ride between islets and reefs.
What’s involved
You will spend plenty of time on the water with the backdrop of the stunning North Pembrokeshire coastline.
The session starts at a sheltered spot to learn some fundamental kayaking skills and play some games. Then,
providing it’s not too rough, we’ll head out of the harbour to explore the caves and channels around the
peninsula. TYF have a huge range of kayaks. For the beginner course your pupils will have a choice of general
purpose kayaks - either sit on tops or closed cockpit kayaks.
One of the great things about the St Davids peninsula is that it faces north, west and south, so there’s often
somewhere to shelter from the strong Atlantic swells and winds that often bounce around our coastline. If the
weather and swell are too rough to kayak then we will be flexible and rearrange the order of activities to find
something better suited to the conditions on the day.
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Session length:
3½ hours +
Surfing
TYF have been teaching surfing since 1986 and have taught
thousands of people to surf safely. We use warm wetsuits, specially
designed beginner boards and skilled instructors with the aim of
getting you and your pupils stand up surfing in a few hours.
What’s involved
We surf at Whitesands beach, 1.5 miles from St Davids. It is a clean, safe Blue Flag beach with toilet
and cafe facilities. When the swell isn’t right we have Newgale beach just 10 minutes
drive away which picks up most swell.
Our half day surf lessons include a comprehensive look into the surf world, from the roots of surfing
to surfboard and wetsuit design, surf prediction and surf safety. We’ll teach you how to paddle, how
to negotiate the surf when making your way out back, how to prone ride in control of your board and
finally the art of standing up and catching your first wave.
Wales is a perfect place to learn to surf, with white sandy beaches and great waves all year. Our aim is
to make sure you leave St Davids with the skills and knowledge to surf safely anywhere in the UK.
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
Understand balance
and risk
Build stronger team spirit
Increase personal confidence
Understand wave technology and
wave science
Learn about wave power and
renewables
Have fun and play in the wild Pembrokeshire surf
“
The trip was awesome, the instructors
brilliant, and the catering yummy - we
were all very happy people!”
Louise Gordon
Prior’s Field School
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
Bond with classmates
Build stronger team spirit
Increase personal confidence
Incredible sense of personal achievement
Geography - learn about coastal erosion,
caves and arches, rock types
Have fun and play on the Pembrokeshire cliffs
“The Lower Sixth Leadership Transition
Course provided by TYF on an annual
basis for our pupils has become not only
one of the highlights of the pupils’ school
careers, but one of the distinctive
features of our school offering”
Emma Taylor
Headmistress, Christ College.
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Session length:
3½ hours +
Climbing
Abseiling gently downwards with the sea swirling beneath you.
Then a tremendous sense of achievement as you climb back to the
top of the cliff. Pembrokeshire’s sandstone cliffs are beautiful to
climb and at least 500 million years old.
What’s involved
Your climbing experience with TYF Adventure will allow the group to get to grips, quite literally, with the
beautiful sea cliffs of north Pembrokeshire. Your Single Pitch Award qualified TYF guides will teach all the skills
necessary to get you climbing on sites such as Porthclais, Porth-y-Ffynnon and St Davids head.
The group will cover:
• Moving efficiently over the rock through bouldering practice and coaching
• Securing your own safety kit
• The principles of anchoring the climbing rope
• Belaying practice
• A variety of rock climbs
• How to abseil safely
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Further learning
We arrange further educational activities which enable schools
and groups to maximise learning time while having fun during
their stay in Pembrokeshire. Each of the following activities can
be booked as standalone sessions or included as part of a larger
programme:
• Leadership
• Team building exercises
• Raft building
• Problem solving
• Overnight trip & bivouac
• Foraging
• Bat Walk
• Ramsey Island trip
• Skomer Island trip
• Dolphin watching
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DESIGN YOUR PROGRAMME
We specialise in creating one to five-day bespoke courses to ensure you
can achieve the right result to suit your schools needs and requirements.
100% Pure Adventure
Environmental Adventure
Leadership Transition
Life Skills
Using our core activities and further learning sessions, we deliver quality
outdoor education that incorporates key learning outcomes without
impacting on the natural adventure elements that make our programmes so
unique.
Our team are always on hand to offer support ensuring that the quality of
your visit is at its best.
There are explicit links to National Curriculum subjects including
geography, science and PSHCEE, to help reinforce classroom based
learning. Topics like balancing, forces, propulsion and vectors can be
explained in terms of propelling a kayak or setting up a climb.
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100% Pure Adventure
Our 100% pure adventure programme gives every individual an opportunity to achieve at what ever their limit
is. Surf, swells, cliffs, wild life and fresh air all combine to produce an emotional experience that really enhances
the personal challenges, team building and outdoor education that occurs.
The programme provides the foundation for new friendships, provides real challenge, promotes resilience,
teamwork and communication skills, and promotes a love of adventure which continues long after the course
has ended. One to five day programmes staying at a choice of locations in the UK’s only Coastal National Park
are available.
Leadership Transition
It’s really important to us that pupils connect with each other, with teachers and the natural environment. Our
leadership transition programme is a fantastic way for pupils to bond, build relationships, develop trust and
confidence in each other at the beginning of a term.
We can deliver our Leadership Transition programme at the best time that suits you. 12 months of the year.
Environmental Adventure
The TYF Group was built on a deep care for the environment. Through everything we do we aim to have as
minimal impact on the environment as possible.
This programme is designed to pass on 26 years of experience, passion and knowledge enabling pupils to gain
the tools and skills needed to have positive impacts in school, local communities and businesses.
Life Skills
The challenges confronted in adventure can encourage a way of thinking about risk, attitude and choice that is
often different from those found in day-to-day life. Success, in challenging situations, helps to increase selfconfidence,
creates lasting memories, and helps build a more positive attitude towards ourselves and others.
Where our adventure playground doesn’t provide what’s needed, we design engaging, experiential & fun
exercises that help young people make the links between their time with us and what they can do back home.
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EDUCATION AMBASSADORS
We’re proud that our work is supported by the people who inspire us. People who
achieve incredible things. We are delighted they’ll be joining us on our journey to
inspire future generations of game changers.
Sir Chris Bonington
Mountaineer, writer, photographer and lecturer
http://www.bonington.com
“TYF’s Education programmes ensure kids look at real challenges facing
businesses and the environment. They encourage creativity, innovation and
ensure kids are thinking about long term sustainable solutions to the
problems facing planet earth.”
Karen Darke
2012 Paralympic Silver Medalist, Paratriathlon World Champion &
Ground Breaking Adventurer.
http://www.karendarke.com
“What is life if it isn’t an adventure? I’m constantly amazed by what can be achieved if we
set our heart and mind to it, and strongly believe that meaningful educational expereinces
in the outdoors, especially at a young age, can give us belief, confidence, motivation and
commitment – not just useful skills for our own lives, but also to apply to a cause greater
than ourselves.”
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Iolo Williams
TV presenter and wild life expert
http://www.iolowilliams.co.uk
“The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is home not only to the magnificent
adventure sport pioneered by TYF Adventure, coasteering, but to Puffins,
Choughs, Atlantic grey seals, Dolphins, Porpoise, Minke Whales and Basking
Sharks. It’s a truly unique place for kids to explore and learn. TYF are expert
at keeping groups safe whilst exploring some of the wildest places on Earth.”
Andy Cummins
Campaigns Director, Surfers Against Sewage
http://www.sas.org.uk
“Working in teams, communicating clearly, having the confidence to take on
tough challenges, to fail, to get back up and try again, to understand risk, to
make smart decisions and find sustainable solutions to problems are vital life
lessons. TYF wrap these up in their education programmes and ensure pupils
leave with a much better understanding of the World.”
Tom Kay
Founder and Director, Finisterre
http://www.finisterreuk.com
“The importance for the next generation to include the environment at the
heart of any business plan and activities is vital. TYF’s education programmes
help pupils work on real issues that help create sustainable solutions to
ensure kids are better prepared when they leave school. All of this whilst
playing in (and getting inspiration from) one of the most spectacular places on
earth.”
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ACCOMMODATION
Ocean Camp - sleeps x 90
TYF Ocean Camp allows you and your pupils to
connect with nature, under canvas on a cliff top
campsite just minutes walk from the activity
locations.
Tried and tested, with great reviews this is an ideal option for large size
groups of up to 90 people. Ocean Camp is situated at a public campsite
called Porthclais Farm Campsite. There are toilet and shower blocks
which are made exclusive to each school and you’ll have your own field.
We provide 4 metre deluxe bell tents for teachers and 3 - 4 man Vango
tents for the pupils, creating a comfortable base immediately next to
our activity locations.
TYF Catering - International Eats
International Eats provide three wholesome meals a day using local and
organic vegetables, dairy and meat wherever possible.
Groups can get involved by learning about where their food comes from, how
it grows, how it gets to their plates and how it is cooked. We believe that by
educating and involving young people in this process we can start to see
changes in our societies behaviour towards food, diet and waste.
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Other local accommodation
Whatever the size of your group, we can make all the necessary arrangements
should you choose to stay with one of our local accommodation providers.
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1: The Court House - sleeps x 23
courthousestdavids@googlemail.com
20 Cross Square, St Davids, Pembrokeshire. SA62 6SE
01437 720 811
2: St Davids Youth Hostel - sleeps x 29
stdavids@yha.org.uk
Llaethdy, Whitesands, St David's, Pembrokeshire. SA62 6PR
08453 719 141
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3: Trefin Old School Hostel - sleeps x 12
oldschoolhostel@btconnect.com
Ffordd - yr -Afon, Trefin, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. SA62 5AU
01348 831 800
4: Broadhaven Youth Hostel- sleeps x 77
broadhaven@yha.org.uk
Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire. SA62 3JH
08453 719 008
5: Caerhafod Lodge - sleeps x 23
caerhafod@aol.com
Llanrhian, Nr St David's, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. SA62 5BD
01348 837 859
6: Celtic Camping Bunk House - sleeps x 200
info@celtic-camping.co.uk
Pwll Caerog Farm, Berea, Nr St David’s, Pembrokeshire. SA62 6DG
01348 837 405
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CONTACT
+44 (0) 1437 721 611
+44 (0) 1437 721 838
play@tyf.com
@tyfadventure
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tyfadventure
TYF Adventure
1 High Street
St Davids
Pembrokeshire
Wales
SA62 6SA
www.tyf.com
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TYF Group Ltd
1 High Street, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales. SA62 6SA
t: 01437 721611
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