Often newcomers to the sport think they need to be a member of a club to try it out. That's not the case! There are hundreds of permanent orienteering course and virtual orienteering courses accessible to anyone and everyone via our Go Orienteering website.
We wanted to emphasise that there are courses ideal for beginners as well as for the more experienced amongst urban, park, woodland and forest locations across the country.
The message? Go in your time, Go at your pace, Go discover a whole new world of adventure in parks, green spaces and urban areas across the UK and Go Orienteering!
Encouraging more families to get outdoors and try orienteering was our mission with this Summer 2024 campaign! We highlighted all the ways participants could get involved by taking part one of thousands of permanent or virtual orienteering courses available across the country leading to an increase in visitors to the site and more people accessing and downloading maps.
In May 2024, a new campaign: Let's get out there was launched by This Girl Can. It's aim is simple, to empower more women to get active no matter what their ability. In honour of the launch, British Orienteering launched a social media campaign and you can download the assets via the link below.
British Orienteering's Head of Performance, Pippa Archer took those interested on route with her on a permanent orienteering course.