AHOEC ‘GOLD’ STANDARD The AHOEC GOLD Standard is a quality assurance scheme that builds on both the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality (LOtC) Badge and the AHOEC Code of practice. The GOLD standard exceeds the benchmark set by the LOtC Badging scheme and provides clients and centres with a scheme that not only addresses the issue of safety but the delivery of a client focused quality experience. The scheme is managed by D-J Adventure and Consulting, for further details see the GOLD Standard page of the website.
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to the Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres website.
The Association was formed in 1963, then known as ‘The Association of Wardens of Mountain Centres’. This was a period in which many Local Education Authorities started their own Centres along the lines of the successful Outward Bound Schools. Today these Centres are still thriving but the Association has moved on. Membership includes managers of multi activity Centres, sometimes in urban areas and Centres equipped for those with special needs. The aims of the Centres has changed little, that is to foster greater confidence and regard for others through a series of adventurous challenges requiring co-operation set in the outdoors. The Association is affiliated to the National Association of Head Teachers, although membership of the NAHT is optional. It has representatives on the Governing Bodies of the main adventure sports and the key organisations concerned with outdoor education. Membership of the Association is widely regarded as a hallmark of ethical and quality management, with all that implies for the quality of the provision managed. Full membership is open to those who are employed as Heads and Managers (including their deputies) of established centres and organisations where the primary function reflects the Mission, ethics and aims of the Association.
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