If you are involved with Early Career development with Graduates, Apprentices or simply new starters to your business, you will know and understand the importance of helping young people to develop their personal skills, behaviours and the attitudes they need to operate as professionals in the workplace.

Our tailor-made programmes will help to build and develop the required characteristics in your apprentices.

To do this we use a range of carefully considered outdoor activities and both physical and mental challenges, coupled with time for planning and review.  Where possible, we use workplace relevant analogies and language to aid learning transfer.

Our programmes start and finish in the workplace or college situation, ensuring that delegates are prepared for and get the very best out of their time spent with us.  Programme follow-up, review and personal evaluation helps to ensure that learning transfer and positive developments are well-grounded and long-lasting.

 

 

The residential programme at Patterdale Hall can focus on a number of important areas including:
  • Personal attitudes and motivation
  • Effective communication skills
  • Problem solving approach
  • Team Dynamics and personal roles in a team, including leadership and managing others
  • Company values and language.
Outcomes the delegate will gain include:
  • Greater knowledge of their own strengths and limitations, and an appreciation of those colleagues they attend with
  • An understanding of how their behaviour can impact on their own performance and that of the team
  • Strategies to work effectively as a team, including a greater understanding of what constitutes effective communication
  • A knowledge of their preferred role in a team situation, and the opportunity to try and experiment with other roles including leadership.
  • Problem solving skills and strategies
  • An individual action plan for their own personal development moving forwards
  • Enthusiasm for further personal development opportunities
  • Increased ability to manage their own learning and performance
  • An understanding of how this programme is relevant to them in the workplace

The Residential Experience

Delegates will be accommodated in Patterdale Hall, a Victorian country house. The accommodation is similar to that of a good quality hostel and the food at Patterdale Hall is of a very good standard.  The facilities on offer include a comprehensive equipment store, fantastically effective drying room, comfortable lounge with log burning stove, and a games room.  Meals are taken in our traditional dining room.

We are able to work with groups of up to 5 groups of 12 apprentices and each group will have its own breakout room to personalise. This is an indoor space to bring the outdoor learning indoors: a space to plan, frontload and review the learning of the day.

The Details 

A dedicated member of Patterdale Hall staff will work with your organisation to tailor-make a programme and experience to fulfil your needs.  The nature of the fully-equipped centre means that delegates need only arrive with sensible and suitable outdoor clothing.

Walking boots, waterproofs and fleece jackets can be provided, along with all technical outdoor equipment. Due to Patterdale Hall’s unique location, once delegates have arrived all activities are accessed straight from the Hall with no need for further travel, thus maximising the use of time. 

The only thing better than the excellent location of Patterdale Hall is the welcoming staff and brilliant food. Both the centre staff and instructors worked hard to ensure that the NCS had an amazing experience. I would like to say a huge thank you and hope to be back soon.

Natalie - The Challenge

The Cost

Final cost depends on the chosen programme. We are a small provider with much lower overheads than others so are able to keep our costs quite low compared with other development providers.

Many programme durations are possible, from weekend to 7 day apprentice programmes and everything in between.

Any profits generated from activities undertaken at Patterdale Hall are gifted to the Bolton School bursary fund.

Contact

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us to discuss your requirements.

Email Patterdale Hall Director Tim Taylor or 017684 82233

We would be delighted to arrange to travel and meet with you face to face.

What is Patterdale Hall?

Patterdale Hall is a residential venue in the inspiring Lake District. Specialist staff provide hospitality and training for a range of organisations, often using outdoor and adventurous activities and experiences as the vehicle for development.

What will I be doing whilst at Patterdale Hall with my company?

Your company will share with you relevant information prior to your visit. They may not share the exact program. You are most likely to have a mix of indoor and outdoor sessions. We operate a 'Challenge by Choice' way of working and whilst we expect all delegates to give things a go and try, we will not force you into doing things. However we recognise that it is when people step outside of their comfort zone, that they gain the most from the experience. Do raise any concerns you may have.

What do I need to bring with me?

You will be sent a packing list prior to your visit.

Patterdale Hall is superbly set up with all the equipment for activities, such as boots and waterproofs, warm jackets, hats and gloves along with wetsuits and all specialist technical equipment. If you have your own boots and waterproofs, you may wish to bring them along, but please do not go out and buy anything your don't want to.

Old/less valuable clothing is key, things you are comfortable wearing and happy enough to perhaps get a little grubby in.

Please bring some indoor footwear to wear inside our lovely building of your other shoes are muddy.

Don't forget your washing kit if you are staying overnight along with a towel. Do speak up to a member of staff if your forget anything, we can help you out.

But what about Health and Safety?

Safety is our Number One concern. We think through all our activities very carefully in order to reduce risk to a tolerable level by adding in control measures. The dynamic variables such as you, your team and the weather are then considered nearer the time and on the day. We will share with you and involve you in this risk management process.

If there is anything you are unsure about, you should let us know. We value your contribution to our risk management processes.

By their very nature, adventurous activities can maintain an aspect of residual risk, this is often what helps it to be challenging and exciting. We consider and balance the residual risk against the benefit that can be gained from the activity.

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