Howard Blackman, Business Development Officer for British Orienteering, said:
“Our Recognised Centre scheme is designed to work with Outdoor Centres to understand how orienteering is used as a tool to deliver a wide variety of educational outcomes.  We are pleased to recognise the Cliffe House team as delivering a high-quality orienteering experience to visiting groups.”

Pat Mee, Recognised Centre Advisor, said:  "The Centre demonstrated a very high level of delivering an orienteering session having taken on board the actions and recommendations from the original visit.  The Centre now has plans to further expand the orienteering provision for Kirklees and I look forward to supporting them in their new ventures."

Find out more about Cliffe House Outdoor Study and Conference Centre here.

Recognised Centre status is awarded to Outdoor Centres who can show a consistently high standard of orienteering across a range of criteria that covers orienteering delivery, staffing, resourcing as well as policies and procedures. These are examined in detail by British Orienteering advisors and accredited to Outdoor Centres only if they meet the standards.

British Orienteering, the National Governing Body of the sport, provide specialist advisors to help Outdoor Centres across the country to provide the highest standards in orienteering delivery.   

As part of the Recognised Centre Scheme, British Orienteering provides approved outdoor centres with: 

• A Recognised Centre certificate to display at their centre which confirms that the National Governing Body of the sport of orienteering is satisfied with the standards in orienteering being delivered by the centre
• Use of the British Orienteering Recognised Centre logo on all their correspondence
• A high profile listing on the British Orienteering website
• Opportunities to host British Orienteering workshops, training courses and camps
• On-going access to a wealth of orienteering knowledge and expertise

For more information about the scheme and how to join visit the dedicated Recognised Centre section on the British Orienteering website.