We are the Orienteering Foundation, a charity that promotes and supports orienteering, to bring all the benefits this amazing sport has to offer the people of the UK, and to ensure that our sport is here for the enjoyment of generations to come. Important areas of focus (but by no means the only ones!) include:
Club development | Volunteer effort project | Newcomer Retention | Technology innovation | Coaching Days | Legacy Program
Reach out to any of us to discuss any aspect of our work, including how you can Support Us and Apply for Funding.
We are governed by a Chair and a Board of Trustees, and supported by Ambassadors to reach the orienteering community. See Meet the Board, Meet our Ambassadors and Get in Touch to find your nearest Ambassador or Trustee, or talk to our administrator Viv Macdonald (email).
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The Orienteering Foundation works to tackle emerging issues. We fund junior programmes, invest in elites, develop clubs, support adult coaching opportunities, developing ways to alleviate volunteer workloads, and sponsor projects leveraging new technologies in our sport. With your help we can do more.

Interlopers club development report
We awarded a grant to Interlopers Orienteering Club last year to help fund a club development project, as part of a 4 year strategic plan (see award article), and are pleased to share their report on progress over the first 6 months.
Annual report 2024
Our annual report for 2024 is now available here.

Civil Service Active Wellbeing through Orienteering
We are pleased to make an award to the Civil Service Sports Council

ERYRI First Aid Training
We are pleased to make an award to ERYRI Orienteering Club to support attendance at a first aid training course.

MAROC Scottish 6 days development project
We are excited to make a grant to Mar Orienteering Club (MAROC) to support a development project in the run up to the Scottish 6 Days taking place on Deeside this summer.

Moravian CDO year 2 award
We are happy to be supporting Moravian for the second year of their Club Development Officer appointment.

WCOC club development officer
We are pleased to announce support for West Cumberland Orienteering Club (WCOC) in the appointment of a club development officer.