Projects Funded
The following is a summary of projects and people successfully funded by the Orienteering Foundation in recent years.
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| Year | Awarded to | Purpose | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Heeley Trust | Gleadless Valley project | Award |
| 2025 | Freddie Carcas | The World Games support | Award |
| 2025 | Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) | Young coach support on summer tours | Award and Lagganlia report and Stockholm report |
| 2025 | Civil Service Sports Council | Active Wellbeing project pilot | Award |
| 2025 | Eryri Orienteering Club | First aid training | Award and report |
| 2025 | Mar Orienteering Club (MAROC) | Scottish 6 days development project | Award |
| 2025 | Moravian Orienteers | Club Development Officer year 2 | Award |
| 2025 | West Cumberland Orienteering Club (WCOC) | Club Development Officer | Award |
| 2025 | Edinburgh University Orienteering Club (EUOC) | Performance Coach | Award and first report |
| 2024 | Octavian Droobers (OD) | Club Development Officer | Award and job ad |
| 2024 | Derwent Valley Orienteers (DVO) | Club Development Officer year 2 | Award and report |
| 2024 | Dan Heppell | European Youth Orienteering Champs expenses | Award |
| 2024 | West Cumberland Orienteering Club (WCOC) | Peter Palmer Junior Team Relay enhancement | Award and report |
| 2024 | Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) | Junior coach training support | Award and report |
| 2024 | Belvoir Cricket & Countryside Trust | Orienteering festival course equipment | Award and report |
| 2024 | Lagan Valley Orienteers (LVO) | Junior and families officers | Award |
| 2024 | Lakeland Orienteering Club (LOC) | Extension of CDO for family project into 3rd year | Award and report |
| 2024 | Interlopers (INT) | Club development officer | Award, report and report |
| 2024 | Clydeside orienteers (CLYDE) | Project coordinators for club development | Award and report |
| 2024 | Glasgow University Orienteering Club (GUOC) | Attending BUCS competition | Award |
| 2023 | Freddie Carcas | Attending European Championships knock-out sprint | Award and report |
| 2023 | Stirling University Orienteering Club (STUOC) | Club coach and planning workshop | Award and report |
| 2023 | Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) | Minibus driving lessons and test | Award and report |
| 2023 | South East Lancashire Orienteering Club (SELOC) | Adult "Map 5" and family project managers | Award |
| 2023 | Alasdair Pedley | Attendance at IOF Young Leaders Academy | Award and report |
| 2023 | British Orienteering | Elite coach development program | Award and report |
| 2023 | British Orienteering | High altitude training camps | Report |
| 2023 | Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) | Level 2 coaching coures | Award and report |
| 2023 | Moravian Orienteers (MOR) | New club development officer role | Award and report and report |
| 2023 | Derwent Valley Orienteers (DVO) | New club development officer role | Award and report and report |
| 2023 | Swansea Bay Orienteering Club (SBOC) | Extension of club development officer into second and third years | Award and report and report and final report |
| 2023 | Cleveland Orienteering Klub (CLOK) | Extension of club development officer into third year | Award |
| 2023 | Yardleys School, Birmingham | Launch school orienteering project | Award |
| 2022 | British Orienteering / JWOC team | Subsidise personal contributions to the rescheduled JWOC in Portugal | Award and report |
| 2022 | Iris MacMillan | Support to represent GBR at EYOC and JWOC | Award and report |
| 2022 | Lagan Valley Orienteers (LVO) | Coach development | Award and report |
| 2022 | Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) | New Czech Republic junior training camp | Award and report |
| 2022 | Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) | Coach expenses at Lagganlia junior training camp | Award and report |
| 2022 | Lakeland Orienteering Club (LOC) | Family O Challenge (club development officer) | Award and report and report and report and report! |
| 2022 | Roxburgh Reivers Orienteering Club (RR) | Club Development project with communities and schools | Award |
| 2022 | Swansea Bay Orienteering Club (SBOC) | Club Development Officer | Award and report |
| 2021 | HH and SMOC | Medals and prizes for British Schools Orienteering Champs | Award and report |
| 2021 | KFO | Map Devilla for new O hub | Award and report |
| 2021 | AYROC | Isle of Arran orienteering initiative | Award and report |
| 2021 | British Orienteering | Aspiring Elites program | Project announcement |
| 2021 | British Orienteering TrailO Development Steering Group | Production of a promotional TrailO video | Award and video |
| 2021 | Forth Valley Orienteers (FVO) | Club Development Officer extension | Award and appointment |
| 2020 | Lakeland Orienteering Club (LOC) | Coaching education courses | Award and report |
| 2020 | Cleveland Orienteering Klub (CLOK) | Club Development Officer | Award and appointment |
| 2020 | Scottish Orienteering Association | Developing orienteering in Lochaber | Award and report |
| 2020 | Neil Bricknell | App store license costs for Event-O app | Award |
| 2020 | The Run In podcast | Server and music costs | Award and report |
| 2020 | Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club (ESOC) | MapRun series for disabled users | Award |
| 2020 | Katherine Bett | Production of a video promoting Permanent Orienteering Courses | Report and press release |
| 2020 | Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) | Junior coach development at Lagganlia (carried over to 2021) | Award and report |
| 2020 | UK Elite Orienteering League (UKEOL) | GPS tracking at British and JK | Award and report |
| 2019 | Neil Bricknell | App store license costs for Event-O app | |
| 2019 | Charlotte Ward Cecilie Andersen | Support with expenses for competing for GBR at the World Cup Final 2019 in China | Award, Charlotte's report and Cecilie's report |
| 2019 | Lawrence Jones | Prototype of an Open Design Orienteering Timing System | Award and report |
| 2019 | WOC 2019 campaign | Crowd-sourced funding for WOC 2019 athletes | Campaign and report |
| 2019 | Lagan Valley Orienterers | Ceildph and mementoes to enhance the Junior Home Internationals | Award and report |
| 2019 | Steve Rush photography | Hosting costs for orienteering event photography | Award |
| 2019 | Masterplan adventure | Mapping for events in Fife to stimulate orienteering development in the area | Award |
| 2019 | Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) | Junior coach development at Lagganlia | Award, additional award and report |
| 2018 | Scottish Schools Orienteering Association | Three training days in preparation for the World Schools Champs 2019 in Estonia | Competition report and Training camp report |
| 2018 | Orienteering club of Exeter University (OROX) | Startup of new university orienteering club | Award and report |
| 2018 | Tayside Orienteers | Strathearn Schools Development Project | Award and report |
| 2018 | British Schools Orienteering Association (BSOA) | English schools participation in World Schools Champs 2019 in Estonia | Report |
| 2018 | WOC 2018 campaign | Crowd-sourced funding for WOC 2018 athletes | Campaign and report |
| 2018 | Scottish Orienteering Association | Launch event and roll out of the Scottish Orienteering Youth Leader (SOYL) programme | Launch report |
| 2018 | Chloe Potter | Support with expenses for competing for GBR at the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2018 in Hungary | |
| 2018 | Alice Leake Jessica Tullie Peter Hodkinson Sasha Chepelin Will Gardner | Support with expenses for competing for GBR at the European Orienteering Championships 2018 in Switzerland | Award and Report |
| 2018 | Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) | Development of junior coaches at Lagganlia camp in July 2018 | Video |
| 2017 | Mar Orienteering Club | Support MAROC Talent Squad Inspiration Camp | Report |
| 2017 | Aberdeen University Orienteering Club | Developing the club further and getting more students interested | |
| 2017 | Glasgow University Orienteering Club | Increasing the scope of the annual training weekend | |
| 2017 | WOC 2017 campaign | Crowd-sourced funding for WOC 2017 athletes | Campaign |
| 2017 | Graham Gristwood | Map areas around Stirling for elite training | |
| 2017 | Oliver O'Brien | Enhancements to Open Orienteering Map v3 | Report |
| 2017 | Scottish Schools Orienteering Association | Pre-competition training and additional coach for World Schools Champs 2017 in Sicily, Italy | |
| 2017 | Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) | Training camp for the development of junior coaches at Lagganlia in July 2017 | |
| 2017 | Yorkshire and Humberside Orienteering Association (YHOA) | Junior squad coaches working towards their formal level 2 coaching qualification | |
| 2017 | British Orienteering Squad | Touch-free SIAC cards for the squad to enhance their practice | |
| 2017 | Kris Jones | Extension of Dundee urban map, to enhance WOC 2017 sprint training and benefit the local orienteering club | |
| 2016 | Chris Smithard | Development of a website to help orienteers analyse and evaluate their technique | |
| 2016 | British Schools Orienteering Association (BSOA) | English schools participation in World Schools Champs 2017 in Sicily, Italy | Report |
| 2016 | Harrison McCartney | Junior World Orienteering Championships | |
| 2016 | Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) | Summer training camp in Scotland | Report |
| 2016 | Tom Dobra | European Trail-O championships | Report |
| 2015 | Scottish Schools Orienteering Association | Training camp for the World Schools championships | Report |
| 2015 | Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) | Coach development at summer training camp in Scotland | Report |
| 2014 | British Schools Orienteering Association (BSOA) | English schools participation in World Schools Champs 2015 in Turkey | Report |
| 2014 | West Midlands Junior Squad (WMJS) | Training tour to Sweden | |
| 2014 | Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) | Coach development at summer training camp at Lagganlia | Report |
| 2013 | Scottish Schools Orienteering Association | Participation at World Schools Champs in Portual | |
| 2013 | British Schools Orienteering Association (BSOA) | Participation at World Schools Champs in Portual | |
| 2013 | Junior Regional Orienteering Squads (JROS) | Summer coaching camp in Scotland | |
| 2013 | Welsh Juniors | Assistance with staging the Ward Junior Home Internationals | |
| 2012 | North West Junior Squad (NWJS) | Training camp in Norway | |
| 2012 | South East Orienteering Association (SEOA) | Assistance with staging the Ward Junior Home Internationals | |
| 2012 | Welsh Juniors | Training camp in Stirling | |
| 2011 | Scottish Orienteering Association | World Schools Champs in Italy | |
| 2011 | Fermanagh Orienteering Club | Enhancement of the Ward Junior Home International | Report |
| 2011 | Welsh Juniors | Training camp in Sweden | Report |