Choose from a range of British Canoeing Personal Performance Awards, Leadership Awards, and safety and rescue training courses.
Paddle Start Award
Experience your first session on the water; learning useful skills for an enjoyable paddling experience. This award aims to provide you with the basic knowledge to enable you to safely get in and out of your boat, make it move and return to your start point. This is your first step into the world of paddling, ensuring you feel safe, confident and ready to progress to the Discover Award. We can help you achieve this award in our Learn to Sea Kayak Sessions.
Price: £105 per person

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Paddle Discover Award
paddling; giving you the confidence to progress to making your own choices with the Explore Award. We can help you achieve this award in our Learn to Sea Kayak and Improver Sea Kayak Sessions.
Price: £105 per person

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Paddle Explore Award
Your Explore Award gives you ownership; allowing you to choose where you move next in the world of paddlesport. Working with a coach you will be able to develop a programme that suits what you need. Learning to make confident choices with this individualised approach. Recognising your ability to independently paddle your chosen craft in a sheltered water environment. We can help you achieve this award in our Improver Sea Kayak Sessions.
Price: £105 per person

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British Canoeing Sea Kayak Award
The Sea Kayak Award is designed to develop your skills and ability to apply appropriate decision making for an enjoyable and safe day out on the sea. We can help you achieve this award in our Improver or Sea Kayak Skye Sessions or on request in a Sea Kayak Award session.
Price: £105 per person

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British Canoeing Coastal Sea Kayak Award
This award is designed to progress your ability in appropriate decision making and personal paddling skills for an enjoyable and safe day out on the sea. We can help you achieve this award in our Sea Kayak Skye Sessions or on request in a Coastal Sea Kayak Award session.
Price: £105 per person

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Sea Kayak Leader Award
This award delivers the personal skill level and leadership ability required to lead a group of paddlers on short, single or multi-day journeys in a moderate tidal water environment with winds not exceeding Beaufort Force 4.
Length: 2 days skills training; 1 day Assessment
Price: £250 Training; £250 Assessment

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British Canoeing Coastal Navigation and Tidal Planning
The aim of this course is to give the student the tools to enable them to plan and navigate effectively on coastal journeys in moderate sea conditions. This course is designed for those paddlers carrying out coastal journeys including islands up to 2 nautical miles offshore in areas of tidal movement up to 2 knots and is a prerequisite for those seeking their British Canoeing Sea Leader Award.
Length: The course comprises 4 x 2 hour online sessions with tasks to be completed in your own time.
Price: £110

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