Additionally, as well as the Activities Centres, under the umbrella of Northamptonshire Educational Activities Centres are the The Duke of Edinburgh's Award and Educational Visits Co-ordinators (EVCs).

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award is committed to providing an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding programme of personal development for young people, which is of the highest quality and the widest reach.

Whether you are working on local projects, residential courses or challenging adventurous activities it is a requirement of the DfES and Local Authority, that LA school should have a trained Educational Visits Co-ordinators (EVCs).

You can find links to websites with important information about all these topics from the Northamptonshire Educational Activities Centres website.