Available Dates

Correct as of 19th February 2025

Please see the dates we need your help with below.

Please help us where you can, and we would be really grateful if you could ask any other good instructors you know to apply with us via this link - https://samsykesltd.co.uk/dofe/resources/freelance-outdoor-instructor-positions

Standard Daily rate is £160, if you have worked with us before, you also know that Sam pays everyone really quickly, and normally within a week of receiving your invoice, if not the same day. You may also know that we will continue to pay for campsite fees, and £10 per group assessor report submitted to us. Additionally any designated drivers of Sam Sykes vans will receive an extra £40 per expedition if driving to the expedition the night before it is due to start. If driving our vehicle to an expedition on the day of the expedition there is no additional payment. 

When you apply for an expedition please ensure you include the date in full with the month and area.

This way we can all be sure exactly what you would like to do, and the allocation of work is correct.

Thanks for taking a look through this, and again, please let us know what you can do. 

Feel free to share this with any prospective instructors (ML, HML, LL/CLA or BEL), to help us get everything staffed.

On Standby

Due to an increasingly high number of bookings over the next season we are looking for ‘On Standby’ Instructors during our busiest periods.

This work will involve the ability to be ‘On Standby’ for a period of time during April, May, and June. You must be able to commit to blocks of work (multiples of consecutive days) and be able to travel to a venue within a 2-3 hour time window.

We are offering £50 a day for every day you are ‘On Standby’ and £160 a day for every day you are called in to work on an Expedition.

Mileage to and from the venue will be paid as expenses at 45p a mile if you are called while ‘On Standby’ to an active expedition. (Please note that this ONLY applies to ‘On Standby’ Instructors and not ‘Booked’ Instructors)

  • 2025

    March

    • 23rd March, Bronze Qualifier, In School (London) 1:14

    April

    • 23rd - 25th April, Bronze Practice, Ashdown Forest (£175 a Day)

    • 26th - 27th April, Bronze Qualifier, New Forest (Female Instructor Requested)

    • 26th - 28th April, Bronze Qualifier, Bath

    • 26th - 28th April, Silver Practice, Wye Valley

    May

    • 9th - 10th May, Silver Practice, Chilterns (Instructor Only - Travel Cost Paid)

    • 14th - 16th May, Bronze Lite, Chilterns (No Lift Available)

    • 16th - 18th May, Silver Qualifier, Dark Peak (Instructor Only - Travel Cost Paid)

    • 21st - 23rd May, Bronze Qualifier, Rivington

    • 21st - 23rd May, Silver Practice, New Forest (Instructor Only - Travel Cost Paid)

    • 31st May - 2nd June, Bronze Lite, Ashdown Forest (£175 a Day)

    June

    • 7th - 9th June, Silver Qualifier, Dark Peak

    • 8th - 9th June, Bronze Qualifier, South Downs (£175 a Day)

    • 13th- 15th June, Bronze Qualifier, Forest of Bowland

    • 14th - 16th June, Bronze Lite, Chilterns

    • 18th - 20th June, Bronze Qualifier, Surrey Hills (Instructor Only - Travel Cost Paid)

    • 19th - 20th June, Bronze Qualifier, Chilterns (£175 a Day)

    • 21st - 23rd June, Bronze Qualifier, Forest of Bowland

    • 21st - 23rd June, Silver Qualifier, Dark Peak

    • 21st - 24th June, Gold Assessment, South Lakes

    • 21st - 25th June, Gold Practice, South Lakes

    • 26th - 28th June, Silver Qualifier, White Peak

    • 30th June- 4th July, Gold Practice, Snowdonia

    July

    • 5th - 9th July, Gold Qualifier, Snowdonia

    • 9th - 11th July, Bronze Qualifier, Surrey Hills (Instructor Only - Travel Cost Paid)

    August

    • FULL

    September

    • 19th - 20th, Bronze Qualifier, Chilterns

    October

    • FULL

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