Available Dates

2026 Dates

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 £170, 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 £170 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 £0.45p 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)

  • 2026 Dates.

    MARCH

    22nd March, Bronze Practice, London - In School Training Day (No lift Available)

    26th -28th March, Gold Practice, South Lakes

    APRIL

    7th - 9th April, Gold Practice, South Lakes

    11th - 13 April, Gold Practice, Black Mountains

    15th - 17th April, Bronze Practice, Ashdown Forest (No lift Available)

    23rd - 25th April, Bronze Lite, East Hertfordshire

    MAY

    3rd - 4th May, Bronze Practice, Ashdown Forest

    9th - 12th May, Silver Practice, Surrey Hills

    15th - 17th May, Gold Practice, Dark Peak

    16th - 18th May, Silver Practice, White Peak

    30th May - 1st June, Bronze Lite, Ashdown Forest

    JUNE

    3rd- 5th June, Bronze Lite, Forest of Bowland (No lift available)

    5th June only- In school training day, Forest of Bowland, (no lift available)

    5th - 7th June, Bronze Lite, Forest of Bowland (5th in school training day)

    6th - 8th June, Silver Qualifier, Dark Peak

    12th - 14th June, Silver Practice, Brecon Beacons

    17th - 19th June, Bronze Lite, Forest of Bowland

    20th - 23rd June, Gold Qualifier, North Lakes (Meet at HQ/PU only, no OS)

    24th - 26th June, Bronze Lite, Rivington. (No Lift Available)

    25th - 26th June, Bronze Qualifier, Chilterns (£185 a day)

    25th - 27th June, Silver Qualifier, Dark Peak.

    28th June - 1st July, Gold Qualifier, North Lakes (OS only, no vehicle shuttle possible until end)

    29th - 30th June, Bronze Qualifier, The Chilterns (£185 a day)

    30th June - 2nd July, Bronze Lite, Chilterns (Instructor Only)

    JULY

    4th - 7th July, Gold Qualifier, Eryri (No lift available or lift/travel back on 8th unpaid)

    4th - 8th July, Gold Qualifier, Eryri

    6th - 8th July, Silver Qualifier, Eryri

    15th - 17th July, Bronze Lite, Forest of Bowland

    20th - 24th July, Gold Practice, South Lakes

    AUGUST

    17th - 21st August, Gold Practice/Qualifier, Eryri

    SEPTEMBER

    9th - 12th September, Gold Qualifier, North Lakes

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