Biography
Grafham Water Centre (GWC) is an AALA licensed residential outdoor activity centre, set against the backdrop of Grafham Water Reservoir run by Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) with recognised external accreditation of AHOEC Gold Standard and CLOtC. As a Local Authority Service, we wholly subscribe to the Council's ambition of creating a greener, fairer and more caring Cambridgeshire and express its behaviours in all we do: Lives over Services, Collaborative, Creative and Aspirational, and Accountable. The centre is based in Cambridgeshire, near to Huntingdon, in the small village of Perry within a quiet residential area. The site is private, enclosed, secure and is only open to those who have booked with us. The centre offers a fully inclusive outdoor learning experiences for schools, youth groups, individuals, and other organisations, with a 160 bed residential capacity in fully accessible dormitory style rooms; a number of our rooms and bathrooms are fully equipped to accommodate those with more significant physical disabilities and provide a sanctuary for individual escape should it be required. As part of the residential we provide high quality catering facilities, providing breakfast, lunch and dinner to meet all dietary needs. We offer a wide variety of land and water based activities including keel boating, power boating, bush craft, problem solving, raft build, sailing, kayaking, canoeing, climbing, archery, mountain biking, and high ropes. In all this, we make links to the wellbeing and therapeutic benefits of challenging yourself in a safe and inclusive outdoor environment. Each group is provided with a fully accessible lounge from which they are based for the duration of their stay - this is where they meet as a group during breaks, and receive briefings from their course directors and dedicated members of our instructor team. The centre also has a fully heated sports hall with capacity for over 150 people, two large marquees and a variety of other spaces for groups to use around site.