Unlock Real-World Adventures That Build Confidence, Skills, and Lasting Memories
Looking for exciting, active and meaningful experiences for your child? At EduSports, we offer a wide range of holiday activities, water sports, and adventure days designed to get young people outdoors, engaged, and thriving, away from screens and into the real world.
Whether it’s paddle boarding in Bedfordshire or Milton Keynes, canoeing in Bedford, or taking part in our fun-filled summer holiday activity days, we tailor every session to suit different ages, abilities, and interests. From energetic sports to team-building challenges, we focus on developing lifelong skills like communication, teamwork, resilience, and even cooking, all while ensuring your child has an unforgettable experience.
Our flexible approach means every child is supported and encouraged in a way that works for them. As we get to know your child, we adapt our activities to match their energy, confidence, and goals, making each session personal, rewarding, and fun.
Eduscapes: Tailored Adventure Days That Grow With Your Child
At EduSports, we believe real adventures create real growth. Our Eduscapes experiences give young people and adults,the opportunity to build memories, confidence, and independence, through carefully designed, age-appropriate expeditions that balance fun, challenge, and personal development.
So what is Eduscpaes? Well let's Escape through Edusports. From residentials, to adventures and holiday multi-activity days, this encompasses it all. You could be going to the Norfolk Broads, Wales, the South Coast - really, with us, you could be going all over the country and we're not stopping there! We're currently investigating international trips.
With many different adventures, and experiences to explore, it's great and just by looking here, we know you want to join us.
Our Eduscapes are perfect for individuals, school groups, youth organisations, or families seeking meaningful adventure days in the UK. We’ll handle all the planning, your child brings the energy, and we’ll deliver the adventure.
Adventure Xtreme
The Ultimate Skills-Based Activity Club for Young Explorers
Adventure Xtreme is more than just an activity club, it’s a term-time programme designed to bring out your child’s inner adventurer while building essential life skills along the way. Each session is packed with fun, hands-on experiences that promote communication, teamwork, resilience, and leadership through a wide variety of indoor and outdoor activities.
Led by our fully qualified instructors, sessions are carefully tailored each term based on the group's interests, giving your child a real voice in how their experience unfolds. Whether it’s a series of high-energy challenges or practical, skill-based learning, every term brings new opportunities to grow, connect, and have fun.
From adventurous team tasks to exciting outdoor experiences, Adventure Xtreme is the perfect way to keep your child active and engaged across the school year. It’s ideal for families looking for midweek programmes, or regular adventure days out for children in the UK.
Is your child ready for the challenge?
Term-based sign-up ensures consistency, commitment, and progression throughout the year.
Engaging and Enriching Holiday Activities for Children Aged 8+
Looking for exciting, reliable, and enriching holiday activities for your child? Our M.A.D. (Multi-Activity Day) courses at EduSports are designed to keep children aged 8 and up active, inspired, and having fun throughout the school holidays.
More than just entertainment, our activity days blend adventure with subtle educational value, developing skills that last a lifetime.
Each day offers a safe, structured environment led by qualified instructors, with opportunities for children to try a variety of activities both indoors and outdoors. From sports and team challenges to hands-on creative tasks, every child gets to play a role in shaping their own day, helping to boost confidence, independence, and decision-making.
We also offer:
Exciting day trips to locations like London, the Space Centre in Leicester, and local museums
Residentials across the UK, ideal for families seeking more immersive adventure days out
Rotating activities year-round, so no two school breaks are ever the same!
Whether your child is interested in powerboating, canoeing, paddle boarding, or simply looking for fun-filled days with friends, EduSports holiday programmes offer the perfect mix of structure and freedom, helping them grow through real-world adventure.
Paddle Squad: Confidence-Building Water Sports for Young Adventurers
Our Paddle Squad programme offers an exciting, structured pathway for children and teens to learn and grow through water-based activities. Whether your child is completely new to paddling or ready to take on more advanced challenges, our two-tiered squad system supports them every step of the way.
Beginner Squad
Ideal for younger participants or those new to paddling, this squad focuses on developing essential skills across a variety of crafts, including canoeing, paddle boarding, and kayaking. Safety, confidence, and fun are at the heart of every session, ensuring your child learns how to navigate the water responsibly, while enjoying every moment.
Children in the Beginner Squad also get the exciting opportunity to take part in a group trip to Wales, where they are safely introduced to whitewater paddling in a controlled, instructor-led environment.
Advanced Squad
Once your child has mastered the basics, they can move up to our Advanced Squad, where they’ll refine their paddling skills and take on more challenging water environments. This level is perfect for children who are eager to push their abilities and explore new aspects of water sports, including paddle boarding in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.
All sessions are led by experienced, qualified instructors, with a strong emphasis on personal development, water safety, and having fun on the water.
Splash Squad
From a child, who asked us to do swimming lessons, as they had finished their original lessons, but didn't want to join a club getting up at 4am and going swimming for that length of time! Welcome to the Edusports Splash Squad: a swimming club with a difference. Your children have gone through the swimming lessons and now they're ready to take on a new challenge. A challenge that is not just 'normal swimming lessons', but swimming in a club that is different. Similar to our other activities, we don't do everything in the normal standard way. Fun and keeping fit, whilst learning and having fun.
Designed for children aged 8+ to 16, our Splash Squad is for those children who want a bit more fun into their swim session.
It's not just about swimming up and down. We do much more!
- Diving
- Competitive
- Water polo
- Rookie Lifeguard
- Distance
- Artistic
and brand new in September, we're bringing in Water Hockey!
Our sessions flow like this...
7:15pm to 8:15pm - teaching, games, fun.
8:15pm to 8:45pm - Floats, fun and chill! Every other week, we'll also be running a Rookie Lifeguard session in this time too (seperate sign up).
The only condition to join our Splash Squad is that you must be able to swim a width of the pool.
Duke of Edinburgh's Award: Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire's DofE Directly Licensed Centre run by Edusports
Edusports is a Directly Licensed Centre for Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. What does this mean?
Essentially, we are licensed by the DofE to deliver the DofE Awards including expeditions and the different sections. You must live in Bedfordshire or Buckinghamshire. If, you live outside of this county, there are other open awards centres that can help you too.
3 Levels
We are able to help register you for all 3 levels. Before you sign up and commit to your award, we will have a discussion with you about which award is the best suited for you.
At each level, you will need to do 4 sections (5 for Gold) and these have certain time scales attached to them. As you progress through each level, the timescales get longer and the level should get harder, so it is a challenge, encouraging you to come out of your comfort zone. These consist of :
- Volunteering
- Skills
- Physical
- Expedition
- Residential (Gold only).
To register for your Bronze Award, you must be in Year 9 or above. For Silver, Year 10 or above. For Gold, you must be 16 years. All awards must be completed by the age of 25.
Edusports Delivery
Once you've decided to commit and signed up via us, we will register you for your Award.
The modes of travel which we can currently within Edusports are:
- Walking
- Mountain biking / cycling
- Sailing
- Paddlesport
You'll meet online with your Group Leader once a half term and then equally for your practice expedition and qualifying expedition as well as any other training days as required.
All dates can be seen on the bookings page.
Bike Squad
Bike Squad - it's brand new!
You can ride a bike, but do you know how to really ride it? Do you know how to go round berms? Use your gears to help you ride efficiently, using your weight to help you as you ride, as well as having fun?
We'll be heading out on rides, but also you'll be learning about some maintenance and building your skills. Where will we be going? All over the place! It's time for some fun and entertainment!
Children's Activites - FAQs
Edusports offers a wide range of children's activities including holiday activity days, adventure days, paddlesports, swimming, cycling and Duke of Edinburgh's Award programmes. Activities are designed to help young people stay active while developing skills such as confidence, teamwork, communication and resilience.
The appropriate age depends on the activity. For example, Edusports' M.A.D. (Multi-Activity Day) courses are designed for children aged 8 and over, while Splash Squad is for children aged 8 to 16. Other programmes have their own age or eligibility requirements, so these should be checked for the specific activity.
Yes. Edusports offers activities for children with different levels of experience. Its programmes include opportunities for children who are new to activities such as paddlesports, as well as options for those looking to develop existing skills and take on greater challenges.
Edusports' children's activities can help develop skills including communication, teamwork, resilience, leadership, confidence, independence and decision-making. The activities combine practical experiences and challenges with opportunities for children to learn and develop in an engaging environment.
Yes. Edusports offers holiday activity programmes including M.A.D. (Multi-Activity Day) courses, with activities taking place during school holidays. The programme includes a variety of indoor and outdoor activities, with activities rotating throughout the year.
Yes. Edusports provides activities and adventure experiences for school groups and youth organisations. Its wider offering includes adventure days, expeditions and other group experiences designed to combine activity, challenge and personal development.
Edusports offers a variety of outdoor experiences, including paddlesports, cycling, adventure activities and expeditions. Depending on the programme, children can take part in activities such as canoeing, paddle boarding, kayaking and cycling, as well as wider outdoor challenges and trips.
Yes. Edusports offers several water-based activities for children, including canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding and swimming. Its programmes include both introductory opportunities and activities designed to help young people develop their confidence and skills on the water.
Yes. Edusports states that its children's activities are delivered by qualified or experienced instructors, depending on the programme. Its M.A.D. activity days and Paddle Squad sessions, for example, are led by qualified instructors, with safety and appropriate support forming an important part of the activities.
Yes. Edusports is the Directly Licensed Centre for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire and can support participants through all three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold. The programme includes sections such as volunteering, skills, physical activity and expeditions, with a residential section also required at Gold level.
Edusports is based in Bedford and provides children's activities in Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes and other locations depending on the programme. Its Eduscapes experiences can take young people to destinations across the UK, while some activities and programmes are delivered at specific local venues or locations.
Edusports focuses on providing structured activities led by qualified or experienced instructors, with safety, confidence and personal development built into its programmes. Activities are adapted to suit different ages, abilities, interests and levels of confidence, helping children take part in challenges that are appropriate for them.