Enrich Education Partnership with the International Orienteering Federation

16/01/2023

Enrich Education has entered into partnership with The International Orienteering Federation (IOF). Enrich is now recognised as the official IOF School Orienteering Partner and World Orienteering Day Partner.

This partnership will enhance opportunities for schools and young people from throughout the world to access orienteering and cross-curricular outdoor learning on their school sites.

Matthew Vaudrey, Managing Director at Enrich Education, said:

"Enrich Education is delighted to have entered into this pioneering partnership and proud to be recognised as the IOF’s official School Orienteering Partner. Orienteering is a truly unique way to get young people active and outdoors, positively impacting on their physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing. The potential for schools across the world to use the power of orienteering to enhance young people’s wellbeing and their wider learning, is huge. This exciting and pioneering partnership will enable many more schools and young people to enjoy the benefits of orienteering."

Henrik Eliasson, CEO at International Orienteering Federation, said:

"IOF is pleased to enter the new partnership with Enrich Education as we see it as an important step in our mission to promote the global growth of orienteering. Through initiatives such as World Orienteering Day, we have received great feedback from schools, teachers and students around the world who have tried their hand at orienteering. The unique abilities of orienteering to combine movement and learning is tailor-made for schools and we are convinced that Enrich Education’s experience from the UK is the right one to unlock this potential on a larger scale. IOF’s main goal is to become a global and sustainable sport and we look forward to taking a step on the road in close cooperation with Enrich Education and our member federations."

The benefits of this new partnership include:

• Positively impacting young people’s physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing through the power of orienteering.
• Engaging young people in active lessons from across the curriculum, enhancing wider learning and physical activity.

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