Experience a canoe journey while enjoying breathtaking scenery

Win a canoe journey Family Activity Day for two adults and their children with North Yorkshire Outdoor Learning Service.

The team at North Yorkshire Outdoor Learning Service are passionate about getting people of all ages active, outdoors and in touch with nature. Based at two locations, they offer a mix of land and water-based outdoor programmes from primary school age children to teenagers aged 16 and over.

As well as fun-filled residentials for schools, they also offer training and development opportunities for adults and a popular Adventure Club that keeps young people active during the school holidays. Family Activity Days are a more recent introduction to the variety of options available – the perfect solution for families who want to spend quality time together taking on a challenge in the great outdoors and making memories that will last a lifetime.

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Three children in a canoe

The North Yorkshire Outdoor Learning Service is offering one lucky winner a canoe journey Family Activity Day experience for two adults and their children, to be used during the 2025 Easter holidays at either Bewerley Park Outdoor Education Centre in Pateley Bridge or East Barnby Outdoor Education Centre near Whitby.

You’ll learn to read the water and control your canoe as a team, with stunning views of the scenery and a wide variety of wildlife to enjoy along the way.

Find out more about Family Activity Days and what to expect.

Family Activity Days are running over both weeks of the North Yorkshire school holidays this Easter. Dates are Tuesday, 8 April, and Friday, 11 April, at Bewerley Park and Tuesday, April 8, and Tuesday, 15 April, at East Barnby.

Suitable for adults with children aged eight and upwards, all specialist kit will be provided including waterproofs.

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Two children and a lady in a circle looking at the camera
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For a chance to win this fantastic prize, just answer the following question:

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The closing date for entries to the competition is Monday, 24 March, 2025.

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Terms and conditions apply.

Entry to the competition is strictly restricted to people aged 16 and over.

The winner will be able to select which date and location they would prefer to attend from Tuesday, 8 April, to Friday, 11 April, at Bewerley Park or Tuesday, 8 April, to Tuesday, 15 April, at East Barnby.

Winners will be chosen at random from all correct entries.

Even if you’re not a lucky winner, you can get 10% off your Family Activity Day booking using the code ‘Hello10’. Find out more about Family Activity Days.

Competition terms and conditions

Your North Yorkshire publication competition and prize draw terms and conditions

  1. The competition is open to all UK residents aged 18 years or over.
  2. All correct and eligible entries into the competition will be entered into the prize draw.
  3. All competition entries must be submitted online or on a postcard or letter to Editor, Your North Yorkshire, Communications Team, North Yorkshire Council, County Hall, Racecourse Road, Northallerton, DL7 8AD and only one entry per person is permitted.
  4. The opening date and closing date for entries to the competition shall be as specified in competition information. Entries received after this time will not be considered or entered into the prize draw.
  5. The entity offering the competition is North Yorkshire Council of County Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8AD. North Yorkshire Council accepts no responsibility for entries not received for whatever reason, including, but not limited to human error, any technical fault, technical malfunction, computer hardware or software failure, satellite, network or server failure of any kind.
  6. One winner from the prize draw entries will be chosen by random draw on the draw date.
  7. Winners will receive the prizes as specified in the competition information from North Yorkshire Council or the provider of the prizes (as applicable).
  8. Winners will be notified before the notification date and must provide a valid UK postal address to claim the prizes. If a winner does not respond to North Yorkshire Council within five business days of being notified by North Yorkshire Council, then the winner's prize will be forfeited and North Yorkshire Council will select another winner from the prize draw at random.
  9. The prize for the winner is non-exchangeable, non-transferable and no cash alternative is offered.
  10. The decision of North Yorkshire Council regarding any aspect of the competition and/or the prize draw is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into in respect of the same.
  11. The winner's name and county can be obtained by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the Communications Team, North Yorkshire Council, County Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8AD no earlier than 42 days nor later than 84 days after the date of the closing date of the prize draw.
  12. Participants are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions upon entry. North Yorkshire Council reserves the right to refuse entry, or refuse to award prizes to anyone in breach of these terms and conditions.
  13. North Yorkshire Council reserves the right to hold void, cancel, suspend, or amend the competition and/or the prize draw where it becomes necessary to do so.
  14. Insofar as is permitted by law, North Yorkshire Council, its agents or employees will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of North Yorkshire Council its agents or employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
  15. Winners may be required to participate in publicity related to the prize draw which may include the publication of their name in any media.
  16. Personal data supplied during the course of the competition and the prize draw may be passed on to third parties only insofar as required for delivery of the prize in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation.
  17. The competition and prize draw will be governed by English law submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice is designed to help you understand how your personal data is processed in relation to any Your North Yorkshire competition. This notice should be read in conjunction with our Corporate Privacy Notice.

Who are we?

North Yorkshire Council is a ‘Data Controller’ as defined by Article 4(7) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This means that we have a duty of care towards the personal data that we collect and use. The Council has appointed Veritau Ltd to be its Data Protection Officer. Their contact details are:

Data Protection Officer (Veritau Ltd)
County Hall
Racecourse Lane
Northallerton
DL7 8AL

infogov@northyorks.gov.uk / 01904 552848.

By entering this competition you are giving your consent for us to contact you in the event that you are the winner. We will never pass on your details without your consent or use your information for any other purpose. Personal data of the winner may be passed on to third parties only insofar as required for delivery of the prize.

If you are unhappy with the way in which your data has been handled or the way in which a data protection request has been answered then you may complain to our data protection officer.

If you are still unhappy with the response from our data protection officer, or if you would rather complain straight to a regulator, then you may make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office which regulates data protection and information governance matters in the UK.

First Contact Team 
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House 
Water Lane 
Wilmslow Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Email: casework@ico.org.uk

For further information on how the Council processes your personal data, including your rights, please refer to our Corporate Privacy Notice.