Real Challenges, Real Growth

SummitCraft CIC delivers structured outdoor programmes for adults aged 18 and over across Leicestershire and the wider East Midlands. Participants are drawn primarily from those aged 18-24 who are not in education, employment or training, on low incomes, unemployed, care leavers, or living in areas of high deprivation.

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The Ascent Programme

Ascent is SummitCraft's single-day entry programme for 18-to-24-year-olds who are NEET, care leavers, unemployed, or from the UK's most deprived areas. It delivers a first, achievable outdoor challenge that introduces our six Core Skills at foundation level, building towards Ridgeline.

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The Ridgeline Programme

Ridgeline is SummitCraft's core-tier programme for 18-to-24-year-olds developing early leadership, delivered as a single-day or two-day residential. Real terrain, real time pressure, and real accountability develop all six Core Skills together, closing with a structured debrief that builds on the reflective practice introduced at Ascent.

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Workshops

SummitCraft's Workshop is a single-day, facilitator-led session combining an outdoor skill activity, a team problem-solving challenge, and structured reflection, with a wet-weather indoor alternative where needed. Delivered in small groups, it develops five of our six Core Skills while ensuring every participant has a visible moment of achievement during the day.