Please complete the following form to register your session, this will enable us to promote your session and allow us to supply you with some resources to help with the running of your session(s).
In return, we ask you to return participation data, as this is extremely helpful for us to understand the success of the event, plan future support and helps to secure funding for future initiatives. After you have registered your session we will send you on a participant feedback form to help you to return data back to us.
Feedback in previous years has shown 98% of people who attend Starter Sessions really enjoy their experience and are interested in going again. When planning your session it is really important to think about what opportunity you will have lined up after the session to allow participants to go again.
Name of Club/Centre / Promotion:We want to help ensure your starter sessions are a success by promoting them as widely as possible. Please tick if you are happy for your sessions to be advertised
Website of Club/ Centre / British Canoeing/Scottish Canoe Association Websites / Yes No
Carefully selected 3rd party websites (e.g. BBC website) / Yes No
Organiser Details
Please provide the details of your details below so that we can get in touch with you if we have any questions regarding your event. Please also state if you are happy for the following details to be included in the advertising of your starter sessions. / Organisers Address
Please note this is not venue address. Your address information will not be shown on the website, it is needed to send you information and resources for your session. / Postcode:
Name / Yes No
Phone number / Yes No
Email Address / Yes No
Starter Session Details
Address: Please provide address of the location of your session. / Directions:Please provide clear instructions of where to go to on the day, including the meeting point if this is not obvious from address.
Postcode:
Providing this will ensure that we can promote the exact location of your session on our interactive canoe near you map correctly. This can be found by placing a pin on your location in google maps. / Latitude: (optional)
Longitude: (optional) / Name of Water:
e.g. River Trent, Lake Taplow, Beeston Canal
Description of Session:Please give an overview of what your session entails - 1000 characters max. Our standard overview of a Starter Session is provided as follows (feel free to adapt this for your specific activity or leave it as is). / Joining Instructions: Please provide any additional details that might be useful to a participant - suggested things to include: Equipment & Clothing needed, facilities available or further info not included in overview - 1000 characters max. Our standard text is provided as follows (feel free to adapt this for your specific activity or leave it as is).
Starter Sessions are an excellent way to be introduced to the sport of Canoeing. You don’t need to have any previous canoeing experience, specialist kit or skills…just come and have a go! If you have been canoeing before, our Starter Sessions are also a great opportunity to find out what we have to offer. Perhaps it has been a while since you were last on the water or maybe you want to share your passion, and introduce family and friends to the sport? Whatever your motivation, Starter Sessions will provide an ideal opportunity to get out on the water and try canoeing. / All equipment will be provided on the day so you don’t need any specialist kit to take part. We recommend wearing comfortable clothing, such as light tracksuit bottoms (not jeans) and layered tops, as well as any water/windproof over layers and a pair of old shoes (with secure fastenings) which you don’t mind getting wet – no flip flops.
Check the weather before leaving the house to ensure you take clothing to suit the conditions. If it is sunny, don’t forget to wear waterproof sun cream (we recommend a minimum of factor 30) and a hat, as the reflection of the sun off the water can be strong. It is also worth bringing a spare change of clothes to travel home in, just in case you get the odd splash off the paddle.
Starter Session Details
Title of Session e.g. Nottingham Canoe Starter Session, Adult Starter Session / Date / Start Time / Finish Time / Price / Any Age and Gender restrictions / Is your session Disability Friendly Yes/No / Boat Type Available:
Canoe, Kayak, SUP, Ergo, / Booking required?
Yes/No / Last Booking Date
Please indicate whether your session(s) will provide your participants to paddle a mile? / Yes No
Booking Details:If booking is required please provide booking contact details, if different from Organiser details.
Booking web URL / Tel / Email
Additional Info:Please provide any other specific additional information
Follow up Session:Please provide some brief details about what follow up opportunities you will provide participants with.
Images and Logos
We have the ability to promote your sessions with a specific image and logo, please tick below any you have attached and to confirm relevant permissions are in place for images to be used on our websites.
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Important Information - Please read the following
Feedback / Gathering information regarding participation is really important to us and is used to help plan future support for this area. We are really interested in knowing how many people are taking part in Starter Session and how many people then take part in future canoeing activity as the result of a positive experience. Funding partners are also very interested in the number of participants attending Go Canoeing sessions and your feedback will be used to help secure future funding for the sport.
I confirm that I will return feedback forms about the Starter Sessions registered.
For events in Scotland, please return registration form to