VENTURE BEYOND

Venture Beyond is a specialist training provider, delivering a range of training programmes to clients in the Expedition, high-risk environments, and Adventure sports sectors.

Built on over 25 years of experience leading and delivering expeditions, managing high-risk safety, and coaching adventure-sport athletes.

Our VB programmes are innovative, high-performance, dynamic training programmes grounded in real-world practical and academic experiences, helping clients develop their performance, knowledge, and understanding in learning environments that embed learning and enable them to apply it in their practice.

Expedition Leadership (Online) Course - The course that puts the theory into Expedition leadership, the deep underpinning of what it means to be and to operate as an expedition leader. This course is for novice and early career leaders, as well as experienced leaders, and is equally applicable to leaders who lead Duke of Edinburgh expeditions as well as those working for commercial companies or leading field work expeditions.

James is a highly experienced and award-winning expedition leader who has over 25 years of experience in the outdoor and expedition sector. He has led expeditions across the globe to all biomes, with young people, adults, from scientists to tourists. He has also worked in expedition operations and development, as a specialist High Risk Safety advisor for expeditions, the expedition sector and for the TV and Film sector. An experienced and sought-after trainer, delivering adventure sports programmes, health & safety training, expedition skills and Leadership training. James is also a respected lecturer, an emerging academic and a soon-to-be-published researcher. He has lectured on several Outdoor Degree programmes, holds a BA in Outdoor leadership, and an MA in Outdoor Practice, studying the behaviours of expedition leaders and their development.

James Dyer