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• 🌟 Giving back to the wider community
• Our Commitment to Parents and Junior Members on Photography and Image Sharing (Under 18s)
• 🚨Entries close TOMORROW for WEE5 at Botanic Gardens, Belfast!
• 🗺️ Behind the Scenes: Planning Our Event Locations for 2027–2031
• ⏰ Entries now open for WEE5 Botanic Gardens

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• 🌟 Giving back to the wider community - Community and connection are at the heart of LVO, and giving back to the organisations that support our members and the wider community is something we’re proud to do. This year, we’re delighted to announce that LVO will be making donations to: 💙 Queen’s University Belfast Foundation (QUB) – MS Research💙 Macmillan Cancer Support💙 Almost Home NI Animal Rescue💙 Mourne Mountain Rescue 👏 These donations are made possible thanks to the incredible efforts of our volunteers who help deliver the Original Mourne Seven Sevens Challenge Walk each August. 👉 Entries for the 2026 Original Mourne Seven Sevens Challenge Walk are… Read More ...
• Our Commitment to Parents and Junior Members on Photography and Image Sharing (Under 18s) - At LVO, the safety and wellbeing of our junior members is a priority. We recognise the important role that photographs and social media play in celebrating participation, achievements, and our community, while also ensuring we take a responsible approach to safeguarding young people online. In line with guidance from the NSPCC, Child Protection in Sport Unit, and British Orienteering, the club is committed to the following principles when sharing images of members under 18: We will: Avoid using a young person’s full name or sensitive personal information alongside a clear, identifiable image. Use photography that focuses on the activity and… Read More ...
• 🚨Entries close TOMORROW for WEE5 at Botanic Gardens, Belfast! - 🚨Entries close TOMORROW (Tues 2/06) for WEE5 at Botanic Gardens, Belfast! Full event details can be found here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/wee-5-26/ Follow the link or scan the QR Code to go straight to SIEntries: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=17849 Remember you can bring non-member friends for free! Sign them up: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/Nq1tubeg52 Read More ...
• 🗺️ Behind the Scenes: Planning Our Event Locations for 2027–2031 - 📍 Behind the scenes, our club’s fixtures team has been hard at work planning ahead! We’ve now put the locations for our Regional, NI and club events in place for the next five years (2027–2031). Getting venues secured this far in advance helps us organise maps, permissions and volunteers with plenty of time to spare, keeping everything running smoothly for competitors and organisers alike. You can view all planned locations here: https://lvo.org.uk/events/ Please note that our WEE and Club Meet locations are agreed on an annual basis in collaboration with planners and coaches, so these are not included in the longer-term plan.… Read More ...

About Orienteering

Videos: Introduction to Orienteering | Setting the map | Using the Compass | Attack Points | Aiming Off | Large Contour Features | Route Choice | Intricate Contours.

Websites: Learn Orienteering (e.g. map colours, legends, control symbols and much else besides) | O-training.net (a resource for orienteering training).

Read about the different types of orienteering here and you’ll find some tips here.