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Club information
Constitution, policies, safeguarding, insurance, members' resources and other useful odds and ends. If you're looking for something specific and can't find it here, the committee can usually point you in the right direction.
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Governance
How the club is constituted and the rules we run by.
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Privacy Statement
How PFO collects, stores, uses and shares your personal data.
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Event Cancellation Refund Policy
What happens if a PFO event has to be cancelled, and how refunds work.
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About Us
Pendle Forest Orienteers is a small orienteering club based around Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Accrington and Blackburn. We organise around…
Safety
Safeguarding, insurance, and event-day safety procedures.
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PFO Safeguarding policy
PFO follows British Orienteering's safeguarding policy. How to report a concern.
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Insurance
PFO is covered by the British Orienteering Federation policy.
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Pre existing medical conditions
Let us know if you have any pre-existing medical conditions that may help in the case of an emergency
Participation
Anytime orienteering, training, and getting involved beyond events.
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Anytime Orienteering
Courses you can take part in any time it's convenient — [permanent courses](/information/permanent-orienteering-courses) or MapRun.
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Permanent Orienteering Courses
A Permanent Orienteering Course is a set of plaques often on posts or other features in an area which represent a series of checkpoints to visit. There are pre-made orienteering courses varying in length and difficulty ready for you to try at the locations below:
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Types of orienteering
A quick guide to the formats you'll see at PFO events — by terrain (what you're running on) and by course style (how the course works).
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Explanation of event levels
Training, Local, Regional, National, Major — a quick guide to what each event level means, plus how courses are graded by technical difficulty.
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MapRun Orienteering Courses
Free virtual orienteering courses across the world. Use the MapRun smartphone app — no physical posts, no entry fee, your phone beeps when you reach each control.
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Frequent questions
A short list of the questions newcomers ask most often — about how orienteering works, what to wear, how long courses are, and what happens on the day.
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What is my age class?
Orienteering age classes are based on your age at the end of the year — this table maps your age to the M/W class you'll enter.
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Resources for Teachers
Why offer orienteering in schools, how it fits the curriculum, and recommended books for teachers and coaches.
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RouteGadget
A web app for sharing, comparing and replaying orienteering routes — draw your route or upload a GPS track.
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Important Event Information
Safety and Risk: A comprehensive risk assessment will have been carried out by the organiser, but participants take part at their own risk a…
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Membership
How to join and the benefits of membership of Pendle Forest Orienteers
Members' resources
Newsletter, rankings, trophies and other member-only items.
Hints and tips
How-to guides, organiser tools, and useful third-party software.