BEYOND BOOKING
All you need to know to build a brilliant SU Holiday at Lendrick Muir
All fantastic SU Holidays need the same 4 elements.
Fun - Food - Sleep
& the opportunity to explore the Bible and encounter Jesus.
We are delighted to have you as a TL/ATL at an SU Holiday. This page is packed with useful information. Please share all relevant information and documents with your team and cooks.
Arrival Day
Team Leaders Arrival
All TLs must check in at Reception at 11:30am for the TL Briefing. Multiple events may be briefed at the same time so please arrive promptly. Other members of the team are welcome if that is useful.
If you are arriving later, please coordinate with Alyson to arrange a later time for briefing. Briefings must take place before your Team arrive.
If you are arriving later, please coordinate with Alyson to arrange a later time for briefing. Briefings must take place before your Team arrive.
Team Arrival
Team are welcome to arrive from 12 onwards but must ONLY access the rooms allocated to them. This will be one room in which to meet with your team and access to a toilet.
• Moubray - Moubray meeting room and adjacent toilet
• Ochil – Orangery and adjacent toilet, please use external Orangery door.
• Glendevon – MacDonald room and adjacent toilet, using the external door directly next to MacDonald room.
• Main house or whole centre – Orangery and adjacent toilet. We hope to also have additional toilet provision in an external block. Please use external Orangery door at the back of the house. The Yurt is available if further space is needed.
There will be NO access to the kitchen at this point and therefore hot drinks will not be available. Please arrange for your team to arrive with a packed lunch, if necessary.
Team Leaders should ensure that someone senior in your team is available to welcome team members to the centre and ensure that they go to the allocated room.
Please advise team members to leave their luggage in their vehicles or, for those being dropped off, allocate a small space in the initial meeting room for luggage.
Please ensure that your team are not accessing further parts of the building until advised by your LM Host.
• Moubray - Moubray meeting room and adjacent toilet
• Ochil – Orangery and adjacent toilet, please use external Orangery door.
• Glendevon – MacDonald room and adjacent toilet, using the external door directly next to MacDonald room.
• Main house or whole centre – Orangery and adjacent toilet. We hope to also have additional toilet provision in an external block. Please use external Orangery door at the back of the house. The Yurt is available if further space is needed.
There will be NO access to the kitchen at this point and therefore hot drinks will not be available. Please arrange for your team to arrive with a packed lunch, if necessary.
Team Leaders should ensure that someone senior in your team is available to welcome team members to the centre and ensure that they go to the allocated room.
Please advise team members to leave their luggage in their vehicles or, for those being dropped off, allocate a small space in the initial meeting room for luggage.
Please ensure that your team are not accessing further parts of the building until advised by your LM Host.
Food Deliveries
Chief Cooks can be advised that deliveries can be booked to arrive between 12 and 1pm.
A fridge and freezer space will be allocated which may NOT be in your unit. Please ensure someone is available to receive the delivery. Please note this does not mean that you will have immediate access to the kitchen in the unit you are using.
A fridge and freezer space will be allocated which may NOT be in your unit. Please ensure someone is available to receive the delivery. Please note this does not mean that you will have immediate access to the kitchen in the unit you are using.
Access to Kitchens
Access to kitchens will be from 1pm, so deliveries after 1pm can go straight into the appropriate kitchen.
The Chief Cook should arrange with LM Catering Staff a Kitchen Briefing at a mutually agreeable time. We will be in contact with the Chief Cook.
The Chief Cook should arrange with LM Catering Staff a Kitchen Briefing at a mutually agreeable time. We will be in contact with the Chief Cook.
Posters can be added to doors
Posters can be added to doors from 4pm. This does not mean that you'll be able to take luggage to bedrooms.
Access to Rooms
We will endeavour to give access to rooms at 4.30 pm, however experience has demonstrated that this is often not possible until 5pm. With a tight turnaround and potential unexpected maintenance issues rooms may not be ready ahead of campers arriving.
The LM Host will advise you when they are ready.
The LM Host will advise you when they are ready.
Departure Day
Vacate All Rooms
On departure day, please vacate all Bedrooms including Team bedrooms by 9am (before breakfast). After bedrooms are vacated, Lendrick Muir team will work alongside camp team to clean bedrooms.
Only downstairs toilets to be used after breakfast.
Only downstairs toilets to be used after breakfast.
Departure Complete
Please ensure all campers and team have departed by 10:30am to avoid having outgoing and incoming camps on site at the same time.
Essential Information and Guides
FUN - Instructor Led & Self Led Activities
It's never too early to start thinking about which Activities you'd like to include in your programme.
FOOD - Catering at Lendrick Muir
We're here to help you plan your catering with confidence. Please supply the Office with names and contact information for your Cooks.
SLEEP - Rooming at Lendrick Muir
A good nights sleep is an essential part of a successful event. Our unit maps and Group Self Service will help you get it right for your group.
FUN - Planning your Activities Programme
We have a variety of activities at Lendrick Muir - some Instructor Led and some Self Led. Activity sessions are shared between the different groups using the centre.
The specific spreadsheet for your week (found below) will tell you which activities are available on a particular day. Please liaise with the other TLs/ATLs for your week.
Please note that all participants must be at least 8 years old.
In order for our Instructors to provide the best experience and support for every child, we would appreciate you adding all relevant ASN/Medical information to the participants record on Venue 360.
Please contact Alyson Hall with any questions and requests. lmoffice@suscotland.org.uk 01577 842000
General Activity Sessions
Session 1: 0930 - 1050
Session 2: 1100 - 1220
LUNCH
Session 3: 1345 - 1505
Session 4: 1515 - 1635
SUMMER CAMPS ONLY
Paddle Sports/Raft Building
3 hours sessions include around 40 minutes to change out of wetsuits and get dry and dressed.
Session 1: 0930 - 1230
LUNCH
Session 2: 1345 - 1645
Please note, these timings allow for clear up before the end of our working day so sessions cannot be extended.
Instructor & Self Led Activities
Low Level Activities: Archery, Archery Tag, Challenge Course, Bungee Trampolines, Inflatables and Bushcraft, Geocaching and a Walk to the Gorge.
High Level Activities: Climbing Wall, King Swing, High Ropes Course, Prusik Climb, Trail Biking, Paddle Sports* and Raft building*. *Summer only.
Key: 
Instructor Led Activities 
Self Led Activities
The outdoor campfire site is situated in the woods, just 5 minutes away from the building. There is a wood store adjacent to the campfire site from which, if it has been restocked, you may be able to help yourself to wood . Please check the store ahead of your campfire to ensure that there is a supply as Lendrick Muir does not stock the woodstore. You may wish to bring logs with you. Please re-stock the store by foraging around the grounds for fallen twigs and branches. You must ensure the fire is extinguished before leaving the site. There is a water jug at the site for this purpose. If you need help or advice on campfire lighting, please speak to the Activities Liaison during office hours.
Ball game for 6-12 players
Planning your Activity Programme
Please complete your event spreadsheet in co-operation with the other TLs/ATLs of events running alongside yours. To access the spreadsheet, you must first supply your email address to LMoffice@suscotland.org.uk
- We would appreciate, where possible, that when booking multiples of the same activity, these are done on the same day.
- Unless otherwise specified, activity sessions last 1½ hours. (approx. 1hr20mins activity with 10mins to change over).
- With the range of activities available it will be highly unlikely that each camper will get to participate in all the activities. As long as they are provided the choice, we meet our obligations in providing what is advertised.
- Most activities are for groups of 8 campers, accompanied by a leader. The spreadsheet will specify.
- The Sports Hall will be out of use when it is required for Instructor Led sessions. This includes before, during and after an Inflatables session to allow for the equipment to be set up/cleared away.
- We can run 2 sessions of both Bread Making (2x8) and Kelly Kettles simultaneously (2x8).
Please liaise with the ATLs from the other events that are at the centre at the same time as you. This makes sharing out the sessions much easier and ensures that programmes neatly dovetail. If certain activities are not available when you would like them, please get in touch. Activity availability is based on staffing but we can sometimes make alternative arrangements if we have ample notice. We will collate all the requests and liaise with the Activities Team to arrange a programme.
Running your Activity Programme
- A bag of sports equipment (various types of balls) will be provided for each unit. Please return all items at the end of the event.
- Group Leaders are expected to assist with getting the children/young people ready on time as well as help with group management during sessions.
- Please ask your leaders to identify themselves to our Team – it’s not always easy to tell who the leaders are!
- It is helpful to have an ATL present at the pick-up point for an Activity to ensure that the correct children/young people are in attendance.
- Medical and Additional Needs information for children/young people/leaders should be given to the Activities Liaison at the beginning of your event.
- Instructions and Guides for the Self Led Activities can be found in the menu above. Please share these documents with the appropriate members of your team.
- We require a list of all participants on our Instructor Led Activity sessions. You can use our templates (below) or produce your own.
- King Swing: if the group has fewer than 6 young people they must be accompanied by 2 leaders in order to hoist the swing. 8 people are needed in a group.
- Kota: group leaders running a session must watch our briefing video, and sign to say they have done so, before using the Kota.
Safety first
Activities at Lendrick Muir are governed by SU Scotland’s Safety Management System which responds to the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Associated Regulations, and in particular the Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations 2004. All activities have an element of risk. Whilst we do all that we can to manage this risk there is still potential for injury. We ask all participants to be aware of this.
Lendrick Muir has been granted a licence by the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA) to provide adventurous activities for young people. Our Centres are managed by members of the Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres and registered with a number of local authorities as accredited providers. Confirmation of the licence contents can be checked online at AALA.
FOOD - Planning your Catering
Here's what you need to know to help you plan your catering with confidence.
SLEEP - Planning your Rooming
A good nights sleep is an essential part of a successful residential. Our unit maps and the Rooming tab in Group Self Service (GSS) will help you get the accommodation right for your group.
Please only submit your bedroom allocations via Rooming as this list needs to be easily accessible to multiple Lendrick Muir teams in the preparation for your arrival and the Lendrick Muir Host during your event.
If you would like some assistance uploading your information to GSS, please get in touch.
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