Shadow events
There are two Shadow events each year, a smaller event called Shadow Lite 2025 will take place again in May, which is aimed at 10 to13 year olds, and the bigger event, Shadow will take place in October, which is aimed at 13 to 19 year olds.
Shadow takes place at young people's centres across Nottinghamshire every year, currently coordinated by Notts Outdoors. It has now been running for an unbelievable 50 years! The aim is to promote teamwork, resilience and problem solving by completing challenges in an overnight orienteering experience at Sherwood Forest, where over 200 young people usually take part.
Shadow Lite 2024 - a great success
Shadow Lite is for 10 to13 year olds and gives younger participants the chance to take part in local team building and challenge exercises, which is a perfect introduction and taster to the main Shadow event for 13 to19 year olds and young adults up to 25 who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Shadow Lite aims to capture the core values of Shadow: teamwork, resilience and adventure, but is an event that takes place within different youth settings.
Activities are planned around three themes: creativity, mental and physical, with a set time to complete the exercises, which are scored as a team based on their performance.
In 2024, Shadow Lite saw 50 teams enter which were made up of approximately 300 young people from across the county! Congratulations to our 2024 winners - Retford Rockstars and Sue Bell.
Shadow - October 2026! See how you can get involved...
Shadow is an event for 13 to19 year olds, and is also made accessible for young adults up to 25 who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
This year is the 51st event and will see a return to the forest for hopefully another memorable and fantastic event
To find out more about Shadow 50 visit the Notts Outdoors website for more information or watch our promotional video to learn more about last years event :
Shadow 25 which was the 50 anniversary of the event was a great success with 80 teams taking part.
To book a team or enquire about volunteering opportunities please contact either
- Andy Allsopp, 07734300196, andrew.allsopp@nottscc.gov.uk
- Hayley Smith, 01623 556110, nottoutdoors@nottscc.gov.uk
Shadow collages
As part of the event, teams created 'shadow collages', some of which you can see below:
Thanks to everyone who took part.
A team at the Dukeries young people's centre made this short video as part of the event:
