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Brief History

Posted Tuesday, June 1, 2004

The scheme was launched in 1994 at the Royal Institute of Navigation in London, and since then over 10000 awards have been gained.

Peter Palmer was the founder of the NNAS scheme and its only chairman until 2003, when he passed away at the end of October after a long illness.

Peter was a great visionary, and philosopher. He was a teacher in Stafford for many years before working as the British Orienteering Federation, Director of Coaching.

He had the ability to empower people young and old, and this was demonstrated in his vision to start a junior orienteering squad in the Stafford area many years ago, the youngsters from this developing into world championship level competitors in more recent years.

The NNAS scheme was devised by Peter as a non-competitive, personal performance scheme for all ages, to encourage people to be confident in their navigation in the countryside.

The scheme has been a great success, and with 300 registered providers of courses many people have benefited from the courses being delivered.

The NNAS committee of volunteers administer a syllabus, and database of course providers for personal performance in navigation.

The levels of award in this scheme are not leadership qualifications.