The learning outside the classroom manifesto partnership was launched by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on 28 November 2006. The manifesto is a ‘movement’ or joint undertaking that many different stakeholders have helped to create and to which anyone can sign up. Its aim is to ensure that all young people have a variety of high quality learning experiences outside the classroom environment.

The manifesto is a short publication with a vision statement and high level aims. Government departments (including DfES, Defra and DCMS), outdoo education providers, local authorities, schools, youth groups and many other supporters are in the process of signing up to or ‘endorsing’ these common aims and making ‘pledges’ of practical action to support them. There is a Manifesto website with further details (where the manifesto document can be downloaded) with signatories and pledges

Modelled on the music manifesto, it sets out a shared vision for the development of education outside the classroom. Schools, youth groups, local authorities and other providersare encouraged to sign up to, and it includes a set of key aims for practical action which stakeholders can pledge to support.

Complementing the manifesto, the Society and the Geographical Association have also collaborated on an Action Plan for Geography with England's Department for Education and Skills.  A key strand of the strategy involves supporting geographical fieldwork.