Meadgate SC

19/10/2023

For those in Wiltshire, especially around Swindon, there will be a special one day Emergency First Aid at Work course held on 23 November near Royal Wootton Basset. This course covers the essentials needed to meet HSE First Aid needs for the workplace and covers a range of injuries and illnesses but critically what you can do in terms of simple straightforward actions. Come along and learn what to do in an emergency, what to do if someone is choking and how to use a defibrillator. Cost is £85 pp and on completion you receive a 3 year certificate, to book a place email [email protected].
Come along and find out that First Aid can be fun!!

18/05/2023

18/05/2023

Have you just bought a kayak or canoe? Are you about to buy a SUP from Lidl Middle aisle? Think you need to gain some basic knowledge for paddling over the summer?
Well I have an answer.
Short courses available starting the end of May that cover off safety aspects and give you the basics to start out. All with an experienced and skilled coach/instructor in a easy river or canal stretch. Cost is £30 for 3 hrs and includes British Canoeing's PaddleSafer and Paddle Start certificates.
Come along and have some fun whilst learning. Just message Paul on [email protected]

22/11/2022

Fb friends, particularly UK based around Wiltshire. I am running an Emergency First Aid at Work one day course on 1 December at Royal Wooton Basset and there are places available. You are welcome to attend and learn new skills. Please share outwards to you network especially those running a business. All you need to book is email DM or txt me. More details are on poster attached.
Thanks.

18/11/2022

Just finished a 3 day First Aid at Work course this week on behalf of Latitude Training at Center Parcs Longleat. Now they have 11 staff newly qualified and ready with knowledge on how to deal with a range of illnesses and injuries. On Sunday a one day course to Scout leaders in an around Bath so they are up to date with their skills. And then looking forward to an open-to-all, one day Emergency FA at Work course on 1 December. Spaces are available. If you or your organisation needs training then just call, email, DM or text me. Photos are Center Parcs Longleat.

28/10/2022

As October draws to a close a good month for work with a healthy mix of kayaking/SUP courses and First Aid. And of course partially running the Bath Half Marathon. The month started with a Safety and Rescue course for Bath Paddleboard Centre and then there were FA courses at Starbucks and Center Parcs. November is going to be busy with the British Canoeing Coaches and Leaders conference in Nottingham then a 3 day FA course at Center Parcs and delivery of FA to Bath District Scout leaders. And a one-day FA course programmed in for very early December. Bank manager, Accountant and wife all happy!!

07/10/2022

Another successful British Canoeing Foundation Safety and Rescue Training course run on Sunday 2 Oct at Saltford Shallows. And the last under the current syllabus, the new paddlesport Safety and rescue starts in jan 2023 and I will start to deliver in march when the weather and water is warmer!! Students on Sunday had variety of paddling backgrounds, variety of skills and levels of experience. All finished with a repertoire of new skills to be applied to incidents if they occur. Great feed back from students:
"Really knowledgeable and competent instructor. Course covered many different rescues so some more relevant than others but very good coverage of multiple scenarios" Nicola W.
"Was really fun and made enjoyable and informative" Maddie C.
"Paul was amazing, would highly recommend" Josh T.
Now to attend the Moderation event for the new S&R course and then on to the British Canoeing Coaching and Leadership Conference.

24/09/2022

Working in the great outdoors on a DofE Silver expedition on the western edge of the Mendip Hills

05/09/2022

Paddle Safer Award delivered last week and to reinforce the learning a day trip along the R Avon. Weather held off and we saw lots of wildlife, signs of Beavers and a paddle under the Dundas Aquaduct.

05/09/2022

Been working withYouth Connect South West and providing Kayaking sessions at Bath Canoe Club for young people. They certainly have a lot of fun.

01/09/2022

First Paddle Safer award run last night at Bath Canoe Club. Subjects covered were rescues, equipment, the paddling environment and planning. Thanks to Boo and Steven and well done. Another course next week.

31/08/2022

Well ,after the July holiday August was a quiet month workwise. The Youth Connect South West/ Bathscape project started with teenage youngsters having 2 hr kayaking sessions based out of Bath Canoe Club and then working with Bath Paddleboard Centre delivering SUP Taster sessions. As a break I was helping with 8th Norwich Sea Scouts on their Alternative Camp based at Biblins, Forest of Dean and plenty of canoeing on the R Wye. Tonight will be the first delivery of a new Paddle Safer Award and then into September. The month is due to bring in kayaking work, some First Aid training and now the schools are back Duke of Edinburgh Award expedition training.