This is a two day First Aid course, including accommodation and food for the weekend.
We've written the syllabus for a climbing focused first-aid weekend, and have specifically engaged these trainers to run it for Clan members.
This weekend will involve a full, accredited, 16-hour first aid course and will focus specifically on climbing scenarios, climbing injuries and situations you might find yourself in whilst climbing. It is a regulated course that is certificated through FAA and you'll gain a first aid certificate you can use for RCI and Mountain Training awards, as well as outdoor qualifications like RYA Dinghy Instructor etc.
We've designed this course specifically for Clan members to undertake the role of the first aider when in rural and the more remote regions of the UK where emergency medical assistance may be more than 30 minutes away.
You will gain the first aid skills and knowledge to competently and confidently provide first aid in an outdoor remote environment.
Some things you will learn about include:
We've collaborated with an external provider, WithDave.
Their instructor, Gordon, is very experienced in the delivery of first aid.
He has years of experience working in mountainous and wilderness environments, searching for, assessing, treating and evacuating casualties from remote or difficult to access terrain as a volunteer emergency search and rescue responder within South Wales.
This type of training can cost several hundred pounds per person, without even considering accommodation costs, if run commercially and not through the Clan.
We really want you to attend when you say you will.
Attendance costs will be used to cover food and accommodation.
Yes.
Yes. We will arrange lifts for people who can’t drive. Different people bring different skills – it usually works out in the end.
Say thank you!
Continue to be you. Pay it forward. We all learnt from someone, and you've supported lots of people already - keep doing that!
Those who give back to the Clan the most are always first in line.
So if you can't make this one, and want to be the first to hear about upcoming events - see what you can do to volunteer and help out at some upcoming events - on Wednesday, Thursday evenings and weekends.
These are specifically for Clan members who volunteer and give back to the Clan - so your friend won't be able to come to something like this yet.
However, if they get Clan membership, and start coming to Clan events and helping out - then as soon as they have the right skills, we'll get them onto an event like this!
We want to invest in people who invest in the Clan. Membership is part of that.
You'll need to have membership both when you signup and when the course happens.
The course is likely to run indoors and outdoors in the grounds of the hut, with a warm fire burning in stove (nicknamed: Chernobyl) in the living room for us to warm us by.
The event is highly likely the event will go ahead whatever the weather. (95% likely to go ahead, 5% risk of cancellation, 0% risk of people postponed).
We may adjust the activities to the weather conditions, but there are plenty of things we can do if the weather is wet or windy or super sunny, and we'll make good decisions to allow us to get the most out of the evening.
Even in less than ideal weather conditions, we'd expect people to get a lot out of the weekend - so bringing clothes to suit the weather is recommended.
No. This event will be covered by the provider's public liability insurance policy.
It'd be ideal if this didn't happen. This event literally costs the Clan £££ and not showing up or cancelling at short notice is not ideal.
However these things do happen and the standard Cancellation Policy for training event applies here.
Breakfasts, Lunches, and Saturday night dinner is included in the cost of the trip.
We'll be recruiting volunteer chefs and will be looking for helpers with prep, washing up etc
Tea, coffee and milk will also be provided (the coffee might only be instant though…maybe pack your cafetière!).
It may be worth bringing some snacks and cake.
All dietary requirements and allergies will be catered for - Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Kosher, Meativore, allergic to pepper, etc - please express it on the sign up form
We can't offer you a discount. As this is a training event, you really need to be there for the whole of both days.
We have the hut mostly to ourselves, and we don't segregate on perceived differences, put your sleeping bag in a bunk to reserve that as your place to sleep.
Everyone plays a part in making weekends like this happen.
You can give us your preferences on what you'd prefer to help with, and we'll do our best to accommodate your choices - but this may not always be possible.
Technically no, in practice - it covers all the same things, and more.
Rescue Emergency Care (REC) is a well known and respected first aid training organisation founded in the mid 1980s by Dr Robert Phillips while working in remote healthcare and adventure rescue services.
It supplies syllabuses for 16hour first aid courses. This is not a REC2 first aid course, but covers all the same things, and produces a certificate usable by RYA, Mountain Training, British Canoeing, British Caving Assocation, BMC, UK Mountain Biking etc for their qualifications.
The weather and time of year is important to think about, but this is the British Isles, we have to plan for all weathers at all times of year.
You might get the chance to go walking during breaks in training. It’s good to be equipped in case we’re outside longer than expected.
Almost all meals are included in the trip price, and will be tailored to your dietary requirements - specifically:
We already have your dietary requirements from the signup form, and everyone will be catered for. If the chefs on this trip have any questions or queries, they'll be in touch directly.
Except: The evening you arrive there will be no meal so you'll need to bring food or arrive having already eaten.
We'll arrive Friday night - you'll need to sort your own dinner out.
| 16:00-late | People arrive. There is no time too late |
| 22:45 | Lunch marshals put out lunch and round people up |
| 23:00 | Lunch Making |
| 23:45 | Lunch marshals teardown, washup and put everything away |
| 23:45 | Breakfast Marshals put breakfast things out |
On Saturday, we'll have a full day of first aid training.
| 08:00 | Breakfast |
| 09:00 | Training begins |
| 11:00-11:15 | Break |
| 12:45-13:30 | Lunch |
| 15:15-15:30 | Break |
| 18:00 | Training ends |
We'll all have a meal together on Saturday evening, prepared by the volunteer chefs.
On Sunday, we'll have the second full day of first aid training.
| 08:00 | Breakfast |
| 09:00 | Training begins |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:45-15:00 | Break |
| 18:00 | Training ends |