CHMAS Training

13/12/2025

A rare map moment is moving on. 🧭

This Saturday, 13 December, England says goodbye to a phenomenon centuries in the making. The rare alignment of the three norths - true north, magnetic north and grid north - leaves England at Berwick-upon-Tweed after three historic years together.

Events like this haven’t been recorded since the 1600s - and once it departs, the alignment won’t return for hundreds of years. Next stop? Scotland in 2026, before disappearing back into the North Sea.

Will this change how you navigate? No. Good map and compass users already account for the differences between magnetic and grid north.

But as rare moments go, this one’s worth marking on the map.

Where will you be following the three norths from? 📍

https://ow.ly/yib750XIlmp

12/12/2025

Continued Professional Development (CPD)

I'm getting a bit too long in the tooth to do further advanced qualifications but I do like to keep the ones I have current and up to date by attending regular CPD events. Just recently, I have attended some corkers!

Nature Connection and Mental Health for Outdoor Practitioners by Leading in Nature. Both expertly delivered by Mia Walker and gave me some great hints and tips to include in my own sessions.

Mountain Training Course Provider and Course Director by Simon Patton of MTC. Lots of think to think about and looking forward to receiving a few updates in January.

I have also booked myself and Senior Management on the History in the Hills and Welsh Plant Names and Stories being run by Mike Raine: Notes from the Hill which I know will really be informative.

I have also booked onto Dr Hannah Lock's online Cold Injuries course too.

What are you doing in terms of CPD or what have you done that you thought was really useful?

10/12/2025

What's Happening At CHMAS Training this week.

Friday - MTC Provider Workshop

A rather relaxed week to recharge the batteries.

09/12/2025

That's my NEBOSH NG2 Assignment submitted and I should hear back in February 2026 when if I have passed the course.

I chose to study online with Astutis and it has proven to be a very worthwhile experience.

https://www.astutis.com

Flexible Accredited Health Safety Courses & Environmental Training for Individuals and Companies. Astutis Offers Online, Virtual and Classroom Learning.

08/12/2025

Just received a lovely email about my first aid course delivery. Really chuffed to receive this 😁

"Hi Chris

Just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thanks again for the REC outdoor first aid course you ran for us at Yr Hafod over the weekend.

Talking to other candidates we all agreed it was a fantastic and very professionally run course and we would all be happy to recommend you to others needing outdoor NGB first aid training. The balance between ‘class and grass’ was perfect and reinforced the difficulties of doing first aid outdoors away from civilisation!

Once again thank and look forward to the next one".

07/12/2025

That's a wrap for my final first aid course in 2025. An absolute pleasure to be working with some of the dedicated team at Scout Adventures - Yr Hafod.

06/12/2025

Using technology on courses can really enhance the learning experience. This candidate was particularly pleased with results from the CPR monitor.

05/12/2025

That's a wrap for my last activity residential for Arthog Wales in 2025. Memories have been made, new skills acquired and I have grown as an instructor.

As an added bonus, I also got to mentor a colleague on a visit to Wrysgan mine as they prepare for the assessment.

05/12/2025

Using nature to discuss the comfort, stretch and panic zones of personal development and outdoor activities and how transient these zones can be.

04/12/2025

The view from the office window today.

04/12/2025

A fab workshop from Leading in Nature that I attended.

30/11/2025

CHMAS Courses
Here are a current course dates all running from Arthog Outreach in Wellington, Shropshire.

First Aid Courses in 2026
2026
15 / 16 January
5 / 6 March
7 / 8 May
11 / 12 June
17/18 September
15/16 October
3/4 December

To book on these courses please use the following link - https://apps.telford.gov.uk/TelfordBusinessServices/Courses/Search?filter=Outdoor%20Leadership

Mountain Training Courses in 2026

Lowland Leader
Dates coming soon

Camping Leader
Dates to be added soon