Meet the team
Welcome please find details of the team, their specialisms and see why MereMountains has the skills to make your course great.
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John is one of the UK's most experienced Mountaineering Instructors, he is an MIC and trains and assesses MLT Mountain Leaders, Walking Group Leaders and Single Pitch (Climbing) Supervisors. He is a BCU Level 3 Coach in both Canoe and Inland Kayak and is a Foundation Safety and Rescue Test Examiner. In addition John holds qualifications in a wide range of other outdoor activities and is a technical expert for a number of Local Authority and Charitable sector organisations. He was a Mountain Rescue team member and deputy leader for twelve years.
John has been involved in a variety of programmes of professional development, He is an experienced NVQ assessor and has been training and assessing on the University of Cumbria Graduate Apprentice Scheme.
He is also a Mentor and Assessor for APIOL and has been the Regional Moderator for the Northern Region since 2005
Elspeth is a Leading Practitioner of the Institute for Outdoor Learning who's main area of expertise is now training and professional development. She is editor of IOL's professional development publication 'Horizons' and has an active interest in canoeing, spirituality, forest schools and backwoods skills.
Elspeth has qualifications in many outdoor activities including BCU Level 3 Coach, FSRT Examiner, Mountain Leader and is retraining with the Mountain Rescue Team. As an experienced first aider and trainer Elspeth delivers a wide range of courses from AED training to paediatric first aid and is the HSE approved Director of Training for Casualty Care First Aid Training.
Elspeth is qualified to deliver MBTI and Lifo psychometric tests and has completed training in Counselling Skills (AQA intermediate and advanced). She has a Lancaster University Certificate in Leadership and Management and an ILM L5 NVQ. She is an NVQ Assessor and was the Internal Verifier for the University of Cumbria Graduate Apprenticeship Programme and for Adventure Education Training NVQ Programmes.
As Chair of the Northern Council of Outdoor Education Training and Recreation, in 2000 Elsepth was one of the founding trustees of the Institute for Outdoor Leanring. Between 2001 and 2005 she was involved in developing the Institute for Outdoor Learning Accredited Practitioner Qualification and in developing the Mentor and Assessor training for this. In 2005 Elspeth was appointed as the editor to set the agenda for the Institute for Outdoor Learning's Professional Development Magazine 'Horizons'. In 2008 she was elected to the IOL National Executive and now takes an active interset in the developemnt of new special interest groups including the Spirituality in Outdoor Learning group.
Vicky is an experienced outdoor ed tutor and qualified instructor for most activities. Qualifications include Mountain Leader, Single Pitch Award, BCU L2 Coach Canoe, UKCC L1 , GNAS Archery Leader, She has worked in a number of outdoor centres in England and Scotland, and is currently working towards more advanced qualifications. She is a keen 'outdoorie', walking, climbing, canoeing, caving, skiing and diving.
Steve is a keen caver and diver, a member of the Cave Rescue Organisation and is experienced and qualified in a number of outdoor activities including Mountain Leader, Single Pitch Award and Local Cave Leader. Steve has been instructing and working at heights since leaving school (quite some time now!). He is also qualified as a steeple jack and rope access technician, diver, he is currently working towards advanced qualifications in Caving and has completed his Cave Instructor Training..
Ross is involved in a wide range of training and instructing across the outdoor learning field. He was previously national Training Manager for Outward Bound. Ross lectures part time on outdoor related courses for the University of Cumbria. He delivers a variety of professional development courses including First Aid
