Sandstone Communications #becauseican

06/09/2024

Spinning the plates… now all in the same place!

Over the last few weeks we’ve build a brand new website. Huge thanks to Ed and the Ice Room team.

The idea was to try and capture all the stuff I get upto in one place.

It makes it much easier to answer the question when I get asked what I do for a living!!!

Please take a look and let me know what you think!

Sandstone Communications The Sandstone Foundation The ATACC Group Vango MotoJoe Speaking Office

An intelligence officer turned entrepreneur, I now lead a charity while sharing insights as a keynote speaker and author. My diverse experiences fuel a passion for strategic innovation, communication and social impact.

02/08/2024

Demons in the desert!

It's taken a while but we've put the whole story together!
The last 3 years have been crazy with this project and it didn't end how I would have liked!

The reason I do these things is to understand my own resilience and how to better cope. This one has certainly done that and in ways that I could not have imagined!

When you enter into this level of adventure and challenge there is no guarantee of success - far from it.

Therefore the partnerships and ultimately friendships that are built up around them are resilient and enduring.

Over the last 3 years the MotoJoe team headed by Joe Philipsz and Tatty Bogle have never faltered.

Stirling Trailer Centre- More than just trailers. continue to get my kit and equipment to where ever I may be needed in the world! and alongside SC MEDIA are helping me get ready for the next chapter.

I am immensely proud to be clarssified as an ambassador by Vango and together we are all ready building up to a high schools STEM project!

So I didn't get to see Dakar but so much positivity has stemmed from Project Dakar!

Earlier in 2024 Tim Bradshaw attempted to race the Africa Eco Race. This is the original Dakar Rally. It is an extreme test of resilience and determination. ...

07/06/2024

📣 NEW COURSE ALERT 📣

🗻What's Your Everest?🗻

In collaboration with Sandstone Communications What’s your Everest is a robust dynamic approach to managing mental health and enabling resilience in individuals and teams. Candidates will be equipped with practical coping strategies for dealing with high-pressure situations and the associated anxiety. The course uses lessons learned and tested in exceedingly high-pressure environments such as on the side of Mount Everest in an earthquake or walking the summit ridge of the Matterhorn. It distils them into specific practical skills that can be used in the workplace and at home 🧠

To learn more or to make an enquiry, click the link below:
https://www.ataccgroup.com/tag-training/whats-your-everest/

21/05/2024

New skills = bigger adventures

It’s great to see the Veterinary Voices UK Public Page getting outdoors adapting existing skills and learning new ones in order facilitate even bigger and better adventures!

The nature of the immersive training we advocate means that it can be tailored around the specific needs of a group or organisation. It doesn’t have to be work!!!

The ATACC Group Mike Timothy Bradshaw

Veterinary Voices Hiking Group: Trauma Awareness Course, Lake District

As veterinary professionals we may feel like we are confident at dealing with medical emergencies and even CPR, would this be the same when faced with a human casualty? Imagine how you would react, away from a medical setting, with a human casualty and help is miles away.

After a 'Community Mastermind' session at London Vet Show, Co-founders of the Veterinary Voices Hiking Group, Robyn Lowe and Paul Horwood, realized that the factor holding a lot of people back from going out hiking and exploring was confidence. So, to help with this, Paul and Robyn have set up events throughout the year to help grow the community's confidence in hiking, navigation and outdoor safety.

The first event took place on the 17th and 18th of May in the Lake District, and was a two day event. Day One, a Trauma Awareness Course led by Mike Hope at Sandstone Communications and day two, a community hike across the Fairfield Horseshoe.

After arriving on Thursday night, staying at the incredible Camping Barn at Lowside Farm the group started the Friday morning with a basic life support session, before heading to Blencathra to work on some real life simulations. This allowed the team to understand that the terrain of casualties are often challenging and unlike what you find in a 'class room' environment.

The team also tackled Sharp Edge; many of the team were helped to cross under the support and guidance of the group leaders, ensuring that they gained confidence on more challenging scrambles, and could recognize the ways to safely traverse these ridge lines.

Day two was another great day for the Veterinary Voices Hiking Group, supported by Norbrook Laboratories GB and PetsApp who understand the importance of raising awareness of this initiative to get the profession out 'walking and talking' for both physical and mental health benefits.

The sun came out for a group walk, of around 18 Km, across the Fairfield Horseshoe. The group enjoyed mixed terrain, great views and lots of great conversation.

Next up is a Navigation Course in the Brecon Beacons to help upskill the community in navigation skills that will set them up for pushing their confidence and allowing more people to try new places safely. To join, please request to join our Facebook group, or email us FAO Robyn at [email protected]

https://www.vetvoices.co.uk/post/veterinary-voices-hiking-group-1

26/03/2024

Cody Fisher was stabbed in a Birmingham nightclub - Do you have a bleed kit?

Following the stabbing of footballer Cody Fisher there is a call for venues to be equipped with bleed kits, specifically a tourniquet.

This terrible incident is the result of mindless aggression and a fatal stabbing however the ability to stop a life threatening bleed is critical.

In the event of a major bleed you have just 2 minutes to save a life. Most first aid kits do not contain the correct equipment to facilitate this.

As you are reading this ask yourself:
- Where is my first aid kit?
- Could I get to it in 2 minutes?
- Does it contain a tourniquet?

This is something that the Sandstone Communications team and The ATACC Group have been passionate about and is integrated into all of our training and now its HSE best practice.

In 2024 the Health and Safety Executive amended the guidance on dealing with life threatening bleeds, training and the equipment that should be carried in order to deal with it.

If you work in any industry where a major bleed is a possibility this guidance affects you ...

The ATACC Group Scottish Land & Estates Scottish Gamekeepers Association SGA Clay Pigeon Scotland Hunting Scotland

27/02/2024

Deer stalkers / Game keepers
2 Day first aid at work course - 26/27th March

In the event of a major bleed you have just 2 minutes to save a life…
How would you react?
What would you do?
Do you have the kit?

Our team are runnnning a certified First Aid at work course specifically for game keepers and deer stalkers.

The course is scenario based and immersive taking place outdoors at the Ardverikie, Highland, United Kingdom all assessment is practical with no written exam.

Participants will find themselves tackling real life scenarios and sharing best practices. Including casualty care and extraction from remote locations.

If you would like to attend the course please either message below or email [email protected]

The ATACC Group Scottish Gamekeepers Association SGA Scottish Land & Estates Hunting Scotland Clay Pigeon Scotland Scottish deer stalking

08/09/2023

18/08/2023

Trauma Awareness - Motorcycle

You come round a corner on your favourite road and your best friend is down and bleeding …

You have 2 minutes to save his life!

What do you do?
How do you react?
Have you got the right kit?

On the 26th of August in partnership with .co.uk we are launching the trauma first aid course for motorcyclists.

The course covers emergency trauma care and shows you a few vital bits of kit you can carry that will make a huge difference to life saving.

The course is being held at from 0930 - 1300hrs.

All participants will also get the chance to ride the enduro course if they wish!

The course is being offered at an introductory price of £25.00 click on the link below to sign on.

Why wouldn’t you learn the skills to save a life should the worst happen?

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27/06/2023

Field sports - First Aid

In the event of a major bleed you have just 2 minutes to stop it …

How would you react?
Where is your first aid kit?
Is there a tourniquet in it?

Emergency first aid training delivered in the field!

The team have produced a course that is compliant with HSE guidelines and meets the criteria for first aid at work.

The difference is that it is delivered in the estate or the shoring ground.

There is no written exam but practical scenario based training and assessment.

It can be delivered in a certified 3 day or 1 day format or as a 1/2 day trauma awareness course for licence holders and field sports enthusiasts.

Watch this short clip and get in touch…

Clay Pigeon Scotland Hunting Scotland SCHLOSS Roxburghe Cluny Country Bisley at Braidwood Bushwear The ATACC Group

19/05/2023

Click on the link to get the latest Sandstone newsletter ... This months topics include
- Resilience and the crown
- Changing the face of first aid training
- Working with a World Rally Team
- Favourite YouTube links

What is resilience! The ability to keep going and to bounce back after failure. As I watched the various coronation events over the weekend my thoughts turned to words often now considered old fashioned. Words like service and resilience. Regardless of your view as to whether we should have a monarc...

11/05/2023

CPR from the inside!

Here is something really useful from our chief instructor Mike Hope. Training is so much for effective when we understand why we are doing something.

Many of us have been taught how to deliver CPR but I wonder how many of us have really been shown how it works.

Watch this video to help understand what it is you are trying to achieve with your compressions and what purpose they serve from within the body ...

Let us know if this helps?

The ATACC Group Hunting Scotland Clay Pigeon Scotland BASI Community Hub RALLY RAID SPIRIT MotoJoe Filsell Wealth Vango

How does CPR work? We have always found undertaking the why an incredibly powerful way of learning. In this video you can see exactly what it is you are tryi...

24/04/2023

Delivering first aid training for the rally team.

Training is not about ticking boxes it is about understanding the specific hazard and levels of risk faced by a team or organisation.

Then designing training and scenarios specifically for them.

Rally teams often find themselves operating remotely in isolated locations. When they are testing they are often without the protective overwatch of the FIA medical team.

In these situations self-reliance is critical.
The ability of team members and to deliver critical first aid using the right equipment is what saves lives.

We don't deliver "off the shelf" training we help organisations protect those who are most important to them ...
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24/04/2023

24/04/2023

Delivering first aid training for the M-Sport rally team.

Training is not about ticking boxes it is about understanding the specific hazard and levels of risk faced by a team or organisation.

Then designing training and scenarios specifically for them.

Rally teams often find themselves operating remotely in isolated locations. When they are testing they are often without the protective overwatch of the FIA medical team.

In these situations self-reliance is critical.
The ability of team members and to deliver critical first aid using the right equipment is what saves lives.

We don't deliver "off the shelf" training we help organisations protect those who are most important to them ...

The ATACC Group -sport Ott Tänak Adrien Fourmaux Dakar RallyWRC - FIA World Rally Championship

20/03/2023

First aid at work in the stables!

It turns out that road traffic collisions and managing complex scenarios often involving animals are a primary concern for ambulatory vets.

This means that having the correct standard operating procedures and rapid access to the right sort of first aid equipment is what is most likely to save lives.

Click on the link to see what its all about ...

First Aid at work with a twist for IVC Evidensia veterinary practices 20 March 2023 Utilising the Sandstone mantra Intelligence not information the teams chief instructor Mike spent a few hours gathering intelligence on the types of scenarios that the ambulatory veterinary team are likely to find th...

14/03/2023

The science of adventure!

It is all about inspiring young people to study:

Science,
Technology,
Engineering
Mathematics

Whilst developing resilience and learning to cope with an ever changing world.

It is never to early to be inspired and the participation and enthusiasm from this group of primary school children was amazing!

Having outlined the challenge involved in the navigating from the south of France across Morocco all the way to Senegal the children were asked to identify what problems might need to be solved?

• Water
• Food
• Fuel
• Navigation
• Repairs
• Heat
• Punctures

Were all answers provided by the children.

Utilising the teams equipment we are able to demonstrate that learning STEM subjects plays a role in every aspect of this race.

Particular favourites were

The tyres that have no air – they are fitted with a Mousse system.

The .outdoor
boil in the bag ration packs.

“At this age it’s about lighting a spark and an interest that can then flourish into any number of possible career choices.

We describe Project Dakar as a giant science project!” Martin Williamson from .co.uk

Please share and message if you would like us to bring our science project to your school.

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21/02/2023

06/02/2023

Really proud of Mike Hope and the Sandstone Communications team. Taking something that is often seen as a necessary evil and tedious and creating something…

06/02/2023

Not box ticking! Saving lives!

Don't take our word for it here is some feedback one of our delegates!

"The one day first aid training course provided by Sandstone Communications at Sussex Equine Hospital in January this year was first rate. The course was presented in a clear and concise way. A lot of thought had gone into making the content relevant to the participants and what they may encounter on a day to day basis in their line of work. The theoretical training was put into practice with highly engaging and realistic role play scenarios, reinforcing the knowledge that had been imparted by the extremely experienced and professional presenter. I would highly recommend this course to all equine and large animal practitioners".

Ed Lyall Sussex Equine Hospital

Get in touch and let us tailor training specifically for you and your work place.

09/12/2022

Just another day with

09/12/2022

Just another day in a the office with Servers.com !

12/11/2022

07/09/2022

Take a look at our new Outdoor First Aid training facility ...

If you are in need of an outdoor first aid work certificate in Scotland please get in touch below.

We have something a little different for you.

Scenario based course delivery by a former covert operator and mountain rescue team leader.

We use the FTACC - E system developed by the The ATACC Group it's similar to that used by the emergency services and UK Special forces.

The course is the same length and the same cost as conventional courses only delivered in a manner that will prepare you to actually use the acquired skills.

If you are a club, school or business and would like us to travel to you that can be arranged - drop us a message below.

In the mean time we would really appreciate your help spreading the word so please comment to let us know what you think and share with anyone or group you think might be interested.

Thank you

Vango Bluesky Experiences Ltd MotoJoe Claire Winthrop Zoë Winthrop Mike Crawford

In order to deliver really effective outdoor first aid training Sandstone have created a bespoke location in which to train ...

07/09/2022

05/09/2022

Don't give up! - Ukraine - How can you help and why should you care?

Today is a significant day in terms of UK politics. As the new prime minister prepares to take office, a key factor in her success will be her ability to deal with rising fuel and food costs in the UK. Many are appealing to the government for direct support and asking for ways to reduce the cost of living. Few are suggesting solutions and fewer still are acting.

We live in an age of rapidly changing news stories. Trending stories disappear as quickly as they become live. Everything is a national crisis and on the verge of collapse. It's easy to see how catastrophic thinking sets in and people become defensive, focussing on their own needs whilst failing to see the wider picture and its knock on effects.

Companies rush to change their social media banners, release politically correct statements and all whilst discussing resilience!
We must ask ourselves what we are actually doing and where are we physically able to contribute, no matter how small it may seem.

My late father once advised me that I would always be judged by my actions over my words. Ironic as I am now a key note speaker!

In line with current trends, the war in Ukraine is taking a back seat and is no longer on trend! As a result no one is talking about the direct impact of the war on life in the UK. Despite safe sea corridors, the export of grain is still less than 50%. The squeeze on gas prices affects not only our fuel bills but it is also directly affecting Ukraines ability to produce fertiliser.

If the supply of gas remains stifled, a number of European countries will be forced to take backwards steps in terms of sustainable energy production, potentially having to resort to coal fired power stations.

All this before we discuss the loss of life, war crimes and human rights abuse which have been rife during the conflict.

During these times of high pressure it's crucial to decipher the Intelligence from the information and focus on what we can do. We are not suggesting that we are directly influencing the outcome of the conflict in Ukraine - although GoFundMe thinks otherwise! - what we are doing is everything that we physically can.

Since February, we have built networks inside Ukraine, studied the problem and focussed on what elements we can control. With the support of Vango, Chevron Traffic Management and STC- Trailers, Trucks & Towbars with have continued to supply first aid equipment and ration packs to those who need it most.

I spend much of my time discussing and helping organisations develop resilience in their systems and their people. The team from Sandstone Communications and Bluesky Experiences Ltd and are not asking you to place yourself in harms way or to spend days driving vehicles.

We are asking you not to give up supporting what we are doing ...

Its important to understand how the war in Ukraine is directly effecting your cost of living and what we can do to help. The Sandstone Communications team ar...