September 2014
New Brighton Primary School Residential trip sponsorship
We were delighted to be given the opportunity to sponsor this years residential trip for children who attend New Brighton Primary School in Wirral. The school took 17 children with additional needs from their KS1&2 learning hubs for a 3 day stay at CAFT Children’s Adventure Farm, who are based near Tatton Park, Cheshire. The charity provides residential stays for children whose lives are impacted by illness, disability and social disadvantage.
The children enjoyed meeting all of the animals on the farm, feeding and grooming them as well as exploring the forest school in the woods, the sensory rooms and soft play. They had plenty of good wholesome food, as well as a some well deserved treats after some hard work in the outdoor mud kitchens.
If your organisation is interested in sponsoring a day or residential trip, or even freeing up your workforce to undertake some volunteering on site, please get in touch with CAFT HERE.
July 2024
We are 8!
We recently hit the 8 years of business milestone, so to celebrate we met up at Honister Slate Mine in the Lake District for a go at their 'via ferrata xtreme' challenge. Luckily the weather was on our side and we got some great views, including some very close fighter jets that were training in the valley at the same time.
Thank you to all of our clients for your continued business, we hope to continue to provide support over the next 8 years too.
June 2024
IOSH Award win for Karrdale
We were lucky enough to be awarded a Certificate of Recognition of Outstanding Contribution and Services by IOSH West of Scotland recently.
The Certificate of Recognition is issued to the organisations and individuals who have provided consistent practical support and assistance to the IOSH West of Scotland Branch, over a sustained period of time. It is the Branch's way of saying "thank you", for playing their part in developing and leading OSH thinking in Scotland by serving the Branch and its members.
Chris Woods represented our company and can be seen picking up the award from the Branch's chair Alex Petrie
December 2023
Merry Christmas
It was time for our Christmas meet up earlier this week. We work in different parts of the country so it's always good to get together. We climbed a mine, got competitive at clay pigeon shooting, drove off road in an old Dakar 4x4, put our accuracy skills to the test with air rifles, raced (skidded) around a go-kart track full of horse manure and got drenched on a quad bike trek. Certainly a change of scene from our normal working environments.
September 2023
SSE Networks Distribution programme kick off
This week we kicked off the new phase of the SSE Networks Distribution 'Influencing Behaviours' programme. We delivered 3 days of our award winning training in Perth with this initial phase concluding in February 24, and it will see us deliver session from Shetland down to the Isle of Wight.
December 2022
MeRRY CHRISTMAS FROM KARRDALE
Another year has nearly passed and it’s been another full one for us here at Karrdale. After spending the best part of 2 years behind video call software and producing videos for clients, it’s been great to return to in person training, whilst still delivering online and video services to clients who require them.
To take some time away from our regular work, we recently spent the day with The Outdoor Adventure Company in Kendal, where we put our competitive natures to the test with clay shooting, crossbows, air rifles, 4x4 off road driving and quad biking. It was a cold but very enjoyable day.
We are now looking forward to a well earned break and spending time with our families and friends over the festive period. The office will be closed from 19th December through to 9th January 2023, and we look forward to working with clients, new and current, in the New Year.
June 2021
Today we celebrate our 5th year as a business. Like many organisations, the last 18 months has been a very difficult and testing time. As a training and consultancy company who predominately work face-to-face, we have had to adapt to be able to continue to provide services to our clients when restrictions haven't allowed us to do so on site. We took the opportunity to expand our services and and invested in equipment and training for multimedia work, as well as a brand new studio and office space in the heart of Kilmarnock.
Thank you to all clients and friends for your continued support.
UTS FOUNDATION 7-A-SIDE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
Karrdale FC
Some pictures taken from the first ever and hugely successful UTS Foundation 7 a side tournament, which Karrdale entered a team in.
This was another fantastic footballing occasion in which local people, businesses, friends and family all came out to support each other and the Foundation.
The winners won the 'DDB Shield' which has been named after Foundation member and inspirational figure Danny De Brabander.
Bowel Cancer Awareness Charity Football Match - Team DDB 3 - 2 UTS FOUNDATION - £3,000 RAISED!
On Wednesday 19 May 2021 at Heswall Football Club, the second ever ‘Bowel Cancer Awareness’ Charity game took place between #TeamDDB and UTS Foundation.
The inaugural ‘Bowel Cancer Awareness’ game held in May 2019 at Prenton Park, was arranged months after Danny De Brabander (#TeamDDB) was diagnosed with Stage 4 Bowel Cancer.
Danny was so keen to raise awareness for Bowel Cancer (which is on the rise in younger people), and to turn his negative situation into a positive by raising money for local cancer charities he decided to use the game he loves football as a platform.
With nearly £10,000 raised from the first event, and so many going through tough times during COVID19, Danny and #TeamDDB were keen to arrange a second event once it was safe to do so.
With spectators now allowed, last Wednesday was a huge success with the sun shining, and over £3,000 expected to have been raised for UTS Foundation. The UTS Foundation is a local charity that provides both physical and nutritional support for cancer patients across Wirral and the City Region.
The amount raised from the game, now takes #TeamDDB’s fundraising total to over £55,000 for the local community in just under two years.
Dave McDermott from UTS Foundation said, “Thank you to everyone who has a supported this event, the money raised will allow UTS Foundation to help support the cancer patients and local community. Also a massive thank you again to Danny and #TeamDDB unbelievable support yet again, what you are locally doing is fantastic!”
The above text was taken from the Birkenhead News website which can be found here
Bowel Cancer Awareness Charity Football Match - 19.05.21
Following on from the UTS Foundation v The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity match almost 2 years ago, the rematch is finally here.
If you are local to Wirral, please get along and show some support. This years game takes place at Gayton Park, Heswall FC on Wednesday 19th May 18:45 KO. Adults £5, Children Free. All proceeds raised will go to Karrdale’s nominated charity the UTS Foundation.
FREE IOSH WEBINAR WITH EDDIE WOODS - 21.08.20 10AM
A great opportunity to experience a session with Eddie Woods from the comfort of your own home. Also open to non-IOSH members, full details and how to register can he found HERE
New services Launched
Like many companies, we have had to change the way we operate and service our clients due to the current pandemic and the limitations it has brought to predominantly face-to-face training and consultancy organisations. For the foreseeable future, we will be moving to a remote support service providing several options for clients to consider when beginning or continuing their employee engagement campaigns. Head over to the REMOTE SERVICES page to find out more
IT’S GOOD TO TALK PODCAST - WITH CHRIS AND EDDIE WOODS 08.07.20
Chris Woods & Eddie Woods were recently invited onto the 'It's Good to Talk' podcast with Jason McGinn, to discuss mental health both at home and in the workplace. You can access the podcast by using THIS LINK and please also check out the It's Good to Talk Facebook page and help Jason grow the work he is doing by clicking HERE.
Safer Than Your Average Podcast - with Eddie Woods - 18.06.20
Eddie Woods was kindly invited onto Blair Boyd BSc. CMIOSH's Safer Than Your Average podcast recently, to discuss some career highlights and some of the work we do here at Karrdale. You can watch or listen using the links below
YouTube https://lnkd.in/dTk64zJ // iTunes https://lnkd.in/drgUTs5 // Spotify https://lnkd.in/d8fzZHJ
Eddie Woods to speak at IOSH West of Scotland Branch event - 06.03.20, Glasgow
Join IOSH West of Scotland Branch and Eddie Woods of Karrdale for a morning of coaching, mentoring and safety, that is available to both members and non-members.
Taking place at Hampden Park on 06.03.20, full details and how to get tickets are available on the iosh website HERE
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
2019 has been another very busy year for us here at Karrdale, including a couple of industry award wins and nominations in partnership with our clients. As always, it's taken us far and wide, across the country and into Europe where we've met some great people keen to make a real difference in employee engagement and the safety of their people. We'd like to thank all of our clients for asking us to be involved in their journeys and look forward to continuing to assist in 2020 and beyond.
We recently had our staff get together in the Lake District, away from the hustle and bustle of the cities, airports, motorways where our work takes us. It's important to have that disconnect and relax both body and mind, but we were so relaxed that we forgot to take a photo, so here's one from a previous meet up!
We hope you enjoy the festive period and we'll see everybody when we are back open on the 6th January.
World Mental Health Day 2019
To support World Mental Health day on 10th October, we have put together a short video with advice on how to deal with anxiety. We hope it helps.
Mind Yourself - The Psychology Behind The Psychology - Audio Program
We are proud to announce the release of our brand new audio programme ‘Mind Yourself’.
With the current stresses on health professionals, there are many people struggling to make first contact support in relation to mental wellbeing. For some this could be the wait for an appointment, others may feel embarrassed or maybe you are over consumed by work pressures.
All our corporate clients are on a wellbeing quest for their staff, deepening understanding and finding new solutions in the arena of wellbeing. We feel it’s time for us to build a bridge and reach out to the people in society who are experiencing a first contact dilemma.
Our tried and tested methods are easy to understand, apply and by sustaining the techniques our methods kick off the process of change. To try and help, we've produced 'Mind Yourself', which we hope helps you reach within yourself or reach out to enable you to help others.
More detailed information and purchasing options can be found HERE
It’s a hat-trick of industry awards for the SSE Networks & Karrdale ‘Influencing Behaviours’ programme
Karrdale client Scottish and Southern Energy Networks picked up the award for Outstanding Contribution to Health, Safety and the Environment at this years National Skills Academy for Power (NSAP) conference, for our jointly developed and delivered Influencing Behaviours programme.
We are now in the process of building on this success, but developing a new offering which will focus on helping Supervisors and Leaders create safe communities in the work place.
Full details of the win can be found on the SSEN website here
Karrdale client Stork pick up the Health & Safety award at the 2019 Press & Journal Gold Awards held in Aberdeen
L-R - Nikki Morris, HSSEQ Team Leader, Stork, Chris Woods, Karrdale, Jade Crotty, Regional Director HSSEQ, Stork
Another busy week for us last week, rounded off with something a little different on a Friday. Thanks to Stork, a Fluor company for inviting us to the The Press and Journal Gold Awards 2019, where Stork picked up the Health & Safety award. Stork and Karrdale have been working in partnership, helping to create a local community approach to compliment their corporate safety culture. Great to see Stork being rewarded for all the efforts they are putting in for their people.
UTS Foundation v The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity Danny DeBrabander XI Charity Football Match
A great day of football for Karrdale sponsored charity football team The UTS Foundation, who took on a strong The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity Danny DeBrabander XI at Prenton Park on Sunday 19th May. The match was organised by Danny to raise funds for both Clatterbridge and The UTS who both do amazing work with cancer patients across the Wirral.
The UTS side was made up of UTS members and a couple of ex-pro’s in Clint Hill (Ex-Rangers, QPR, Crystal Palace, Stoke and Tranmere) and Neil Mellor (ex-Liverpool, Preston North End) with the DDB XI being ex-Southport U18’s. In a closely fought game, under the Wirral sunshine, the game ended at 2-2, with the DDB XI taking it on penalties.
If you’d like to donate to this great cause, you can do so by following the link HERE
Senjokai Karate Academy, Stewarton
We recently produced this short video that gives an idea of what the academy does and the impact it has on it's local community.
Karrdale supports Wirral based charity - The UTS Foundation
It's our pleasure to be able to support The UTS Foundation, a charity that offers a range of specific and targeted fitness, health and well being activities for the most vulnerable members of our community; including (post) cancer care, mental ill health, special needs, disadvantaged children and adults and ex-military veterans.
We have provided football kit sponsorship for their football team for their upcoming fundraising fixtures including the big match against v The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity Danny DeBrabander XI at Prenton Park on May 9th. More information can be found HERE.
We'll be posting more about the foundation, but in the meantime, head over to their website to find out more about the amazing work they do -www.utsfoundation.com. If you’d like to contribute to this great cause, then you can do so by visiting Danny DeBrabander’s just Virgin Money Giving page HERE.
Another industry award win for SSE Networks and Karrdale safety programme 'Influencing Behaviours'
Another industry award win for SSE Networks and Karrdale safety programme 'Influencing Behaviours' at the Network Awards 2019 in Birmingham, in the Safety Initiative of the Year category. It was one of three for SSEN after also scooping Engineering Project of the Year for the Caithness-Moray transmission link, and Stakeholder Engagement Initiative of the Year for their SAVE project.
The introduction of SSEN’s safety licence, ‘If it’s not safe, we don’t do it’ and the rollout of the ‘Influencing Behaviours’ training programme with behavioural science partner Karrdale was recognised for its exceptional commitment to all-round health and safety going beyond statutory requirements. Intended to be more than just a slogan, SSEN’s safety licence gives individuals at all levels the empowerment and authority to stop a job or activity if they are concerned for their own personal safety and that of others, providing a direct message that safety always comes first to make sure everyone goes home safe at the end of the working day.
The ‘Influencing Behaviours’ programme was delivered to more than 4,600 employees and contract partners at 30 different locations across SSEN’s network areas north and south, challenging delegates to think differently about their own beliefs and behaviours, promoting the importance of interdependency and promoting a positive safety culture across the organisation.
Karrdale are pleased to announce a recently agreed 3 year contract with SSEN to continue to deliver Influencing Behaviours for new starters and supply chain partners.
http://news.ssen.co.uk/…/al…/2019/march/network-awards-2019/
Karrdale supports Senjokai Karate Academy
We are pleased to announce that we are providing sponsorship support to Senjokai Karate Academy based in Stewarton, Scotland. The Academy is a family orientated martial arts school teaching the Shotokan style of Japanese Karate. With its modern approach and traditional values, it has grown into one of the largest and most successful traditional Karate groups in Scotland.
The Safe Community Podcast
New for 2019!
Do you have great ideas and an approach that helps others get home safe? Have you got opinions on the best type of employee engagement? If so, we want to hear from you! In the new year, we will be launching The Safe Community Podcast where we will be giving our opinions on these subjects and others, and we would love for you to get involved. With the power of technology, it doesn’t even matter where you are based geographically. If you are interested in finding out more, please get in touch by emailing Info@Karrdale.com
Inspiring Safe Communities - A Guide to SAFETY, Wellbeing & Communities
We are excited to announce that we have a book coming out called Inspiring Safe Communities - A Guide to Safety, Wellbeing and Communities, which will be available to purchase on our website before Christmas. Keep an eye out for updates including pre-order details which will follow on shortly.
The workplace is currently experiencing a jam when it comes to safety & wellbeing, leaving many scratching their heads for an engaging way forward. The motivation to create positive environments of care is strong, but the lack of new ideas is forcing companies into regurgitating the same models, ones that reached the pinnacle of success a long time ago and the risk of these important topics becoming boring and less meaningful for the worker is drawing closer.
Companies are very aware that safety compliance alone will never be the panacea of safety & wellbeing and that a safety or quality failing could fold their business at a rapid rate. A common need for survival, be this for the individual, family, team or business, is driving people at all levels within companies to look for new ways to engage and find a way forward. Leaders know there is an engagement jam, we hope this guide can assist with unblocking it!
DAVE WALKER JOINS KARRDALE
A big warm welcome to Dave, who has recently become the latest addition to the Karrdale family.
He has spent time in a variety of industries, starting his working life in hospitals before practising as an Offshore Medic. Dave felt compelled to do something in a more proactive rather than reactive way in order to prevent of injury in the first place, which led to his journey into the world of health and safety some 25 years ago. Dave is passionate about people and the prevention of accidents and incidents and we at Karrdale identified an exciting opportunity that will merge legal Health and Safety requirements with a clear focus on community spirit, truly giving a sense of togetherness and assisting in the development of safer, more productive workplace communities. Dave is looking forward to working with our clients and more details on how he can help will follow soon. Please keep checking back to find out more
16.07.18
Karrdale welcomes Brian Morris to the family
We are pleased to announce the addition of Brian Morris to our ever-growing family. Brian brings a wealth of training delivery knowledge with him along with valuable offshore and front-line experience having worked in multiple industries across his career. Some of our clients will already recognise Brian, having been working in partnership with us on some of our larger contracts and today marks the day he joins the company on a permanent basis.
06.07.18
Karrdale Client Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Picks Up Safety Champion: Initiative Award
Geoff Norcott, Host of the Utility Week Stars Awards presenting the award to Heather Black from SSEN's Safety, Health and Environment team and Rachel Parry from SSEN's Central Performance team
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks’ (SSEN) Safety, Health and Environment team has been recognised at the prestigious annual Utility Week Stars Awards ceremony by picking up the Health and Safety Champion: Initiative award.
Richard Gough, Head of Safety, Health and Environment for Networks, said:
“We are delighted that the introduction of our licence and ‘Influencing Behaviours’ programme has been recognised by the industry. This is testament to the competence of our behavioural science partner Karrdale and everyone’s hard work across the business in both the roll out of the programme and in making sure it remains central to the work that we do"
We started working with SSEN in early 2017 when we were asked to help develop and deliver a bespoke training programme focused on the people side of safety, whilst working alongside their HSE department to produce sessions that would resonate with all of those within the business, regardless of job role.
The Influencing Behaviours programme was born and the initial rollout was delivered from the summer of 2017 to early 2018, which took us from the Shetland Islands all the way down to the Isle of Wight. We have also delivered Safety Champions workshops, where those in attendance build upon the knowledge gained from the initial Influencing Behaviour sessions, to then develop the safety community promoted initially.
Due to the success of the programme, we have been contracted to deliver a 3-year support programme to capture new starters within the business and third party contractor companies. It has also led to other business areas of SSE implementing the Influencing Behaviours programme and we are currently scheduled to deliver to Enterprise, Wholesale and Retail, having already delivered to Corporate earlier on in the year. When completed, we will have trained approximately 20,000 SSE and contractor partner personnel.
The success of SSEN's programme is a clear indication of intent from the leadership within the business which was driven by the Head of Safety, Health and Environment, Richard Gough. The passion needed to make a difference was clear from everyone involved in the development and organisation of the programme, from Colin Nicol, MD of SSEN, to the runners helping out on the day of the training sessions. This award is thoroughly deserved and all of us at Karrdale are delighted that everyone's efforts have been recognised by the Utilities industry and would also like to thank Richard Gough at SSEN for asking us to assist in this important initiative.
Full details can be found here
If you are interested to learn how we may be able to help you to develop a bespoke programme, please get in touch by phoning 0800 193 2011 or by emailing Info@Karrdale.com
29.06.18
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!
Happy Birthday to us! Today we celebrate our 2nd Birthday and would like to thank all of our clients and followers for their support. It's been a very busy year for us and our next is due to be even busier.
28.06.18
Fulcrum Group - Inspiring Safe Communities®
06.06.18
OIL & GAS UK SAFETY 30 EVENT 05-06.06.18 IN ABERDEEN
Chris Woods delivered a 40 minute session in partnership with Jade Crotty, Regional Director - HSSQ at Stork, a Fluor company, at this years' Oil & Gas UK Safety 30 - Piper Alpha Legacy event in Aberdeen. The session focused on Inspiring Safe Communities® and the importance of a Your Zero® mindset. Chris discussed this with the Minister for Business, Innovation & Energy Paul Wheelhouse MSP, who was also spoke at the event.
14.05.18
Chris Woods will be delivering a 40 minute session titled 'Inspiring Safe Communities' in partnership with Jade Crotty, Regional Director - HSSQ at Stork, a Fluor company, at this years' Oil & Gas UK Safety 30 - Piper Alpha Legacy event in Aberdeen. You can see Jade and Chris in the Gordon A room at 11.45am on Wednesday 6th June. Chris will also be on the Stork stand on both days, should you want to discuss anything with him. More information and tickets can be found HERE
16.03.18
FORTRESS HEALTH BLOG
Eddie Woods has written a short article for Fortress Health focused on anxiety and stress when it comes to health. Please visit the Fortress Health website where you will find other really helpful information, no matter your circumstance.
13.12.17
Thank you to all of our clients and social media followers for supporting us throughout 2017. We hope we have helped where we have been asked to and continue to assist in 2018.
We are taking a well-earned break with our Christmas shutdown period being from 18th December until 8th January. Here we are easing into it at our recent Christmas get-together In Glasgow.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Ryan, Eddie, Chris and Mark - Karrdale.
16.10.17
The karrdale family grows
We are delighted to welcome Mark Woods to the Karrdale family as part of the training team.
Mark joins us with a strong financial services training background, proving that what we talk about isn't just limited to safety.
Already out on the road delivering training to clients, you'll be seeing a lot more of him in the New Year
15.09.17
free event - 21.09.17 - aberdeen
WHAT IS 'HUMAN ERROR' AND HOW CAN IT IMPACT ME AND MY ORGANISATION?
Eddie will be in Aberdeen on Friday 21st September, discussing the importance of a Safe Community at the Human Factors and Safety Associates event. If you haven't reserved your spot at this free event, please email katrina.dunbar@dunbar-eandm.co.uk
14.09.17
BAE SYSTEMS uk ANNUAL SHE CONFERENCE 2017 BLACKPOOL
It was a pleasure to be asked to speak at BAE Systems UK SHE 2017 Conference in Blackpool yesterday. Chris delivered an hour long session focusing on employee engagement and the importance of creating safe communities.
There were two great presentations earlier in the afternoon from Phil Crosbie of Eversheds and Dave Shorrock of DS Risk Management, helping those that attended the conference take advantage of the expertise availble across a number of topics.
11.09.17
Karrdale sponsors Meliden FC's striker James Cairns
We are proud to sponsor the Welsh Alliance Division 2 football club Meliden FC's number 8 James Cairns for the 2017 / 2018 season. Meliden are striving for promotion to the Welsh Alliance Division 1 and we wish them the very best of luck. COME ON THE MINERS!
17.08.17
FREE IOSH WEBINAR WITH EDDIE WOODS - 15.09.17
We are delighted to inform you of a free IOSH Webinar with Eddie Woods on the 15th September at 12.30pm. Eddie will be discussing how normal human behaviour can impact on safety, and how we can build protective measures into our activities within the workplace - Spaces are limited so please register ASAP by CLICKING HERE.
10.07.17
It's our birthday!
We are now 1 year old! Thank you to all of our clients and social media followers for your continued support.
21.06.17
karrdale client gatwick airport recognised by rOSPA WITH 3 BIG AWARDS
Gatwick Airport has won three awards for the first time at the annual Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) awards ceremony, recognising the airport’s commitment to environment, health and safety (EHS) initiatives.
For the first time, the airport’s construction team was recognised with a ‘Highly Commended’ in the Industry Sector Award category for Construction Engineering. This competitive category is classed as a ‘major award’ by RoSPA and the award was given for demonstrating a robust and high quality health and safety management system across all construction projects at the airport.
Competitive awards go to the best entries in 24 industry sectors including construction, healthcare, transport and logistics, engineering, manufacturing and education.
In addition, Gatwick’s operations team picked up the International Dilmun Environmental Trophy, also considered a ‘major award’, and only given to one organisation each year. The Trophy was awarded in recognition of the airport’s Decade of Change strategy, which maps out how Gatwick aims to grow sustainably through responsible environmental management and performance, coupled with strong community programmes. This follows recent news from the Airport that it has achieved carbon neutral status.
The third award is a ‘Gold Award’ in the ‘Achievement’ category and is one that Gatwick is receiving for the fifth consecutive year. It recognises the airport for demonstrating high performance against its own individual EHS criteria under the ’Gatwick SAFE’ strategy, which sets out six core objectives covering: Leadership, Competence & Training, Health & Wellbeing, Communication & Engagement, Environmental Stewardship and Performance Improvement.
Gatwick’s Director of Construction, Raymond Melee, said:
“We are extremely proud to have been recognised with these awards. This achievement is testament to the entire Gatwick construction team, including all of our contractors, who work collaboratively on a day-to-day basis to ensure the successful and safe delivery of our projects across the airport.
“As we plan and build to continue our record growth, we will continue to ensure that safety, security and sustainability is infused in everything we do.”
Gatwick’s Head of Environment, Health and Safety, Ian Chalk, said:
“EHS is at the heart of everything we do at Gatwick and to win these awards is recognition of our continued commitment and success in this area. I feel very proud to lead a team which is dedicated to making Gatwick a safe place to work.”
RoSPA’s Head of Awards and Events, Julia Small, said:
“The RoSPA Awards are the most prestigious in the world of occupational health and safety, and held in high regard around the world, as winning one demonstrates an organisation’s commitment to maintaining an excellent health and safety record. Achieving the standard required is no mean feat.
“This is a special year in the history of RoSPA, and we congratulate all of our winners in this, our centenary year.”
The above text was taken from Gatwick Aiport's press release which can be found HERE