Saturday 11 August 2012

The Team!

The Team!  Just before we run an exciting and adventurous Forest Team Building day for Wellfield football club

Monday 2 July 2012

Bridge building


Bridge building in our southern training grounds

Sunday 1 July 2012

Bushcraft


Thrills and Skills for Life have just run a Forest Team Building and Bushcraft course for girls from east London. We found them to be very very impressive and here we see even in a cam and concealment exercise they had style!!

Saturday 16 June 2012

The TASFL team


The TASFL team, professional, loyal and outstanding, without whom nothing would happen.

Sedgefield Hardwick Primary school


Bridge building in the TASFL forest, with Sedgefield Hardwick Primary school

Olympic Flame


The Olympic Flame passes TASFL

Sunday 3 June 2012

Sunday 20 May 2012

Sedgefield Brownies Forest Team Building


Sedgefield Brownies took part in Thrills and Skills for Life's Forest Team Building.  They built shelters, made bridges out of the natural environment, rigged jackstays between trees, took part in camouflage and concealment exercises and used a a great deal of team work.

Wednesday 9 May 2012

Bishop Auckland College


Bishop Auckland College - Uniform and Public Services Course taking part in Forest Team Building in our Northern Forest Team Building training grounds. 

Monday 16 April 2012

Forest Furniture


Children can now make forest furniture in the training forest.  Full supervision and coaching is conducted by our patient, passionate, CRB'd staff.

The Daily Mail Bucket List

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2128695/National-Trust-launches-bucket-list-campaign-50-things-children-sofas-wild.html

The Daily mail have published a list of 50 things that would do children good to conduct.  You can do most of them with Thrills and Skills for Life!

Thursday 29 March 2012

Our second cycle maintenance contract for the NHS


We kicked off our cycle maintenance contract with a set of trikes being maintained.  Over the next 3 years these will be the first of 100's of bikes which will be serviced, repaired and maintained.

Wednesday 28 March 2012

Thrills and Skills for Life sponsoring a Siberian Adventure and shown on ITV

http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2012-03-24/i-survived-hypothermia-and-frostbite/

We sponsored Dave Gullane to walk across a Siberian frozen lake for 13 days.  Here is his story.  He is pictured in a Thrills and Skills for Life Hoody!!

Saturday 24 March 2012

Forest Team Building for Fishburn Primary

Fishburn Primary were welcomed back to the forest and enjoyed some really great activities all the while, learning how to work as a team, communication skills and developing in self confidence!

Saturday 10 March 2012

The Cycle contract for the NHS continues

Collected, Jet washed, Serviced and Repaired then returned all within 5 days!

Kings College London, Wilderness Medical Society attend an Outdoors First Aid Course

Casualty extraction from remote woods was just one of the many, many scenarios the Doctors and Midwives found themselves in!

The Girls 40 th Birthday Canal boat trip

We recently ran a girls 40 th birthday event.  We organised and ran a canal boat trip for them, which included everything!  Yes everything from providing the chef and meals to the drinks and even cocktail making!  We drove the boat too, so the girls could sit back and relax! 

Wellfield School in Wingate, take part in Forest Team Building

Wellfield School in Wingate, County Durham, spent 4 days taking part in Forest Team Building in our Northern Training Forest.  200 children passed through the training and all really gained from the experience.

First At Work Training for Fishburn and Sedgefield cluster of schools

We conducted First At Work training for Fishburn cluster of schools.  Here Annie the school secretary is getting an emergency carry!