Breathing Space Outdoors
has one director and a range of associates offering
complementary skills. This allows us to offer a variety of training,
consultancy services and outdoor
experiences.
Director
Fran Loots
A skilled and versatile facilitator
and trainer, Fran works with a wide range of age and client groups both
indoors and outdoors. She has extensive experience of working and training
in the public and voluntary sectors specialising in equality perspectives.
A Masters degree in Applied Social Research supports her indoor skills. National Governing Body
qualifications in mountain leadership and orienteering support her outdoor
work along with a diploma in Outdoor Education. Most recently Fran has been accedited as a Nordic Walking Instructor through the International Nordic Walking Association. In addition she is an
associate member of Terra
Nova, working on leadership and team building events with them. She
also works for Engender, where
she has done research into women and leadership.
Associates
Jeanette Timmins
An enthusiastic and skilled trainer, Jeanette works with a wide range
of women and women’s organisations. She has first hand experience
of designing and delivering training courses, with an emphasis on women’s
equality, to women in the voluntary and community sector in Scotland.
Jeanette combines an ability to offer an imaginative, positive and
versatile training experience with a high level of attention to detail.
She also works for Engender where
she delivers Making a Difference political skills training courses,
training for
trainers courses and runs seminars of particular relevance and interest
to women at all levels of both statutory and community decision making
structures.
Catriona Loots
Has worked mainly with the further and higher education sector designing
and delivering both academic and competence based training programmes
at access, undergraduate and postgraduate degree level. She has extensive
research experience and is skilled in disseminating information using
a variety of medium including reports, presentations and journal articles.
She worked in Fiji designing a competence based training programme
for the Police from constable to superintendent level. She has postgraduate
qualifications in social and educational research and is a member of
the Institute of Learning and Teaching.
Terra Nova
Designs and delivers innovative development programmes which promote
high trust within organizations and effect lasting positive change.
Their approach is both informal and challenging and results in practical
programmes which improve business performance.
They specialise in Leadership,
Teamwork, Assessment Centres, Culture Change and Coaching.
Terra Nova
works throughout the UK and Internationally. Over the years Terra
Nova has received a number of Awards for its commitment
to quality.
http://www.terranovatraining.co.uk
Shelagh Young
Shelagh Young has ten years training and facilitation experience. This includes media interview skills, presentation skills, written communications, leadership and project management, training trainers.
She has been coaching since 2000 and runs her own business
‘Future Works’. She has many years voluntary sector experience working as a senior manager at Oxfam focusing on communications, campaigning and subsequently at Scottish Human Services Trust leading on partnership working. Shelagh enjoys being outdoors when the opportunity presents and paddles when she can.
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Karen Darke
I believe that life is an exploration.an adventure to be enjoyed and learned from. As a keen runnerand mountaineer, I was paralysed in a rock-climbing accident and despite the challenges of combining wheels with wilderness, I was compelled to continue escaping the world of concrete for the inspiration of the natural environment. Along the way I have hand-cycled across the Central Asian and Himalayan mountain ranges, the length of the Japanese archipelago, kayaked from Canada to Alaska and skied in the Arctic.
Becoming paralysed radically changed my life and was a 'wake-up' call for me, catalysing my interest in human development. I am passionate about people, and the development opportunities which life offers to us. As a qualified positive impact coach, NLP practitioner and complementary therapist and eight years experience with a multinational in a learning and development role, I enjoy inspiring people be all they can be - assisting in unlocking the energy and potential that lies within us all.
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Grant Carstairs
Grant has over 25 years experience of community development in both public and voluntary sectors, in the UK and overseas. Grant brings to Breathing Space Outdoors a wealth of experience in both strategic and operational work. Aside from his work background, Grant is a skilled outdoors enthusiast, specialising in navigation.
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Hilary Robertson
Hilary works with public and private sector organisations to develop management and leadership skills at all levels. She is an associate of the Scottish Leadership Foundation.
As Director of the Scottish NHS Confederation from 2000 -2006 she developed and delivered management and leadership programmes for NHS organisations in Scotland and contributed to the delivery of the Scottish Executive Health Department’s leadership framework by working with NHS top teams and non-executive board members including local authority representatives.
She recently conducted a research study of the challenges facing leaders across Scotland’s public sector in the current climate of reform on behalf of the Scottish Leadership Foundation. Hilary has a particular interest in the challenges facing women in management and leadership.
Lynda Benham
Lynda has been an independent consultant, coach, facilitator and trainer for over 20 years, working primarily in Local Authorities. She has a coaching accreditation from The Coaches Training Institute, a qualification recognised by the International Coaching Federation.
As a Consultant she has worked on projects including :
Assisting a County Council to meet the requirements of the Equality Standard in relation to its training provision; Working with project teams at the start of new projects Training Needs Analysis; Organisational Review & Performance Appraisal System
As a Coach she has a private coaching practice in addition to coaching senior managers within organisations (public, voluntary and private) on a range of issues from work/life balance to staff management/leadership
As a Facilitator she has worked with a wide range of teams (management teams, staff of residential units, multi-disciplinary teams etc) to meet objectives ranging from the creation of a new strategy to dealing with the effects of bullying and harassment.
Training Projects have included Management Development Programmes; Management of Change; Women’s Development; Influencing/ Assertiveness Skills; Stress Management & Work/Life Balance; Building Confidence & Self-esteem; Leading Project Teams – plus many others.
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