Survival School has been awarded the 'Buy With Confidence' Trading Standards Approval. We are proud to have been awarded this approval by Trading Standards as it demonstrates our commitment to quality work and great customer service.

In response to concerns about 'rogue traders' which are often highlighted in the media, a partnership of Local Authority Trading Standards Services have taken a ground-breaking step by putting together the Buy With Confidence Scheme. The scheme provides consumers with a list of local businesses which have given their commitment to trading fairly. Every business listed has undergone a series of detailed checks before being approved as a member of the scheme.

Independence

Buy With Confidence is run through the cooperation of a number of Trading Standards Services. We consider that Trading Standards has the right expertise and motivation to offer a scheme which offers genuine benefits consumers and businesses. Accordingly, the Buy With Confidence scheme is administered by local authority Trading Standards Services directly, and is not outsourced.

Entry Vetting

In order to become a Buy With Confidence member, a business must first apply or be recommended to join the scheme and must then pass a set of tailored background checks. Membership of the scheme is not given lightly – amongst other checks, each applicant will have their complaints history reviewed and will receive a visit from Trading Standards. Good references are required from previous customers and applicants must agree to abide by the scheme's code of conduct, which requires them to follow the letter and spirit of the law. Criminal records disclosure may also be required in some circumstances.

Only if all the scheme requirements are met, will a business be granted membership, and their conduct will continue to be monitored thereafter. We cannot promise that Buy With Confidence members' work will be perfect every time, but you can expect any problems to be dealt with fairly by the business, and you can turn to Trading Standards for advice in the event of an unresolved issue.

To check the validity of this certificate, please visit www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk .  Survival School certificate No is 0569.

The Survival School Instructors Course is now the Bushcraft, Survival and Wilderness Living Skills Level 4 Course.  It has been accredited by the National College of Further Education and will give you an Instructors Certificate to help you on your way in the Bushcraft and Survival Industry.

It's the certificate that you need!

We have come to end of our courses for 2010.  On behalf of all the instructors and associates of Survival School, I would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who has attended courses and to all those who have had dealings with Survival School.  You have been an inspiration to us and we hope that you will all come back and see us in 2011.

It has been an eventful year, which has seen more courses run and has been more enjoyable than we thought possible.  We have had a record number of people complete the Instructors Course and I would personally like to congratulate them and wish them all the very best in their bushcraft careers.  Well done guys.  We have also been running the NCFE Level 2 Bushcraft, Survival and Wilderness Living Skills course with over 50 people completing the assessment successfully.  Congratulations to all those who qualified. 

We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year.  We hope to see you all in 2011.

Have fun and keep warm folks.

Jonny and the Team from Survival School

Please do NOT vote for us!

 We do not support these awards or recognise them as awards that have any merit. 

If you haven't been on all the courses available, how can you say which is best?

Just to show how this is being abused, there is a company that claims that they have award winning courses where as they only got one award.  A touch misleading - so please don't have anything to do this as it is being mis-used.  Thank you.

Below is a letter sent to us after a visit from Phil Pringle, a Health and Safety Officer who visited us in August.  We thought you'd like to know that we pride ourselves on this sort of thing.

Health and Safety Visit of Survival School one night Bushcraft Course:

Please find the findings of my visit carried out at Knightly Park Woods 3^rd August2010.

Firstly, I must say how impressed I was with all the organisation and arrangements covering the whole of this trip and the professionalism of all involved.

The safety of the group was a priority at all times and every eventuality was covered in numerous safety briefs and control of the group was kept at all times.

The camp area was excellent very well organised and controlled by Jonny Crockett the.

Chief instructor and senior instructors Richard and Dan.

The instruction was of an excellent standard and met all requirements for safety in the outdoor environment. All instructors hold the appropriate qualifications required. As well as many more.

The instructors, Richard and Dan fulfilled their duties without fault, and with the Jonny’s wealth of experience in organising such events for groups of young people I have no reservation in recommending the use Survival School for future events and courses.

It gave the young people an outstanding insight to the outdoors and an opportunity not generally available.

Yours Faithfully 

Philip Pringle

Health & Safety Officer