Staff profiles
David Sharp
Job Title:
Chief Executive.
Date Started:
March 2002.
Experience:
15 years as a part time youth worker, 12 years working in local authority leisure services, 8 years voluntary sector which include 5 years as Deputy Chief Executive.
Responsibilities:
Everything but mainly the strategic direction of the organisation.
Favourite part of your job:
Meeting new people and helping young people realise their potential.
Hobbies:
Mountain biking, Climbing Mountains, Sci Fi.
Mark Faulkner
Job Title:
Head of Centre.
Date started:
Jan 2009.
Previous Experience/ training:
34 Years in the Army; retired as a Colonel.
Responsibilities:
Managing the day to day operations of Carlton Lodge to provide day and residential programmes of adventurous activities to our customers.
Favourite part of your current job:
The interaction with the huge variety of customers who visit Carlton Lodge.
Hobbies:
Cricket, golf, gardening and bridge.
Favourite quote:
'Education is that what is left when what you have learned has been forgotten.' Albert Einstein
George Plant
Job Title:
Chief Instructor.
Date Started:
March 2008.
Qualifications:
Fifteen years experience, SPA, ML, CIC, BCU level 1 Coach.
Responsibilities:
Managing staff and ensuring activities are conducted in a safe environment.
Favourite part of your job:
Working with David!
Favourite Book:
Too many to list but currently Terry Pratchett books.
Favourite Quote:
'If you try, you risk failure: if you don't you ensure it.'
Bex Avery
Job Title:
Senior Activities Instructor.
Started:
April 2011.
Qualifications:
10 years experience, 4* Canoe Leader, L2 Paddlesport Coach, L2 Cave Leader, Gorge and Ghyll Leader, SPA (Single Pitch Assessment) Trained and First Aid.
Responsibilities:
Managing seasonal staff and ensuring things run smoothly.
Favourite Book:
Touching the Void.
Favourite Quote:
'I haven't been everywhere yet, but it's on my list.'
Judith Worrall
Job Title:
Facilities Manager.
Date Started:
January 2005.
Responsibilities:
Ensuring the buildings are clean and prepared for our visitors and the catering requirements are met for groups. Making sure everyone has a comfortable and memorable stay.
Favourite part of your job:
Seeing smiley happy people amd listening to children telling me about their day.
Hobbies:
Cycling, Horse riding, baking and reading.
Favourite thing to do:
I love riding with my cycle club (Yorkshire Lasses) and my husband. Spending time with my family and friends.
April Lishman
Job Title:
Chef.
Date Started:
April 2017.
Responsibilities:
Making sure that everyone staying gets a home cooked meal.
Favourite part of your job:
Baking.
Hobbies:
Walking, baking, music, movies, cross stitch, arts and crafts.
What do you like to do on your days off:
Walking, shopping and socialising with friends.
Matt Salmon
Job Title:
Seasonal Instructor.
Date Started:
Feb 2018 - Second Season.
Experience:
Having been raised by a bear and a black panther I have gained extensive experince in the outdoors and have learned not to trust scar faced tigers and pythons!
Qualifications:
BCU level 1 Paddlesport Coach. Single Pitch Assessment, Level 1 Cave trained.
Favourite thing to do:
Going on outdoor adventures with friends and relaxing afterwards.
Tell us an intresting fact about yourself:
I can't play basketball - that will make sense when you meet me!
Jake Roberts
Job Title:
Seasonal Instructor.
Date Started:
Feb 2018.
Experience:
Three years outdoor leadership course and three years as an outdoor instructor.
Responsibilities:
To promote outdoor education in a fun and safe environment.
Favourite thing to do:
White water paddling.
Favourite book:
The killing joke - Batman Graphic novel.
Tell us an interesting fact about yourself:
I worked at the London 2012 Olympics and Para Olympics and met the Team GB football team and the Gold Medalists of the Mexico Olympic football team.
Sam Allum
Job Title:
Seasonal Instructor.
Date Started:
Feb 2018.
Experience:
I have been an instructor for 4 year, starting as an apprentice and working my way to this job.
Responsibilities:
To run sessions and make sure the group have a great stay.
What I do on my days off:
I like getting lost!
Favourite book:
The Encyclopedia Britannica.
Tell us an interesting fact about yourself:
I was accidently a model in Rohan outdoor shops and their advertising.
Gillian Harrison
Job Title:
Office Administrator [Part-Time].
Date Started:
April 2008.
Experience:
Since leaving school I have mainly worked in Administration - in the Health Service; Ministry of Defense; Foreign & Commonwealth and Home Office. I also volunteer at the local Baptist Church, coordinating events and editing audio recordings for website podcasts.
Responsibilities:
Main Reception, if you telephone the office there is a good chance I will be the first person you speak to.
Favourite part of your job:
Meeting people and being the welcoming first-face for visitors enter the office.
Hobbies:
Travel, walking, cycling, gardening, music & TV.
Favourite things to do:
Spending time with family and friends.
Caitlin McClurg
Job Title:
Seasonal Instructor.
Date Started:
Feb 2018 - Second season.
Experience:
Before working at Carlton Lodge I studied Outdoor leadership at the University of Cumbria. I have been on many expeditions including Canoeing in Scotland and walking in Morocco.
Responsibilities:
Running sessions and making sure the students get the best experience possible.
Favourite part of the job:
Watching students gain confidence in themselves
What I do on my days off:
Climbing and socializing with friends
Tell us an interesting fact about yourselves:
I have kissed Olly Murs and sang with S Club 7 for Children in Need.
Lee Preston
Job Title:
Seasonal Instructor.
Date Started:
Feb 2018.
Experience:
Life.
Responsibilities:
To make people enjoy the activity.
What is your favorite book?
3 men in a boat - Jerome K Jerome.
Favorite quote:
We don't inherit the earth from our parents, we hold it in trust for our children.
Tell us an interesting fact about yourself:
I was living in Hong Kong at the time of Bruce Lee's funeral. I didn't receive an invite! Just as he feared me in life he spurned me in death.
Felicity Leigh-Hudson
Job Title:
Seasonal Instructor.
Date Started:
Feb 2018.
Experience:
Four years previous outdoor experience and a Level 3 National Diploma in Outdoor Education.
Responsibilities:
Providing a safe and fun learning experience.
Favourite part of the job:
Sunny days outside.
Favourite book:
The Gruffalo.
Favourite quote:
'A helmet that's not done up is just a hat.'
Becca Haberfield
Job Title:
Seasonal Instructor.
Date Started:
Feb 2018 - Second season.
Experience:
Three years of working as an outdoor instructor.
Responsibilities:
Ensuring that all participants get an equal chance of giving an activity a go by adapting it so they can take part regardless of age, gender, disability etc.
What I do on my days off:
Climbing and sight seeing - being a real tourist!
Hobbies:
Climbing, Walking the dog, Volunteering for an events company.
Favourite quote:
'Promise me you'll always remember: you're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.' Winnie the Pooh - Christopher Robin.
Connor Cannings
Job Title:
Seasonal Instructor.
Date Started:
Feb 2018 - Second season.
Experience:
Three year's studying outdoor education, one year spent gaining my qualifications and was in the Scouts.
Responsibilities:
To ensure all members of my group have a safe but enjoyable time / session and they all come away with a positive experience and learn something new.
Qualifications:
Level 1 Paddle sport coach, Level 1 Cave training, Single Pitch Assessment, Mountain bike leader level 1, Gorge and Ghyll trained.
Favourite book:
King of the Cloud Forests - Micheal Morpurgo.
Favourite quote:
'The person at the top of a mountain didn't fall there.'
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