The SurvivalCraft Workshops
Workshop Overview
The three day workshop includes the Principles and Presentation aspects of the course. The first two hours of each day covers the principles, with the afternoon spent devoted to a mixture of presentation of gear and discussion around these items.
Each day will be from 10:00am until 5pmish (approximately 6 hours tuition).
The cost of our 3 day course is £180
£135 concessional price for a referral
Gift vouchers are available
Principles
This is essential survival skills knowledge applicable for survival kits/gear. Classroom based, where a full workbook will be provided at the end of the course.
Presentation
This is a mixture of presentation of kits with detailed explanation, showing the principles behind why we have the choices of kits. An opportunity to try on equipment, with hands on learning. The handout booklet and certificate of attendance will be provided at the end of this part of the workshops.
Taster Workshop
This day workshop is suitable for regular outdoor goers: day hikers, kayakers, mountain bikers and overnight backpackers….essentially anybody who enjoys the great outdoors.
The workshop is designed to give you an overview of the fundamental principles of survival scenarios - how they happen, typical situations and how to avoid. The workshop is survival kit centred. To help you design your survival kit for your personal needs, body type, situation and experience.
This will be in a classroom format, with both theory module and presentation of kits.
Cost: £60
£45 concessional price for a referral
Vouchers are available
Time: 10am - 5pm (approximately six hours tuition)
Venue: Lewes High Street - Sussex (indoors)
Date: Saturday in October - date to be confirmed
Contact: info@survivalcraft.uk or 07775 938 842
Additional learning
Practical
10:00am to 5pm
An in-the-field experience physically putting these principles together. An opportunity to test out the theories under guided instruction. To test out equipment and personal boundaries.
Overnight
Weekend overnight in-the-field training – 10:30am Saturday to 3pm Sunday.
An overnight stay using survival gear, of which some gear may be provided. A full list of required equipment will be provided on booking. An extension of the practical skills, with additional experience of testing out sleeping in survival gear.
Personal Tuition
10:30am to 5pm
One on one, or 2/3 students at a time, for more personalised tuition
What you will gain from the course?
A clear understanding of the core principles of survival – what items, knowledge and skill sets will keep you alive in a non-urban environment.
What survival kit/gear is suitable for you.
How to be more discerning when it comes to information on these topics – what really is appropriate for a survival situation and what is simply entertainment and merely stimulating information.
You will have more confidence when venturing out into the great outdoors in whatever capacity – losing that fear, yet respecting the elements of nature.
What procedures you will need to go through in terms of priorities and areas of where sense of urgency needs applying.
A degree of dexterity skills when handling cutting tools, firecraft and emergency shelters.
An opportunity to experiment with various choices of kits, equipment – saving you money and effort.
An insight into making repairs to kits – fix n mend at home and in the field.
A stimulus to help you branch out to associated topics of survival such as the psychology of survival, advanced navigation, search and rescue, foraging, advanced first aid, nature study, ancient crafts & bushcraft, ad infinitum.
Make connections with like-minded people who share these interests.
“An amazing weekend. I now feel so confident to venture out to more isolated areas”
Sarah, Lewes