If you have an event that you would like SCRA to promote on these pages, please contact us!
On this page you will find information on:
International Rangers Federation Congress
Leading Edge & SNH Sharing Good Practice Programme 2009
Woodland Craft and Bushcraft Opportunities
SCRA Members Special Training & Canoe Based Outdoor Skills Journeys
The Ranger Development Partnership …
Invite you to a one day Ranger Manager Forum
During the research for the production of the SCRA Ranger Development Plan, several Ranger Managers stated that they would value a forum of their peers in which to share ideas, discuss concerns, discuss developments in Rangering and promote best practice. The Ranger Development Partnership are keen to promote this forum and working together, will initiate the first of what we would hope will be a series of forum for Ranger Managers into the future.
The first forum will be held at Scottish Natural Heritage’s Battleby Centre near Perth on
Wednesday 28
th October, starting at 10.30am and finishing in the mid afternoon.Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Attendance is open to all; however, the forum is designed for those that have a direct responsibility for line managing Rangers – for example, Team Leaders, Senior Rangers, Head Rangers; those that have a line management responsibility for Rangers and help to draw together reports and work programmes for Ranger Teams. Attendance is free.
The forum is designed to be an arena for discussion of issues that are important to Ranger Managers. Therefore the agenda is to be set by those in attendance. To get the ball rolling, there are several topics that the Ranger Development Partnership have suggested to open the day;
1) National Update from the Partnership on work to date and work planned
a. Official launch of the Ranger Standards Manual and new Ranger website
b. Continuing Professional Development for Rangers
c. The next steps in establishing Ranger CPD
2) Discussion on National Reporting Structures for Rangers, based on SNH’s proposed reporting framework as circulated earlier this year
It is also considered that there might be a desire to discuss Single Outcome Agreements and how Ranger Service Outcomes are included within these, but as this will not affect all the audience present, this will be dealt with in a break out session, whilst other sessions are held on other topics. There will be plenty of time built into the day for more informal networking between attendees.
The Partnership hope that this forum will be attractive to a wide range of Ranger Managers and hope that attendance will be good. To secure your place at the forum and to discuss ideas for discussion on the day, please fill in and return the attached form to Niall Lobley, SCRA Chair.
The Ranger Development Partnership
has been convened by the Scottish Countryside Rangers' Association, following on
from successful working relationships formed during the 2007/8 SNH Ranger Policy
Review. Members are drawn from local authority, regional and national parks, the
National Trust for Scotland, Historic Scotland, Forestry Commission Scotland and
Scottish Natural Heritage. The Ranger Development Partnership has been working
together, to deliver aspects of the SCRA Ranger Development Plan which is grant
aided for 3 years by SNH, focusing on Core Skills and Competencies, Continuing
Professional Development and support for the Ranger Profession within a changing
political and financial climate. The Partnership hosted the popular and
successful Ranger Rendezvous in late 2008.
If you have any queries or questions on the forum in advance, please contact Niall at or on 07720 774461
Download a booking form (MS Word, 590kb)
Download a booking form (PDF, 146kb)
International Rangers Federation Congress
The International Rangers Federation Congress will be held in Bolivia later in 2009. Details are being finalised but bookings are now open.
Find out more at the International Rangers Federation pages at http://www.int-ranger.net/congress.html
and at the booking pages for the event at http://www.guardaparque.org/
Please note, that if you plan on attending the event which is primarily for members of the Ranger associations, then please ensure you contact Tony Wilson as SCRA are hoping to achieve savings on travel by arranging group bookings.
Leading Edge is an annual training event hosted by SNH. SCRA have made an ongoing commitment to support the event and help to arrange it each year. Leading Edge is the cornerstone of SNH's Sharing Good Practive Events Calender.
Download flyer and booking form for this years Leading Edge (MS Word, 4MB)
(this is a large file - so see it on the web here - http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/sgp/sgp_Leadingedge.pdf )
Alternatively, if you wish to book by email, please use the PDF file here (PDF, 170kb) which contains all the information and can be filled in on a computer and emailed.
If you would like to find out more or to book onto the event, then please have a look at the Sharing Good Practice Programme.
Become your own Ray Mears! Learn some of these traditional skills with Richard Strivens, an experienced outdoor learning, woodland and bushcraft tutor. Richards prices are hard to beat! Join a course yourself, or contact Richard to arrange for him to come to you.
Richard specialises in passing on the skills techniques and tools to be able to enthuse and engage with young people in a woodland context - becoming more and more popular with Forest Education, Forest Schools and a Curriculum for Excellence, the skills you will learn here are applicable to many situations.
Woodland Education and Training Workshops (PDF, 21kb)
SCRA Members Special Rates for Woodland and Bushcraft Skills, and Canoe Based Outdoor Survival!
Richard Strivens has offered SCRA Members a very special price for undertaking training sessions on Bushcraft and Woodland education. After extremely successful and well received training sessions at the Ranger Rendezvous, Richard has offered a discounted rate to SCRA Members on many of his training courses!
As well as that, why not treat yourself to a water based adventure with Richard ay various times throughout the year!
SCRA Specials Training Courses (PDF, 29kb)