VNSW attended the virtual seminar of Safety Culture. Billed as “Surviving or Thriving” and found via a business service website we had hoped that this would provide some applied business advice which could be shared with the wider sector. This was not the case – something quite unexpected resulted.

The first speaker was John MaCavoy – a former career criminal from London who discovered indoor rowing when in prison. For reasons explained in the presentation this developed into Iron Man participation which, in turn, led to sponsorship from Nike to enable him to share his highly motivating story. The presentation, including questions and answers, can be found here.

For those working with the hard to reach, at risk of (re)offending this could be an invaluable presentation. There are other speakers. However, the entire event lasted for 4.5 hours and was far too long. The astronaut (Kelly) and pilot presentations (Sullenberg) are also useful to watch as they have a combination of drama and mentoring.

There is a need to register. We can report that the in-box has been free of marketing emails since we registered.

ENDS

About Safety Culture

Safety Culture is a business that started in a domestic garage in Australia a decade ago. They produce check lists for safety critical processes and now have a world wide, blue chip, customer base. The introduction to the seminar provided a brief overview of how the company developed.

About VSNW

Voluntary Sector North West is a regional infrastructure body for the North West of England. Providing support for local CVS bodies, with an element of direct project delivery, VSNW works with regional statutory bodies to advance the case for the Voluntary Sector.