Why You May Not Legally Be Required To Adopt The RRN Standards

There has been a lot of emphasis by various parties, including some training providers, to ‘push’ organisations to comply with the RRN (Restraint Reduction Network) Standards, when clearly they do not need to do so. 

In some cases this is for nothing more than to generate business for themselves at an expense (in some cases at very high financial cost) that the organisation doesn’t have to comply with the RRN standards.

In other cases it may simply be because the person ‘pushing’ organisations to adopt the RRN standards is either misinformed or has not done their own due diligence as to what organisation need to and do not need to, comply with the standards.

Read more

Robert (Rab) Landells and Trevel Henry To Be The New Owners of NFPS Ltd

Robert (Rab) Landells and Trevel Henry To Be The New Owners of NFPS Ltd. As from the 31st December this year Deborah and myself will be stepping down as directors of NFPS Ltd. The company (NFPS Ltd) will be taken over by Robert (Rab) Landells and Trevel Henry and will continue to operate as normal with me in the background … Read more

Providing Security In Healthcare Settings

Providing security in healthcare settings – SIA Update, August 2022

You may have seen an email sent out in August 2022 in which the SIA made the following statement:

Read more

Why Aligning Your Values With Your Work is So Important

Why Aligning Your Values With Your Work is So Important

Our values are things that are important to us. 

Read more

The Will To Live

Why Having The Will To Live Is So Important!

We’ve just run a CQC course with Lofty Wiseman and Ginge Johnson.

Read more

How Paul’s Lack of Knowledge Cost Him His Dream

You have almost certainly had someone on your training course ask you a question?

Or, you may have been on a training course and asked a question because you were unsure of what the trainer was telling you.

People ask questions for a number of basic reasons, such as:

Read more

Why Two Trainers Were Torn To Shreds in A Courtroom

Why Two Trainers Were Torn To Shreds in A Courtroom And How You Can Become More Confident As A Result.

Many years ago there was a restraint related death of a young person.

During the inquest into the death the restraint trainers had to appear in court to give evidence. 

They were (as usual) cross examined by the prosecution, and it was brutal.

Read more

What Is The Best Martial Art For Self Defense

“What Is The Best Martial Art For Self Defense?” This is a question that I have heard asked many times. I have also seen this asked in many forums and discussion groups. But is it a misleading one? Studying the martial arts is of course a valuable thing to do. I’ve done it myself for many years. But does being … Read more