Alan Cornforth

Alan Cornforth

Scout Leader and County adviser

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Founder and instructor at Acorn4th and director of Adventure Pioneers (northwest) CIC

  • Education

    • Little Moss Sec. Modern School

      1962 - 2020

      Activities and Societies: I was one of the schools cross country runners, a member of the chess club and took part in a number of the schools art and craft projects.

    • Blackpool Technical College.

      1966 - 1968
      CG Joinery/Carpentry Joinery/Carpentry

      Activities and Societies: I attended the College as an Apprentice Joiner

  • Experience

    • The Scout Association

      May 1989 - now
      Scout Leader and County adviser
    • Garside & Laycock

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2009
      Maintenance Joiner

      I was employed as a joiner, and was part of a team responsible for carrying out day to day maintenance, for a number of their building maintenance contracts.

    • Lancashire Fire & Rescue

      Jan 2009 - Jan 2010
      Prince’s Trust Team Leader

      As a Prince’s Trust Team Leader I worked closely with a diverse range of young people and adults with differing levels of ability and age range, assessing their needs and developing programmes/training to meet those individual requirements.

    • Acorn4th

      Jan 2010 - now

      I am the founder and instructor of Acorn4th, a LCC Registered Provider for Educational off site visits. Established in 2010 to provide instruction in Backwoodsmanship, Bushcraft, and Pioneering, for youth groups, schools, management, and individual's. We have provided workshop's for the 1. North Yorkshire Outdoor Learning Service. 2. The Institute for Outdoor Learning. 2. Bushcraft instruction for Myerscough College. 3. We have also developed a working program for schools, providing tuition for the Outdoor and adventurous activities National curriculum.4. Instruction and training for the Scout Association.5. Workshops and demonstrations for a number of groups and Businesses. Show less

      • Founder and instructer.

        Apr 2010 - now
      • Founder and instructor

        Jan 2010 - now
      • Joiner and Backwoods, Bushcraft, Pioneering instructor

        Jan 2010 - Sept 2020
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Archery GB instituter aword

      Arcchery GB
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Scout Leader And County Adviser

      Issued by The Scout Association on Jun 1989
      The Scout AssociationAssociated with Alan Cornforth