Crew Director | Trainer | Expert Witness
Invented training as we now currently know it back in the 70’s, bringing together the classical schools of Didactic with the more inclusive and somewhat more interesting Soccratean method to realise his own creative and imaginative learning style. After studying with some of the greats his own blend of “Craigmillar angst” combined with a rapier like wit honed in the Army, he is now adept at forcing information into even the most unwilling of subjects before they realise what’s happening…..
After a period of community activism John went on to study Community Education at Moray House in Edinburgh. Working with community and voluntary sector groups John has developed and delivered courses for staff, volunteers and peer educators for over 20 years. Some of the courses he has developed and ran are as follows:
· Peer education and mentoring
· Effects of Alcohol and other Drugs on the human organism
· Working with committees
· Service user involvement
· Cocaine in My Brain
· Substance use issues
John has also delivered seminars in many European countries and has a real passion for training, his Post Graduate Certificates are for Voluntary Sector Management and Addictions Studies. He lives alone with his widescreen TV in Edinburgh and is National Director of Crew and is a board member of the Scottish Drugs Recovery Consortium.
“Working with John is an absolute delight” Emo Philips
“One of a kind….one of a kind….yeah definitely one of a kind” Martin Luther King JR
“Who me, how should I know?….I’m just out for some tatties!” guy outside Mamma Said
