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Snowdonia Mountain Aid is run by Helen and Steve Howe.

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Helen has been into the outdoors since a young age from when her family used to climb mountains in the Lake District and Scotland. At university she was Vice-President for the YHA (mountain walking club). 
      Helen has been involved in Mountain Rescue since 1991, initially  joining Teesdale Search and Rescue Team as a student, she was a member of Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue team when returning to her native Lancashire and SARDA England for fifteen years before moving to North Wales. She is one of the most experienced and qualified Mountain Rescue Dog Handlers in the UK having qualified three Mountain Rescue Search dogs. She is the current Chairman of SARDA Wales. She is also a member of Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team.
     Helen trained as a geography teacher and taught for many years at Clitheroe Grammar School. She holds the Mountain Leadership Award and is an aspirant International Mountain Leader.  She has many years experience working with young people in the outdoors both as work and in a voluntary capacity for the Church Youth Fellowship Association. She has worked for the Field Studies Council in Snowdonia for four years.  During this time she has lead many field trips for school groups.
     Helen has a keen interest in Natural History and the mountain environment. Helen is a First Aid trainer for the Mountain Rescue and teaches on the Casualty Care course.

Qualifications: Mountain Leader Summer (1993), Winter Mountain Leader (2013), Aspirant International Mountain Leader (summer qualified) (2009), REC First Aid trainer,  Post graduate Certificate in Education (Geography Secondary), B.A. Honours in Geography, OCR Level 3 in Offsite Safety Management Certificate (2006), Mountain Rescue Casualty Care, Mountain Rescue ECMR Advanced First Aid,  NNAS (National Navigation Award Scheme instructor and assessor)             
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Steve is REC Regional Director for Wales. He has been a Mountain Instructor at Plas y Brenin, the National Mountain Centre since 1997. He is head of the Mountain Rescue Department at the centre. An active mountaineer since the 1980s, his love for the outdoors includes walking, climbing, backpacking and canoeing. Steve has climbed and canoed throughout the world and was a well-known climber in the 1980s pioneering several routes in North Wales and the Lake District. In more recent years he has been involved in Mountain Rescue having been a member or Ogwen Valley MRT, SARDA Wales and now Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team. He has a retired Mountain Rescue Dog, Tilly who still enjoys hill walks at the age of fifteen. Originally from the Lake District Steve has been living in North Wales since 1986.
 
Qualifications:
Mountain Instructor Award, Mountain Leader (Summer), Winter Mountain Leader, REC First Aid Trainer, International Mountain Leader. Mountain Rescue ECMR Advanced First Aid.

Courses we offer: Rescue Emergency Care, Outdoor First Aid, Mountain First Aid, First Aid for Paddlers and watersports, Aviation First Aid, HSE First Aid at Work, HSE Emergency First Aid at Work, Bespoke First Aid Courses for Groups, First Aid for Duke of Edinburgh groups and leader/supervisors, Mountain Leadership Training and Assessment, Walking Group Leader Training and Assesment, Single Pitch Training and Assessment, Risk Assessment Training, Off-site Safety Management Training, ML Refresher, ML Mock Assessment., Hillskills and Navigation Skills

info@snowdoniafirstaid.co.uk