CIOB Kent CPD event is well received

As regular visitors to this site will know, John is always willing to talk all things demolition, be it to schools, clients, or other organisations and it is really nice when a talk generates a nice letter of thanks and some good feedback.

John's recent talk to CIOB Kent branch on the 28th April was well received as can be seen from the letter below. A subsequent talk at Wolverhampton College at their Wellington Road Campus as part of the "City of Wolverhampton Progression Week" also went down very well.

If you would like to include a talk on demolition and the role of the IDE in ensuring competency please do not hesitate to contact john.woodward@demolishdismantle.co.uk and he will check his diary and see what he can do.

Click on the letter below to view it full size:

Tipton Green school says thank you for John's talk to kids

You may remember a few days ago we posted about John Woodward giving a successful talk to the children at Tipton Green school. Well, not the school has responded with a big thank you!

Here's the email we received from the school:

Dear All, thanks SO much for all your help in making the Primary Futures Pilot at Tipton Green such a success. We really appreciated the time you gave up and it was clear that the children were inspired and excited by your presentations and the opportunities ahead for them.


The scheme John signed up to is called Inspiring the Future - Primary schools. And you can take part, too. Just head on over the the Inspiring the Future website and sign up!

Talk at Tipton Green school hailed as a success

Thursday 27th March saw John at Tipton Green School giving talks to all of the classes about a life in demolition as part of the "Inspiring the Future" programme. The talks were the second time John had returned to school to talk to pupils and this time John was one of six people attending to give the pupils an insight into the real world of work.


The full programme saw John, and Steve Gray of C&D customer Apollo GCL, along with other professionals give short talks to each class in turn to inspire the pupils to consider a job other than a Pop Star or Footballer.

The programme, which can be downloaded, allowed little time for breaks to ensure that all classes heard each speaker.

John's talk, entitled "Demolition Engineering A Great Career Choice" was very well received with several of the pupils wanting to drive large machines and blow down buildings.



Following the talks John has agreed to return to the school to be interviewed on the school radio station.