Network
Built through
trust, over years.
How delivery works
SHACADEMY is founder-led, but it does not depend on one person having every answer. Years of working alongside operators, venues, productions, educators, governing bodies and specialists have built a set of relationships you cannot buy.
- 01Understand the problem.
- 02Identify what expertise is needed.
- 03Bring together the right people.
- 04Coordinate the work through SHACADEMY.
SHACADEMY remains your point of contact throughout. This is a delivery model, not a directory.
We know people and places.
A collaborative consultancy
Trusted specialists. Strategic partners.
SHACADEMY is founder-led and independent. Around it sits a small, carefully chosen network of trusted specialists and strategic partners — people and organisations we already know, already work with, and would recommend on merit.
Trusted Specialist Network
Specialists who have agreed to be part of the SHACADEMY network — brought into projects where their expertise is the right fit.
Aimee Dow
Graphic Design
Craig Sawyer
Production and expedition.
Ronnie Innes
Videographer and content editor
Scott “Skip” Innes
Founder SHACADEMY and The SHAC
Ben Starkie
Rivers, canyons and technical rescue
Kirsty Porter
Outdoor education, Forest School and learning
Strategic Partners
Organisations SHACADEMY works with on an ongoing basis rather than on a per-project brief.
Above 66
Strategic Partner
Ocean Specific
Strategic Partner
Safety Training Awards - STA
Strategic Partner
Starboard
Strategic Partner
Yukon 1000
Strategic Partner
Mustang Survival
Strategic Partner
Clients engage SHACADEMY. SHACADEMY assembles the right expertise where appropriate.
Capabilities across the network
The right expertise, brought together.
Complex outdoor projects rarely sit inside a single discipline. Alongside the operational core, SHACADEMY brings in specialist creative and communications expertise where a project needs it — from place identity to visitor communications — so the whole experience is considered, not just the operation behind it.
Operational disciplines
- Operational delivery
- Safety & risk
- Leadership & workforce
- Technology & systems
- Production support
- Outdoor education
- Destination development
Creative & communications expertise
- Visitor experience & place identity
- Branding
- Wayfinding & interpretation
- Maps & signage
- Environmental graphics
- Event identity
- Printed & digital visitor information
These are not core standalone SHACADEMY services. They are specialist capabilities available through the network when a project calls for them — and the list continues to grow as new disciplines join.
Where the network reaches
Not an international organisation — an international network.
SHACADEMY is founder-led and UK-based, with no overseas offices or employed teams abroad. Beyond the UK, reach comes from trusted relationships built over time — people already known and already worked with, brought in where a project genuinely needs them.
United Kingdom
Home base. Venues, productions and operational delivery.
Europe
Long-standing partners across France, the Alps and beyond.
Canada
Wilderness operators and trusted guides.
Alaska
Remote expedition and production logistics.
Central America
Coastal and jungle operations through trusted contacts.
Australia
Surf, coast and outdoor delivery networks.
Thailand
On-the-ground partners for productions and expeditions.
Who We Work With
Landowners & Venues
Productions & Film/TV
Expedition & Adventure Operators
Education Providers
Governing & Awarding Bodies
Brands & Events
Public-Sector & Outdoor Employers
Practitioners, partners and connectors. We help good projects succeed — wherever the work needs doing.