SpanSet supporting CNCC Training
SpanSet, based in Cheshire, provide facilities for industry rope access training, as well as design, manufacture, and supply of equipment for working at height and lifting/load control.
The SpanSet name has become strongly linked to caving in the UK, not only because of the number of cavers who are also employed in the industry that SpanSet covers, but also because they have been prolific supporters of recreational caving. This has included donating 6km of rope for EuroSpeleo in 2026, supporting BCA, and sponsoring UKCaving including at Hidden Earth and more recently, NAMHO.
Their managing director, Pete Ward, is also an enthusiastic caver and was at Hidden Earth. This led to a discussion at our stall with Pete about how SpanSet could help support our work over the coming years.
To follow up on this, our Training Officer (Ian Patrick) and Assistant Training Officer (Mark Richards) visited their site in Cheshire on 26th November, for what sounds like a very productive day…
We had a full tour of both the manufacturing side and the training facilities by Pete Ward. We were there for five hours and enjoyed excellent hospitality and good coffee.
We were presented with 350m of new rope to use within CNCC training and were generously offered the use of their top-quality training facility for running CNCC training workshops. The use of their industry leading testing facilities could also be made available to the CNCC for any testing we wished to carry out.
As well as the incredibly practical offers of support listed above, it was made very clear that SpanSet have a very positive attitude to cavers and are keen to provide support and assistance to the caving community.
We’re really grateful to Pete, and SpanSet for their generosity, and their continued support of British caving. We will be looking into how we can take advantage of this offer of their facilities to allow us to enhance our training offerings for northern cavers over the coming years.
Photo: Left to right, Pete Ward (SpanSet), Ian Patrick (CNCC), Mark Richards (CNCC)