Hello! My name is Jen and I am the owner and trainer for Mini First Aid East Sussex. 

If you have landed on this page, you are probably aware that along with my baby and child first aid classes for parents and qualification courses for businesses, schools and early years settings, I also offer award winning First Aid classes for children. 

Children are so much more capable than what we sometimes give them credit for - and children can absolutely save lives! Even very young children can shout for help and call 999 as well as prolong life in emergencies by pressing on bleeds or rolling people onto their sides to help keep their airway open. 

I never fail to be amazed at how sponge like children's minds are and their ability to learn new information. I recently started doing children's classes over Zoom - I wondered how my classes would translate to the virtual landscape and I was not disappointed! Last week I ran a class with a group of children aged 7-11. At the end of the 1 hour session I quizzed the children on what they could remember - how do we treat a burn? How do we conduct a primary survey? How do we perform CPR? How do we help poorly people who won't wake up but are breathing? (recovery position). And how did they fair? You have probably guessed already - they remembered EVERYTHING. 

It is becoming widely recognised that training children in life saving First Aid can save lives and we must equip children with these skills. This is why First Aid for children is now a mandatory part of the National Curriculum. Here at Mini First Aid our classes for children are designed with education specialists, age appropriate (we have classes for children as young as 3 years old all the way up to teenagers), and, meet the National Curriculum requirements in a fun, interactive and engaging way. 

Unfortunately, some schools can struggle to pull together the funds to access these classes. I am really passionate about all children learning First Aid regardless of their background and as a business I try and support schools to the best of my ability (particularly schools in deprived areas with a high pupil premium ratio). For example, I recently provided access to FREE pre-recorded workshops (with worksheets to complete) for parents to access with their children as part of their home schooling. My day rates for schools are discounted and I help schools provide affordable, low cost first aid training to parents. 

I am now reaching out to local businesses to see if they would like to sponsor a school in their area. Sponsoring just £250 can train as many as 120 children in life saving First Aid! Aside from the obvious benefit of helping children in their local community gain the skills to save a life, businesses benefit from being able to promote themselves to parents in the community as well as discounted rates for qualification courses (including First Aid At work and Paediatric First Aid) and informal classes for staff (Hello employee perks!)

Are you a local business that would like to sponsor a school in your area? Get in touch with me at jen@minifirstaid.co.uk or give me a call on 07484332421. 

Together, we can help children learn to save a life.