Free first aid lessons in North Yorkshire classrooms

St. John Ambulance will be offering to primary and secondary schools across North Yorkshire, free first aid sessions and learning resources. The country’s leading first-aid charity has received funding to help young people develop traits, such as grit, confidence and community spirit, from the Department for Education.
St. John Ambulance with the Character Education grant aims to train 100,000 young people first, on life-saving skills. They get the knowledge needed most to help friends, or family or anyone in the community. The grant is now used by the charity to boost its school resources – Big First Aid Lesson, which conducts a one-off live event in the summer term and includes free first-aid and training videos every term.
The coordinator for regional schools and community projects, Paul Cairns, said this is the perfect opportunity, for schools wanting students to learn first-aid but don’t have the resources, to get life saving skills taught in classrooms. Last year some 198,000 pupils were educated in classrooms across the country. Over 50 schools have booked with St. John Ambulance, belonging to Yorkshire an the Humber, for the free classes. For more info on the first-aid training, the schools can contact the regional headquarters of St. John Ambulance by phone- 01924-262726 option4. Or go to the website- sja.org.uk.