Trainer Fliss

26/08/2026

It’s back to school time and so I’ve done some learning and CPD today.

New information taken in and refreshers in action. That’s one thing about First Aid, you need to keep up with changes and updates.

26/08/2026

Is this something you’ve ever given any thought to?

It’s scary to think about but if a fire breaks out children often hide from it, under the bed or in a wardrobe, because they’re scared. This means it will take longer to find and rescue them.

With the long summer holidays, why not spend a few minutes making and practising a family escape plan together? Turn it into a fun activity so everyone knows exactly what to do if the worst happens.

Get more simple fire safety tips for families: https://capt.org.uk/resources/fire-safe-families-fact-sheet/

24/08/2026

💚 Could you help us spread the word? 💚

Mini First Aid Nottingham and Derby still have spaces available on our upcoming Baby & Child First Aid classes over the next few weeks in:-
📍Woodthorpe, 5th Sept
📍Belper, 6th Sept
📍Loughborough, 12th Sept
and would love to welcome some more local parents and carers.

🏆 We’re an award-winning first aid training company, delivering relaxed, reassuring classes across Nottingham, Derby and Chesterfield.

Our 2-hour Baby & Child First Aid class covers essential skills for children from newborn right through to 18 years, including:

👶 Baby & child CPR

😮 Choking (with practical practice using our choking vests)

🔥 Burns

🩸 Bleeds

⚡ Febrile seizures

🤕 Bumps & breaks

🌡️ Allergies and anaphylaxis awareness

🦠 Sepsis awareness

…and much more.

You’ll get hands-on practice with our CPR manikins and choking vests, helping you build confidence and feel prepared if your child ever needs your help.

Our classes are:

✨ Relaxed and informal

✨ Full of practical practice

✨ Designed for parents, grandparents and carers

✨ Baby-friendly — little ones are very welcome to attend

✨ £30 per person

Book your place here:

https://nottingham.minifirstaid.co.uk/classes

If you know a parent, grandparent, nanny or carer who would benefit from learning these lifesaving skills, please tag them or share this post 💚

Our Multi Award winning classes are delivered in a relaxed and comfortable style and give you confidence to know what actions to take if faced with a medical emergency.Mini First Aid Nottingham and Derby offers a range of classes across the UK for all the family; parents, grandparents, carers a...

22/08/2026

🌈 Rainbow Baby Day 🌈

This little girl is my rainbow baby.

Before Iris, we lost a much-loved baby at 15 weeks in August 2024, followed by an early loss in January 2025.

When we were lucky enough to welcome her in January 2026, her name felt just right. Iris means “rainbow” in Greek — a little nod to the journey that brought her to us. 🌈

Today feels like a lovely opportunity to celebrate our rainbow babies, but I know that days like this can bring complicated feelings too.

For some, the rainbow hasn’t arrived yet.
For some, the journey has ended differently to the way they hoped.
Some have made the difficult decision to stop trying.
Some have experienced the unimaginable loss of a much-wanted rainbow baby too.

So today, I’m thinking of all of you — wherever you are in your journey. 💚

And it’s something we’re always conscious of at Mini First Aid.

Our Baby & Child First Aid classes are full of parents, grandparents and carers with completely different stories behind them. Pregnancy, birth, fertility and baby loss can be incredibly personal subjects, and you’ll always be welcomed into our classes with sensitivity and without assumptions.

Whether the little person you’re learning first aid for was longed for over many years, arrived after loss, came as a complete surprise, or became part of your family in another way, they are very welcome here.

Today, though, this one is for my little rainbow. 🌈

MiniFirstAidDerby

22/08/2026

Watching a video tutorial or 30-second reel demonstrating how to perform chest thrusts on a choking baby is not going to give you the same learning experience as watching and practising the technique in person.

When you take an in-person first aid class with Mini First Aid, you'll see our expert trainers demonstrate the techniques in front of you on life-sized baby and child mannequins.

You'll get hands-on with the manikins yourself, experiencing exactly where to position your hands and fingers, feel how deeply to properly compress during CPR and get immediate feedback on how you are managing, helping you make adjustments and get it right.

You'll have time with our expert trainer to ask questions and practise until the techniques become second nature.

And you don't get that from a minute-long video or TV programme! 😉

Come and learn with us, it's two hours of your time and costs from just £30 per person to really learn vital first aid techniques that could just save your child's life.

Head to the classes tab on our website, pop your postcode into the search bar and find a class in your local area 👇🏻

https://nottingham.minifirstaid.co.uk/

21/08/2026

Delivery day. This meant I needed an extra pair of hands so I took my son with me. Got his stuck in with some cleaning while we waited for the delivery. He isn’t as easily bought with biscuits like my nephew was .

17/08/2026

Please. If you work In or make decisions for a school. Read this.

I know that money and time is tight but please, if your school is doing a tick box Elearning module that staff will flick through - please reconsider. Interactive face to face training where staff can practise with autoinjectors and ask their trainer questions and participate in scenarios and challenge themselves is going to be far more effective.

We can help you with training - but honestly this isn’t a sales pitch. It doesn’t matter what provider you choose - just please make sure the training is comprehensive and if possible face to face.

There are resources available through Anaphylaxis UK - please use them. Risk assessments, model policies, worked examples of individual healthcare plans and more.

If you need advice feel free to drop me an email for a no obligation chat - we’re happy to help

[email protected]

In 2021, Benedict’s school clothes were neatly labelled and ready for his first days at school.

We had written a detailed individual healthcare plan. We had packed his adrenaline pens. We had checked that the school had an allergy policy and that staff would be trained. We had agreed a process to keep him safe when milk was served at break time.

We did everything parents are told to do.

But it wasn’t enough.

Our plan was not shown to the teachers responsible for Benedict’s care. The allergy policy was not communicated to staff before he started. Staff had not been properly trained and did not know how to recognise his symptoms, when to treat his allergic reaction or how to respond.

The agreed process for serving milk was not followed.

And the medication we had packed to save Benedict’s life was used too late to save him.

Over the next few weeks, homes will fill with labelled uniforms, polished shoes and school bags waiting by the door. Among them will be the belongings of children with allergies, whose parents have written the plans, supplied the medication and trusted their schools to keep them safe.

These are Benedict’s things.

The clothes he would never wear again. The boots he would never grow into. The school bag he would never bring home.

The new statutory guidance requires schools to have allergy policies, individual plans, medication and trained staff. But their existence alone will not protect a child.

A policy must be understood. A plan must reach everyone caring for that child. Training must be comprehensive and practical. Medication must be immediately available—and used without delay.

Whether this guidance saves lives or becomes another tick-box exercise depends on what schools do next.

Please make it matter in yours.

Because no other family should be left with clothes their child will never wear.

Benedict’s Law must not live in a folder. It must live in every classroom.

Tag your school

14/08/2026

Nationwide in Ashby-de-la-Zouch have these fitted outside. One is an AED and the other is a bleed control kit. Both can be accessed in an emergency.

Did you know that as part of my job as a first aid trainer at Mini First Aid Nottingham and Derby, I teach how to deal with life threatening bleeds as part of all workplace first aid courses.

Do you have a nationwide in your local town?
Do they have these available yet?

https://www.nationwide.co.uk/media/news/nationwide-installs-defibrillators-and-bleed-control-kits-at-all-605-branches-to-support-british-highstreets