PRB First aid

16/09/2026

Online training or Face to Face?

Which do you think is more effective?

This is an online allergy awareness course with costs per head.

My F2F course comes out at £5 per person!

I can answer questions,
I can provide loads of practice using the devices.
I can give bespoke training for your needs.

No online training can do any of that - and its more expensive!

11/09/2026

ALLERGY TRAINING MUST MEAN MORE THAN A TICK IN A BOX.

As schools across England begin putting Benedict’s Law into practice, the Benedict Blythe Foundation has raised serious concerns about reports from school staff who do not feel their training has equipped them adequately , including short videos watched alongside other INSET activities and online multiple-choice exercises.

The Foundation’s message is clear: the purpose is not simply to complete training. It is to ensure every adult responsible for children with allergies has the knowledge and understanding to recognise a reaction and know what to do.

This is rooted in a devastating reality. At Benedict’s school, staff had seen allergy training videos, but that training was found not to have given them sufficient knowledge and understanding to keep him safe. Benedict died after an allergic reaction at school. He was five years old.

The concerns and position described here belong to the Benedict Blythe Foundation. Skillbase First Aid is sharing them with respect, not speaking on the Foundation’s behalf.

Schools now have an opportunity , and a responsibility , to make this change meaningful. Please ask:

✓ Does the training build genuine knowledge?
✓ Can staff recognise an allergic reaction?
✓ Do they know how to respond when a child needs them?

Benedict’s Law was about better knowledge, better understanding, better decisions : and ultimately, safer children.

Read the full statement in the image and consider whether your school’s training truly meets that purpose.

If you’re reviewing your school’s allergy training, connect with your local Skillbase First Aid Trainer PRB First aid

Help your school prepare for September 2026 with a practical, confidence-building Allergy and Anaphylaxis course for staff. Ideal for INSET days, twilight sessions and whole-school training.

09/09/2026

05/09/2026

Contact me for quality F2F training to build both confidence and muscle memory.

05/09/2026

Please note that all these trainings are Face to face - practical training is needed. Watching a video or doing an online course does not build muscle memory, it does not give confidence in knowing you can recognise symptoms and do exactly what is needed in an emergency. Contact me for affordable, quality f2f training that will do exactly that.

WHAT. A. WEEK. 💛

Over one and a half MILLION people have just increased their knowledge of allergy.

Wow.

And before anything else, we want to say thank you.

To every teacher, headteacher, member of support staff, school nurse, catering team and everyone else who has worked incredibly hard over the last few weeks to make this happen.

The guidance was only published a couple of months ago. Schools have had an enormous amount to do in an incredibly short space of time — and the response we have seen this week has been amazing.

These photographs are just a tiny snapshot of the training that has been shared with us.

Even more powerful have been the hundreds of posts and messages from families who have walked through school doors this week and felt emotional, reassured and relieved to find plans in place, policies written, staff trained and conversations already happening.

Thank you for taking this seriously. Our whole community is so grateful.

Because just think about what 1.5 million people knowing more about allergy actually means.

Imagine what that means for our community. For all of us.

Imagine what it means for children growing up in schools where understanding allergy is simply part of what the adults around them know.

And imagine what it could mean in twenty years, when those children are the adults running our workplaces, hospitals, businesses and communities.

That is how you change a culture.

Of course there have been some teething problems. There are areas where greater clarity is needed, and some training will need to develop further to reach the quality and depth we want to see in the longer term.

This is the start. Things will keep getting better. There is more to do.

But my goodness — what a start.

What a week. 💛

27/08/2026

Some further information from the Benedict Blythe Foundation. It is so important that training is practical and builds confidence and muscle memory. I can provide this in just 1 hour so you are confident and know exactly what to do such an emergency. I have 30 trainer devices. Everyone gets to practice multiple times and make sure they are confident. Contact me for more information

24/08/2026

For practical training so your child's school is able to manage these situations get in touch

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.

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