Mini First Aid Fife & Forth Valley

06/03/2026

Loved our rime on Tuesday evening running our Teens class.
Thanks for taking photos
Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Scotland

05/03/2026

Awareness First Aid or Certified Qualification – Which Is Right for You?🤔

We have both - for details and to book, visit our website.

Whether you’re expecting a baby, already a parent, a grandparent, or a carer, our multi-award-winning 2-hour Baby and Child First Aid Awareness class is designed especially for you.👇

This short, informal and relaxed session gives you hands-on practice and easy-to-digest, bite-sized nuggets of genuinely useful information. It’s practical, engaging, and even fun — all focused on helping you feel confident, prepared, and ready to act in an emergency. 💚
**Please note: this is an awareness class and does not provide a formal first aid qualification or certificate for workplace requirements.

If you require a fully accredited, certified first aid course for employment or regulatory purposes, or just prefer a more in depth learning experience for your personal development, we also offer Paediatric First Aid and First Aid at Work qualification courses. 👇
All of our qualification courses are designed to ensure you feel practically prepared and confident in your ability to step up when it counts. We promise not to bore you with PowerPoint slides — there aren’t any!
Instead, our training is fully hands-on, with fun activities, small group work, and realistic scenarios that help you build and practise your skills throughout the day.
Our longer courses are still delivered in our well-loved, relaxed style — you simply spend more time with us, cover topics in greater depth, and are assessed as you go (with no written tests or formal exams).

➡️ If you prefer us to deliver training in your home, workplace or community setting, please contact us. ( minimum numbers apply).

Please visit our website for upcoming open classes/courses
fife.minifirstaid.co.uk/classes

04/03/2026

International Women’s Day is the perfect moment to highlight why we use a diverse range of manikins in all our adult first aid courses.
Our training includes both traditional flat‑chested manikins and manikins with breasts.

Why does this matter?

Because people with breasts are significantly less likely to receive bystander CPR.
According to research highlighted by British Heart Foundation, women are up to 27% less likely to receive CPR in an emergency.

Take a moment to reflect on that.
Mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, nieces, friends, and colleagues — all at increased risk simply because of hesitation or uncertainty.

We’re committed to changing this, one class at a time.
By training with manikins that have breasts and wear bras, participants learn that:

• Correct hand placement for CPR is the same, regardless of chest shape
• Removing a bra to apply defibrillator pads is simple
• No one should hesitate to give life‑saving help because of anatomy

Every person deserves the best possible care in a first aid emergency — and we’re helping make that a reality.

04/03/2026

We had a great session with young people The Youthy Worker at Lochgelly Centre last night, funded by Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Scotland. The young people learned loads to help prepare them for a first aid emergency. ⛑️

Whilst we hope they never need to use some of their newly practised skills, it's always better to know it and not need it than to need it and not know it.

Equipping young people with important life skills as they spend more time independently away from adults, gives them reassurance that they'll know how to help a friend,family member or someone in the community who is injured or unwell.

A special thanks to Ashley and Kian who helped on the night too. 🙏

Our Teens class covers all of this 👇
✅Being prepared and knowing how to get help
✅Checking for breathing and the recovery position
✅CPR
✅Using and AED
✅First Aid for choking
✅Burns
✅Broken Bones
✅Bleeding
✅Head Bumps
✅Allergic reactions and using an adrenalin auto injector
✅Asthma and how to treat and asthma attack

That's another small group with some amazing life skills 💚

01/03/2026

We're ending the week with another lovely review from our Paediatric First Aid course last week.
What a week! 😍

THANK YOU, Fiona! 💚

01/03/2026

Thank you to Leisha at Kinkell Byre, Event Bars St Andrews for organising a private, CPD-accredited 2-hour Adult Awareness First Aid course today.

The group was put through their paces, building both knowledge and confidence to respond to a wide range of first aid emergencies, including:

✅ Being prepared
⛑️ First aid kits
🫁 Checking for breathing & recovery position
🫀 CPR
⚡ AED (defibrillator) use
💔 Heart attack
🧠 Stroke
🔥 Burns
🩸 Wounds & bleeding
🥜 Severe allergies & anaphylaxis
🍇 Choking
💜 Seizures
🦴 Broken bones
⚠️ Sepsis

Well done everyone 👏
We had a lovely Sunday with this fantastic group in their gorgeous event space in St Andrews.

If you're looking for a wedding venue in Fife, this one definitely deserves a place on your list — it’s absolutely beautiful.

27/02/2026

I’ve definitely got that Friday feeling 💚

Another recommendation landed in my inbox this afternoon and it’s left me feeling all warm and fuzzy 😊

When someone who’s done first aid training for years says their course was the best? That’s not just a nice comment — that’s a proper “I’m making a difference” moment

This is exactly why I do what I do — to make sure people feel prepared, confident and ready to act in a first aid emergency.

If you’re a Childminder in Fife or Forth Valley, like Sarah, and your Paediatric First Aid certificate is due for renewal, come and train with Mini First Aid Fife & Forth Valley

Scottish Childminding Association members can access a discount code via the membership dashboard.

Upcoming courses:
Saturday, 28th March, Polmont Polmont Community Hub
Saturday, 18th April, Kirkcaldy Greener Kirkcaldy
Saturday, 9th May, Polmont
Saturday, 16th May, Dunblane The Dunblane Centre

27/02/2026

✨️We have had such a brilliant week.

We've had an Emergency Paediatric First Aid course and two of our award-winning 2-hour Baby and Child First Aid classes.

Unusually for me, I forgot to take any photos in our Baby and Child classes.
What I will share, though, is some of the lovely, thoughtful feedback we received from our happy customers.

Customers but actually superstars! In the short time you spend training with us, you put a lot of energy into the session and share stories of your own first aid experiences. This leads to a rich learning experience for everyone in the room and it's why it's so easy for us to give you the very best of us - at every single session.

We share our passion for saving lives because you have invested in the importance of learning some simple life skills from the moment you booked with us

Thank you to everyone who left us a review, a recommendation or kind words of appreciation, this week.

And we've got more to come. Looking forward to an amazing private adult first aid awareness session on Sunday in St Andrews.

We'd love to hear from you if you are interested in attending a class or booking a private training session.

fife.minifirstaid.co.uk
lynsay.allan@minifirstaid.co.uk
07837 044415

26/02/2026

In today’s digital society, children are bombarded with images of supposed perfection.

According to recent statistics from the NHS, the struggle with body image and food among young people has surged alarmingly in recent years, with children as young as six years old being diagnosed with an eating disorder.

In this powerful episode of the Family Health Podcast, we chat about eating disorders with Olivia, a body image coach at Body Image Coach 4 schools and Pernille, Founder and CEO of Mind Blossom, Inc. .

⚠️ This episode comes with a gentle warning that both Olivia and Pernille share their own personal struggles with eating disorders as well as talking to us more generally about what might be going on in a young person’s mind that might drive them towards an eating disorder and those sometimes subtle signs that your child might be struggling.

We hope this never affects your child but it’s important to learn about the signs and what you can do to help your child if necessary.

You’ll find the Family Health Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and all other major podcast platforms, or you can head to the link in Stories 💚

Eating Disorder Awareness Week

In today’s digital society, children are bombarded with images of supposed perfection. According to recent statistics from the NHS, the struggle with body image and food among young people has surged alarmingly in recent years, with children as yo...

25/02/2026

We hope you will never have to use some of the skills we teach at our baby & child first aid classes.

We hope you will never have to help your child because they are choking.

We hope you will never have to react to your child burning their skin with a hot drink or from a pan on the stove.

We hope you will never have to perform CPR on your baby.

But, at Mini First Aid, we absolutely believe you SHOULD know how to do these things in case you are ever in that situation.

As well as dealing with terrifying situations like this, our classes teach you how to spot the signs of meningitis and sepsis, how to treat a bleed, a head bump and a febrile seizure.

All super useful stuff and knowledge that will give you peace of mind and the calmness to act quickly in an emergency.

Head to the classes tab on our website today, and see all baby & child first aid classes available to book 💚

fife.minifirstaid.co.uk

23/02/2026

💚WE ARE RECRUITING💚

Would you like to be part of the Mini First Aid family? We make a difference by helping people learn how to save lives.

Perhaps you attended one of our sessions and love what we do!

We are looking for an additional freelance trainer to help us deliver our award-winning first aid classes.

We are looking for someone who can engage with people confidently and share our passion for delivering fun, practical and memorable sessions that create confidence to deliver first aid.

⭐You don't need to already know everything that we teach. We'll provide you with excellent training.
A background in nursing / allied health professions / teaching / training is helpful but not essential. It is far more important to us that you love and get what Mini First Aid is all about.

Requirements:
You will require to take the following qualification courses if you do not already hold valid certificates:
First Aid at Work
Paediatric First Aid
Safeguarding

Essential:
Must have a full license and be able to travel to locations across Fife and Forth Valley, using your own vehicle.
You will need to have a PVG check
You will be a confident, dynamic communicator, brining energy to your training and giving reassurance to everyone who attends. If you are shortlisted, you will be asked to do a live microteach as part of the interview process to demonstrate your communication style.
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Additional opportunities:
If you have previous experience in delivering first aid and have your own high quality adult, child and infant manikins, you may also be considered for delivering our workplace first aid courses.

IMPORTANT
This role is on a freelance basis. You will be responsible for your own tax, national insurance, and freelance first aid instructor insurance.
Hours are not guaranteed. This role will likely supplement other sources of income.
This role will involve delivering weekday evening and Saturday classes.

Rates of pay:
This will be provided to you if you are interested and meet our requirements. Pay includes a fee for delivering the session plus a share in profit of first aid items sold during training you deliver.

Does this role appeal to you?

Send an email describing why you'd love to join the Mini First Aid family, and what you feel you can bring to the role, along with a CV to lynsay.allan@minifirstaid.co.uk

22/02/2026

🚨 Most parents hope they’ll never need first aid…

But emergencies don’t come with warnings and when they happen, you might just be the first or only person there.

Taking a Mini First Aid class isn’t about fear. It’s about feeling prepared, calm, and confident just in case

Here’s what you will gain 👇

You will learn how to stay calm under pressure, so your head doesn’t go blank when your child needs you.

You will feel confident stepping in quickly, knowing exactly what to do when every second counts.

You will start noticing risks you’d never thought about before, and learn simple ways to prevent accidents at home or in your setting.

You will understand the correct first response for common childhood injuries, which can help reduce pain, complications, and recovery time.

You will actually remember what you’ve learned, because our classes are fun, practical, and hands-on.

First aid skills don’t just sit in your head. They give you peace of mind every day.

📍 In-person classes for parents, carers, grandparents & professionals across Fife and Forth Valley
💻 Book your Mini First Aid 2-hour class or Paediatric First Aid course via our website.

fife.minifirstaid.co.uk/classes/classes-for-parents-carers