Mini First Aid Tees Valley

23/12/2025

May your holiday season be merry and bright, and the New Year bring you happiness and success.

22/12/2025

✨ 2026 bookings are now open!🗓️

Our open courses are now on our website and open for booking (With a few more coming through). Beat the New Years Resolution rush and book your place today. We can also offer private courses in your own home if you would prefer to stay in the warm!

If you’re planning ahead for your nursery, school, workplace, or community group, now’s the perfect time to secure your Mini First Aid session. Our courses fill quickly — especially early in the year — so getting your date in the diary now means you’re all set for a confident, safe, and well‑prepared 2026.
Let’s make next year safer for every family, team, and little explorer.

📅 Message to book or chat through options

21/12/2025

Today is the shortest day of the year — a little pause in the darkness before the light begins to return. From tomorrow, each day grows a touch brighter. A lovely reminder that even small shifts can bring big change. ✨🌅”

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18/12/2025

🤶We have created your go-to guide for a merry, magical and safe Christmas with your cheeky little elves…

We’ve teamed up with our friends at Fred Safety to bring you trusted, practical home-safety tips for the festive period. We’re also delighted to partner with twinklresources twinklparents , who offer thousands of printable and digital teaching resources for instant download – from interactive activities to ready-made resource packs – perfect for keeping little hands busy while you get Christmas-ready.

Link in the comments!

17/12/2025

Brilliant idea!

🎄 As many of us are lucky enough to be getting new phones this Christmas, I wanted to ask if you’d consider donating your old one.

🎁 We are collecting old mobile phones so they can be recycled and given to people accessing maternity services. Having access to a phone can make such a huge difference, appointments, information, updates and support are now so often online or through apps, and without a device it can be incredibly isolating.

📱Your old phone could genuinely help improve someone’s care and experience during such an important time in their life.

🙏 If you’re able to help, please drop your old phone off at the Security Office at North Tees or Hartlepool Hospital. A small act for you could make a really big difference for someone else.

💖 Thank you so much for reading, sharing, and supporting this.

🌻If you'd like to share your story too, there are so many ways that you can share your voice with me ...

🤝 "Share your voices, shape your care"

FB- https://www.facebook.com/share/1BjmxRSeGj/
IG- https://www.instagram.com/mvpnorthtees
TikTok- .neonatal.voice
Email- Jade.wilcock1@nhs.net
Phone/WhatsApp- 01642040705
Form- https://forms.gle/W718LcX1AWE8vZGv8

17/12/2025

You might have been using it all winter long but have you checked your trusty hot water bottle recently? Do you know that hot water bottles have a shelf life, rendering them unsafe and prone to splitting if used after this date?

All hot water bottles should have this symbol on them. The number in the middle is the year it was made, the segments represent the 12 months of the year and each week in the month is represented by a dot. This hot water bottle was made in the second week of the 3rd month of 2022. It’s recommended to replace them every 3 years, so this one is about to need a change!

Why not share with, or tag a friend that might not know!

15/12/2025

Calling all business owners, do you Know the price or understand the cost?

I’m in a bit of a hole at the moment, love doing my job, hate getting work and all the admin!

This week I decided to try and get better at socials, so I looked for courses. They were £200/£300 per day. Now I acknowledge if I went from £10k a month to £100k a month it’s worth it but little me, I’m not going to get that ROI. I charge about £100 per person (much less for groups) for something that you only have to do once every 3 years and hopefully actually you never use. It’s money down the drain most of the time, people still complain and try and get it cheaper.

That is until….. This weekend there was an unfortunate incident in one of our local public spaces, a man going about his normal Saturday collapsed, I don’t know many details but what I do know is that people stepped in to provide CPR. Ultimately it wasn’t successful and I always prepare people that this is the possible outcome but people tried. The social media is all about how wonderful the building manager was for trying, thanking the public who stepped in, priceless.

Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying First Aid should be about likes and hearts but think of what the Posts and Threads would have been if no one had known how to help or worse as happened in a rather large supermarket not so long ago, had been actively discouraged from getting involved?

So this is my plea, think about diverting a days social media budget to upskilling your team in first aid. Help them understand that this day isn’t about getting home early, it’s not about, ergh, gross, snogging the dummy. It’s about being there for your fellow humans. It’s about sending a mummy home to her kids, it’s about a wife knowing that her husband was cared about even in his last seconds on earth. It teaches team work, leadership, self worth. Pick the right provider and it can be an interesting day too.

If you got to this point mention this post when you email me options and I’ll give you 10% off for caring about humanity.

14/12/2025

Last class of 2025!

Don’t put it off till the New Year, learn this essential skill in before Christmas! Booking is via our sister site Mini First Aid Durham, Consett, Hartlepool, Bishop Auckland

Worried about choking or head bumps? You are not alone they are the top two reasons why parents and care-givers come to our award winning classes. We also go beyond basic first aid and discuss issues such as meningitis, sepsis and febrile seizures, but all in a very friendly and open way. Parents, parents to be, grandparents, fosterers even babysitters have all benefited from this short course and everyone gets a booklet to take home and remind them of what has been said!

Lots of free parking on street with facilities for your baby so no sitter required!
Don’t loose your place - book today!
Book through our website or DM or email Deborah@minifirstaid.co.uk for more details.
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12/12/2025

Pregnancy checklist

Folic acid
Comfy maternity clothes
Babygros
Baby bed and blankets
Learn baby first aid and safety

We know that when you are expecting a baby, keeping them safe and healthy becomes your top priority. We know that our baby & child first aid class helps you to do this and is a brilliant thing to do to prepare for the arrival of your precious bundle.

And now we have confirmation that our baby & child first aid class is officially a Gold Award-winning Pregnancy Product!

When you’re checking off your list of essential things to do to prepare for your baby’s arrival, make sure that learning how to treat them if they have an accident, or how to spot the signs of potentially fatal illnesses, is at the top of your list.

It could just be the most important pregnancy product you buy.

Find a class near you on our website. Go to the classes tab, pop your postcode into the search bar and find your local venues.

11/12/2025

From 2026, the theory test part of learning to drive will include questions on CPR and defibrillators. If you were in an accident or came across one on the road, would you know what to do?

It's not just about ticking a box on a test paper; it's about feeling confident that you would know what to do if you came across an emergency and that you would be able to step in and help.

Drivers are often the first people on the scene of an accident, so it's vital to learn the skills of CPR and using an AED, and nothing teaches these skills better than in-person demonstrations and hands-on practice.

Our 2-hour First Aid Awareness Class for Adults​ ​covers heart attack, CPR, using an AED, stroke,​ ​burns, bleeds, severe allergic reaction, choking, seizures and breaks.​ ​It's informal and gives everyone who attends the skills to respond in an emergency situation.

Come and learn with us, or encourage your teenager who is learning to drive to come and learn with us today - a few hours of learning could save a life.

https://www.minifirstaid.co.uk/classes/awareness-classes-for-adults

09/12/2025

👩‍🏫 Teachers & School Leaders! 👨‍🏫
📅 Planning ahead for next year?
Looking for curriculum‑linked activities that are fun, purposeful, and budget‑friendly?
✨ Why not add Key Stage‑appropriate First Aid classes for your pupils!
• We bring all the kit, keeping costs low on your PSHE budget
• Every child receives an age‑appropriate booklet & certificate to revisit in class
👩‍⚕️ And for staff, we’ve got you covered too:
• Ofsted‑compliant qualifications including Paediatric First Aid (PFA) and Emergency/First Aid at Work (eFAW/FAW)
• Perfect for Inset Days (but dates fill fast—secure yours with a small deposit!)
📩 DM us or email deborah@minifirstaid.co.uk to reserve your place today

08/12/2025

Last class of 2025!

Don’t put it off till the New Year, learn this essential skill in before Christmas! Booking is via our sister site Mini First Aid Durham, Consett, Hartlepool, Bishop Auckland

Worried about choking or head bumps? You are not alone they are the top two reasons why parents and care-givers come to our award winning classes. We also go beyond basic first aid and discuss issues such as meningitis, sepsis and febrile seizures, but all in a very friendly and open way. Parents, parents to be, grandparents, fosterers even babysitters have all benefited from this short course and everyone gets a booklet to take home and remind them of what has been said!

Lots of free parking nearby with facilities for your baby so no sitter required!
Don’t loose your place - book today!
Book through our website or DM or email Deborah@minifirstaid.co.uk for more details.
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