Mini First Aid High Peak, Tameside & Oldham

31/03/2026

’s highlights of the month- swipe/scroll to take a look. We love being a part of such a brilliant team💚

1. Still buzzing from our surprise visit from our Dragons’ Den investor, Sara Davies - pictured here with Deborah at Mini First Aid Tees Valley

2. Scaring the neighbours in Ayrshire 😆 Claire, Mini First Aid Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway has been catching the sunshine to dry out her washed and sanitised manikins!

3. Amy shared some brilliant advice about what to do if you need to call 999 but are not in a position to talk - head over to Mini First Aid East Cheshire & Northwich or Mini First Aid High Peak, Tameside & Oldham to view the reel.

4. Our Mini First Aid instant cold pack Teddy came in handy at the soft play for Mini First Aid Somerset Sam & Ross’s daughter! Buy yours on our website.

5. Lyndsey and her team Mini First Aid Edinburgh & the Lothians have been nominated as a finalist in the UK Nanny ‘Best Nanny Training Provider’ awards - best of luck team!

6. While we were all busy at our conference, trainer Kate Mini First Aid Birmingham was holding the fort in Birmingham and managed to run 6 classes and train 50 adults and 60 children in life-saving first aid! Phew!

7. Our wonderful trainer Mini First Aid Leicestershire, Kettering & Corby, Rachel, is organising a Mini First Aid walking challenge to raise funds for our charity partner, Children’s Burns Trust. We took the opportunity to grab a photo of the walking team at our conference - wish them luck!

8. We’ve been recording more safety and first aid content with Happy Mum Happy Baby , starting with Easter and choking safety - coming to your socials very soon!

9. And we couldn’t do a March round-up without giving another shout-out to our Mini First Aid award winners who smashed it over the last 12-months with record training levels and achievements in all areas of business management.

31/03/2026

Feedback like this means so much💚

Knowing our first aid training is helping people feel more confident in real-life emergencies is exactly why we do what we do.

Thank you for the kind words and support ✨

30/03/2026

If you are the only person around when someone goes into cardiac arrest, would you be able to keep that person alive for the 7-12 minutes it could take for an ambulance to respond to the emergency call?

Do you know the different hand positions and depths of compression required for babies, young children, and adults?

If the answer to these questions is “no” or “I’m not sure”, then we can help!

In our first aid classes, we have life-sized mannequins for you to practise the right techniques for all ages, with one of our expert trainers on-hand to help you get it just right.

Be prepared. Learn CPR. Then if you are ever called upon, there will be no guesswork or panic.

💚 Baby & Child First Aid
💚 Adult Awareness First Aid
💚 Paediatric First Aid
💚 Emergency First Aid at Work

Sources:
* https://nhsproviders.org
**https://www.health-ni.gov.uk
***https://www.scottishambulance.com
****https://stats.gov.wales

29/03/2026

It is estimated that there are around 3,000 - 4,000 cases of Lyme Disease each year in the UK - would you know what symptoms to look for in yourself or your child?

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection which can be transmitted to humans from infected tick bites. Knowing how to spot the signs of Lyme disease and getting early treatment is important in mitigating severe complications such as nerve and heart problems and long-term post-infection fatigue.

Symptoms include:

- A round or oval bull’s eye like rash around the bite which can appear up to 3 months after an infected bite. The rash is usually flat or slightly raised, and pink, red or purple - on darker skin it may resemble a bruise. It may get bigger over several days or weeks, and can appear on different parts of the body.
-,A high temperature, or feeling hot and shivery.
- A headache.
- Muscle and joint pain.
- Tiredness and loss of energy.
- Neck stiffness.

If you suspect Lyme disease, see your GP as soon as possible. It’s much easier to treat if it is diagnosed early.

But first - prevention! Take steps to avoid tick bites in the first place and learn how to remove and treat tick bites in the event of finding one on you or your child.

As the weather improves and we finally get outdoors and enjoy those country walks, make sure you are prepared for ticks!

29/03/2026

This week has been Tick Bite Prevention Week, raising awareness about Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne infectious disease in the northern hemisphere.

Left untreated, Lyme Disease infection can spread anywhere in the body leading to a large range of symptoms. People can develop issues with their endocrine and neurological systems and experience musculoskeletal, cardiac, dermatological and neuropsychiatric problems.*

Lyme disease is endemic in many parts of the United Kingdom, particularly in woodland or heath-land areas, but disease-carrying ticks can also be found in cities and gardens so we all must know how to spot the signs and symptoms of Lyme Disease.

https://www.minifirstaid.co.uk/blog/ticks-and-lyme-disease

*Source

My cousin once “acquired” a tick – it attached itself to the underside of his big toe and no-one noticed until it fell off on his bedr...

26/03/2026

What an amazing recap from Head Office for our 2026 Conference! 🎉

So many unforgettable moments and brilliant learning captured — it really highlights just how special Mini First Aid is. 🙌

Can you spot us in there? 👀

25/03/2026

Today we returned to Pebblebrook Primary School for the third year running to teach the whole school over the next two days.

The school has made a display showcasing what we do every year - how amazing is that!

# extracurricular

22/03/2026

We finally met our Dragon ; she was so inspiring and we feel so lucky to have met her!🤩

20/03/2026

Not everyone who gets meningitis develops a rash, and sometimes this can be one of the last symptoms to appear so please don’t wait for a rash before seeking help if you are worried about your child.

Meningitis can kill in hours so it’s critical to know the symptoms so you can act fast.

If your child is unwell with ANY of these symptoms, go to a hospital or call for an ambulance immediately:

❗️Over 38°C in babies under three months

❗️Has a temperature and feels abnormally cold to touch/very cold hands and feet

❗️Very fast breathing, finding it much harder to breathe than normal, or noticeable pauses in breathing

❗️Grunting and/or noises with every breath

❗️Very lethargic / difficult to wake / not responding
Fitting / convulsion / seizures

❗️Weak, high pitched or continuous crying in a younger child
❗️Confusion or unusually irritable

❗️Soft spot on a baby’s head is bulging

❗️Stiff neck, especially when trying to look up and down

❗️Unusually sleepy, stiff or floppy baby

❗️Pale, blotchy or mottled skin - this may be harder to see on brown or black skin

❗️A rash that does not fade when pressed with a glass - the rash can be harder to see on brown or black skin. Check paler areas, such as the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, roof of the mouth, tummy, whites of the eyes or the inside of the eyelids.

❗️Not had a wee or wet nappy for 12 hours or more

❗️Very thirsty and not able to keep fluids down

❗️Bloody or black ‘coffee ground’ sick

Some of these high-risk symptoms are not typical signs of meningitis but are still signs of severe illness, so, if your child is unwell and has these symptoms, get urgent medical help.

It can be harder to see a meningitis rash in black or brown skin, so check lighter areas such as the palms of hands, soles of feet or inside eyelids or the mouth.

Remember not to wait for a rash if your little one has many of the other symptoms of meningitis, seek medical attention as quickly as possible.

18/03/2026

We have some VERY exciting news to share! 🤗✨

This weekend is ’s annual conference 🎉 — a chance for franchises from across the UK to come together, connect and celebrate!

And…we’re so proud to say we’ve been nominated for THREE awards! 🤩🙌🏼 With nearly 80 franchises across the UK, we feel incredibly honoured to be recognised like this 💫

Our incredible trainer .charis has been nominated for one of these awards — People’s Choice: Trainer of the Year 💚 We feel so lucky to have found such a wonderful trainer, and we couldn’t be prouder of her!

Thank you so much to every single person who has supported us on our Mini First Aid journey 🥰 Whether you’ve come to a class, liked or shared our posts, or recommended us to a friend — it truly means the world to us.

Wish us luck! 🍀✨

18/03/2026

Shocking statistic😢

10,164 children were burned or scalded in 2025 and admitted to Specialist Burns Services across the UK.

These figures represent the more serious burn injuries and do not include the thousands more children treated in A&E each year. This is the first year since we've been recording data that the number has tipped over 10,000 - which makes this data even more worrying.

Data like this helps highlight the scale of burn injuries impacting children and why prevention and awareness remain so important.

Children’s Burns Trust works with NHS burn services and partners across the UK to reduce the number of burns and scalds happening to children, while supporting families impacted by burn injuries.

📊 View the full burns and scalds infographic and learn more about the data:
https://cbtrust.org.uk/burns-and-scalds-infographic/

Dans Fund For Burns The Katie Piper Foundation Mini First Aid Child Accident Prevention Trust