Community Engagement Activities
St Andrew’s First Aid believes no one should suffer or die because they needed first aid and didn’t get it.
That’s why our dedicated volunteers travel across Scotland providing donation-based first aid talks and demonstrations for community groups. Each year, St Andrew’s First Aid volunteers give up more than 50,000 hours delivering invaluable first aid sessions to more than 12,000 members of the public.
Book NowFirst aid talks and demonstrations
If you are a school, community group or charity interested in learning some basic first aid then fill in our booking form above. All our first aid talks and demonstrations are delivered by experienced and friendly first aid trained Community Engagement volunteers. Best of all, for schools, community groups and charities these sessions are free! You can choose from a wide range of first aid topics to suit your group and your availability. Please note that these first aid talks and demonstrations are not a substitute for regulatory training as specified by the health and safety executive, are not assessed and non-certificated. Whilst all our first aid talks and demonstrations are free for schools, community groups and charities, donations are welcome and vital in allowing us to continue offering them for free across Scotland.
First aid public talks and demonstrations
We welcome the opportunity to do public first aid demonstrations in locations throughout Scotland. If you would like a demonstration at your workplace, shopping centre, community event, or any other public setting we would be delighted to support this. We have delivered public demonstrations at Braehead Shopping Centre in Glasgow, University of Stirling, RYA Discover Sailing Day in Edinburgh and East Kilbride Fire Station Plant Sale. Please fill in our booking form above to organise a first aid public demonstration.
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities
St Andrew’s First Aid is committed to creating a nation of lifesavers, that means everyone!
Research continually shows the health inequalities experienced by members of the BAME community, so at St Andrew’s First Aid we want to make sure that everyone in Scotland has equal access to first aid training and awareness. If you represent a BAME community and are interested in a first aid talk and demonstration, please email [email protected].
Defibrillator donations and placement
We are delighted to work with individuals, groups and organisations to support the placement of Public Access Defibrillators throughout Scotland.
If you have a defibrillator that is in working order but is no longer being used, then please consider donating this to St Andrew’s First Aid. All donated defibrillators get donated by us to local community groups and charities.
To date we have donated over 70 defibrillators in local communities across Scotland, from rainbow groups, to bowling clubs, and rescue centres. All of this has been made possible by the generous donations from organisations and businesses of unused or out-of-warranty defibrillators. Each one is now out there saving lives.
Please email [email protected] you have a defibrillator to donate.
Volunteer with us
Are you interested in raising awareness of first aid in your local community? Then volunteer as a Community Engagement Facilitator and you could be demonstrating first aid to the next generation and teaching others to save lives. Find out more about volunteering for St Andrew’s First Aid here.
Funded projects
St Andrew’s First Aid regularly receives funding from generous grant providers, to deliver first aid qualifications in schools and community groups across Scotland. Our most funded first aid programme is the Ready for Life programme, which you can find out more about here.
The funding we receive allows us to provide first aid qualifications to people that might not otherwise be able to afford them but by doing so would increase their employability, provide them with life-saving knowledge, confidence and teamworking skills, helping us create a nation of lifesavers.
Thanks to generous funders over the past year, we have been able to deliver 135 courses to 859 people across Scotland and this number will only continue to grow!
If you are a funding manager, get in touch with us, if you have a fund that you think is appropriate for us to apply for, by emailing [email protected], or if you are a charity and interested in partnering with us to submit a joint funding application then we want to hear from you too!
How do we get involved?
The easiest way to book a first aid talk and demonstration is to complete the form at the top of the page.
Should you still have any questions please contact a member of the Community Engagement team by emailing [email protected] or calling 0141 332 4031.
Partnerships
Funders and Funding Projects
- National Centre for Resilience
- Gannochy Trust
- Scottish Prison Service
- Falkirk Foundation
- Inverclyde Libraries
- Currys
- Mary Moore Trust
- Stirling Education Council
- Youth Philanthropy Initiative
- Young Scot
Friends
- Asthma and Allergy Foundation
- Epilepsy Connections
- Deafblind Scotland
- Sepsis Trust UK
- Scottish Cot Death Trust
- West of Scotland Regional Equality Council
- Developing Young Workforce
- ScotRail
We are always looking for new funding opportunities, friends and partners, so if this sounds like something you are interested in, please email us at [email protected].