Newark Community First Aid

Newark Community
First Aid Our aim is to work with event organisers to provide first aid cover in line with the needs of the event. Our experienced staff will work with organisers to ensure adequate cover is provided.

Newark Community
First Aid At Newark Community First Aid we are passionate about training people so they can develop the vital first aid skills they need to help a family member, friend or work colleague.

Newark Community
First Aid Volunteering offers you the opportunity to learn new skills, meet new friends, help those in need, help your own community and have fun.

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Charity Registration Number: 1152694

Welcome to Newark Community First Aid, we are a local charity (CIO) which began operation on 1st August 2013. Our objective is to provide first aid training to the local community and first aid cover at local events. Our aim is to provide a high quality, reliable and professional service. The organisation was set up by a group of dedicated individuals including, doctors, paramedics, health care professionals and experienced lay first aiders.

To ensure our services can be accessed by all, our Community Training and Community Event Services will be free of charge though donations are much appreciated. as this will allow us to sustain and develop. We do have to levy a charge for some services, but our aim is to make these charges as inexpensive as possible to again encourage the saving of lives and reduce suffering. We charge for our Workplace Training and for Large Commercial Event Cover. Our operational area is mainly Newark and a 15-mile radius around the town. All our members providing event services and community training are volunteers, our only paid staff are the training team involved in Workplace training.

2024 – Volunteers Needed

2023 was a record year for our charity:

Our volunteers gave 9,952 hours of their time providing first aid cover at events – a record number of hours – a record to be proud of
We treated the most patients ever in a 12 month period – saving lives and reducing suffering.
More candidates than ever before attended our Workplace Training Courses.

We also provided first aid cover at 346 events the second highest number in a year.

We saw a 73% increase in candidates attending our FREE Community Courses.

We could not achieve these incredible statistics without the huge commitment shown by our volunteers. We are extremely proud of all they do and feedback from patients, event organisers and course candidates proves the efforts of our volunteers are appreciated.

To be able to maintain and develop our services further we need considerably more volunteers. So 2024 is our VOLUNTEER YEAR.

If you would like to gain the benefits of being a volunteer whilst helping your community please contact us.

If you are interested in volunteering please email us: newarkcommunityfirstaiders@hotmail.com

For more details on our services please select one of the links at the very top of this page.

First Aid at Work Course Brochure 2024

2024 Course Booklet

Mental Health First Aid Training

Last year we introduced Mental Health First Aid Training, we are able to offer a range of courses so that more work places can have trained Mental Health First Aiders on site. We offer a half day Mental Health Awareness Course, a one day Workplace Mental Health Ambassador course a comprehensive 2 day course Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing Ambassador. Feedback from candidates has been excellent.

These courses have been produced by the First Aid Industry Body after consultation with a range of organisations. They concentrate on stress and common mental health issues, giving candidates a robust mental health action plan to help those in crisis or need.

With anxiety and depression now the leading cause of illness in the workplace, 822,000 cases in 2021/22 it is vital that all workplaces can provide support and advice to their staff.

If you wish to book on our Mental Health Courses please contact us for details of dates or if you have 6 or more candidates you can book an onsite course for your own staff.

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Fundraising & Development 2022/2023

We were delighted in May 2022 to open our new First Aid Treatment Centre at Newark Showground. This centre was designed by our volunteers to provide excellent facilities for the treatment of those who suffer injury or become ill whilst at events at Newark Showground. Working with Newark and Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society who own the Showground starting April 2021 we agreed to move to a new more central site and we would fundraise, design and build the new Centre. The Showground agreed to fund the laying of the concrete base at the new site and over a period of 9 months we raised £125,000 to purchase the new modular building. It was manufactured by Concept Cabins Ltd and delivered in March 2022. We moved from the old facility on site and after a further £10,000 investment in equipment and resources we opened at the County Show in May 2022. The last year the new facility has proved itself, with improved heating, ventilation, air conditioning and fully accessible to all. With large events increasing at the Showground the First Aid Centre is a very important asset. At the Focus Religious Festival in July 2022 the centre dealt with 144 patients over 5 days. We have received a huge amount of praise from those who have had to use the centre – with many compliments on the design as well as the care received from our volunteers. This year in spring 2023 we also overhauled all of our vehicles. Our 4x4 Response Unit had a complete new livery, our 2014 Mobile Treatment Unit had works done costing several thousand pounds to upgrade & ensure its future reliability. Our new Cycle Response Unit joined the fleet. We have also invested heavily in Major Incident Equipment.

New First Aid Treatment Centre

Our New Treatment Centre provides excellent facilities for patients and our own volunteers.

The Centre has three Treatment Bays all with air conditioning, heating, sink units, examination couches, medicine trolleys. All surfaces are easy wipe clean, windows offer various ventilation patterns, LED lighting throughout. A patient accessible toilet and waiting area with accessible entrances and adequate storage makes the area welcoming to all. A reception office with secure storage, staff rest room, kitchen, toilet and shower provides much improved facilities for our volunteer first aiders. Often our members provide 24 hour cover for a number of days and the facilities allow us to give high quality care whilst keeping our volunteers comfortable.

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