Mini First Aid was founded in January 2014 by mum of six, Kate Ball, with a mission to deliver high-quality baby and child first aid classes to parents and carers. Since then, the business has grown rapidly and now trains over 2,000 people every week across the UK in basic and life-saving first aid.
Our multi award-winning classes are designed to be relaxed, accessible, and confidence-boosting - giving you the knowledge and skills to act in a medical emergency. We offer sessions for the whole family, including parents, grandparents, carers, and even children as young as three.
In 2021, Kate and her husband Matt appeared on Dragons’ Den and secured investment from Sara Davies MBE. Since then, Mini First Aid has continued to expand, including the development of our own range of brilliant first aid products, now stocked in major retailers.
Mini First Aid classes are CPD-accredited, and we are proud members of the First Aid Industry Body. We also provide a comprehensive range of certified first aid courses for those needing formal qualifications. As the UK’s leading provider of paediatric first aid, we are passionate about empowering families and professionals alike with essential first aid skills.
We also host The Family Health Podcast with Mini First Aid, where founder Kate speaks with leading experts each week to share honest, reassuring advice on the family health topics that matter most.
Kelly is an Ex – British Army Combat Medical Technician, who is now an operational registered Paramedic, and an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, she is a qualified instructor and a train the instructor and is also fluent in British Sign Language. Kelly has been teaching first aid for over 25 years. Kelly has an 8 year old son Alex, and this is when her passion in first aid training developed even further to train as many children and adults in first aid as possible to empower people to save lives. This ranges from new parents and grandparents to children of a young age helping siblings, friends, parents and grandparents in an emergency situation.
Ann is a Registered Nurse with over 25 years experience in a variety of areas including Accident and Emergency, Minor Illness and General Practice. Ann has an 11 year old daughter and is also a foster carer so understands the challenges faced when working with children. Ann is passionate about sharing her skills with people who care for children because knowing what to do in an emergency saves lives.
Relationship Manager & Customer Care Specialist skills & experience ● Partnership working ● Customer support I'm passionate about the mental health and wellbeing first aid training we deliver to young people and those working with young people. Getting in early and giving young people the tools to understand and manage their wellbeing is an essential part of their education.
Training Coordinator & Customer Care Specialist skills & experience ● Support for programme scheduling and booking enquiries ● Customer liaison Working in a family business means that our trainees get the very best personal service from talented professionals who really care about each other, and about sharing their skills and knowledge with customers. I love being part of that!
Lucy previously worked as a Paramedic within the Yorkshire region. Lucy has experience of working on the front line responding to 999 emergencies, within Integrated Urgent Care, the Emergency Operations Centre and the private sector. Lucy is a qualified instructor and enjoys sharing her knowledge and training a wide variety of learners from the youngest members within the school community, through to new parents and grandparents. Lucy is a mum to Theo who is 10.
Mini First Aid is expanding as our demand for classes continues to grow.
Mini First Aid are looking for dynamic confident individuals who would like to work with all ages and feel passionately about teaching first aid.
The business is family friendly allowing our franchisees to balance owning a business with family life.
Full training is provided at the beginning of your franchise and Mini First Aid continue to support their franchisees with professional development training throughout their franchise period.
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