Mini First Aid Bath & North Somerset

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 and scroll the classes to find your local venue. www.bath.minifirstaid.co.uk. www.northsomerset.minifirstaid.co.uk

12/12/2025

🎉 That’s a wrap on Workplace First Aid Training for 2025!

It’s been a hugely successful year for .bath.nsomerset — we’ve doubled the number of people attending our workplace first aid courses compared to 2024!

This year, we’ve proudly supported learners through:
✨ Emergency First Aid at Work
✨ Emergency Paediatric First Aid
✨ Paediatric First Aid
✨ First Aid at Work Requalification
…with a mix of public courses and private team sessions.

We rounded off the year perfectly last night with a (mince-pie-fuelled!) Blended Paediatric First Aid course at Chestnut Park Primary School in Yatton — where 11 more teaching staff learned how to confidently help little ones in an emergency.

To minimise disruption to teaching time, staff completed 6 hours of online learning followed by two 3-hour evening practical sessions — a format that’s worked brilliantly for them over the last two years.

We already have several schools and workplaces booked in for January, plus public classes running regularly at our new venue in Congresbury.

If you or your team are due First Aid Training in 2026, please get in touch to organise a session — or head to the website to book onto a public course:
🌐 www.northsomerset.minifirstaid.co.uk

💚 Thank you to everyone who has chosen Mini First Aid for their training this year. Your support means the world to us, and we hope to see you again soon!

11/12/2025

Calling all new and expectant parents, grandparents and carers in the Bath area!

Due to increased demand, we’re excited to announce that our award-winning Baby & Child First Aid classes will now be running every month at New Oriel Hall! 🙌

Join us on a weekday or weekend for a relaxed, friendly 2-hour session where you’ll learn essential basic and emergency first aid skills for babies and children.

👶 Babies under 1 are very welcome, and there’s plenty of space for buggies too.

Our Bath classes are taught by the lovely Claire — a local children’s nurse and mum of two little ones. She’s the perfect person to guide you through the vital skills every parent and carer should know.

💛 Don’t miss out — learn skills that could make all the difference.

Spaces cost £30pp and can be booked at www.bath.minifirstaid.co.uk

09/12/2025

January is our most popular month for Baby & Child First Aid Classes!
To make sure no one misses out, we’ve added extra sessions for January 2026.

📍 Join us in:
• Bath
• Weston-super-Mare
• Nailsea
• Peasedown St John
• Berrow, Burnham-on-Sea (NEW Venue)

Prefer learning at home? 🏡
We still have limited availability for private group classes—perfect for friends, anti-natal groups and family learn-together sessions.

✨ This New Year — Learn a new skill: how to save a child’s life.
Spaces always fill quickly, so early booking is recommended!

Spaces cost just £30 per person.
Babies under 1 very welcome to attend.

www.northsomerset.minifirstaid.co.uk
www.bath.minifirstaid.co.uk
Katy.cockburn@minifirstaid.co.uk

04/12/2025

🟢 Gagging and choking during weaning 🟢

We know that weaning can feel like a rollercoaster - exciting one minute and totally nerve-wracking the next. One of the biggest worries parents share with us is understanding the difference between gagging and choking. So we’re thrilled to feature a guest blog from Paediatric Feeding and Swallowing Specialist Laura Bottiglieri - Milk to Mealtime, who breaks it all down in a calm, clear, confidence-boosting way.

If you’re starting (or already deep into!) the weaning journey, this is a brilliant read to help you feel more prepared, more reassured, and more able to support your little one as they learn.

Weaning is one of those parenting milestones that brings all the feelings - excitement, nerves, pride, and a fair bit of “is this normal...

03/12/2025

🏆 Winner! A Gold Award for our Baby & Child First Aid Classes!

We’re delighted to have won a gold Mother&Baby Award in the Pregnancy Products category for our flagship class - Baby & Child First Aid for Parents & Carers 🎉

It’s the first time our classes have been included in this award category which makes it extra special to have taken the top prize. Thank you, Mother & Baby Awards, for recognising our ‘unique and crucial product, which could potentially save a life’ - it was noted that ‘parents were comforted by the expertise and knowledge’ imparted in our classes.

That’s what it’s all about for us, giving expectant and new parents and carers the knowledge, skills and confidence to deal with first aid accidents and emergencies.

If you would like to learn more about our award-winning two-hour baby & child first aid classes, please check out our website, where you can also find a class in your local area for just £30pp. www.bath.minifirstaid.co.uk. www.northsomerset.minifirstaid.co.uk.

03/12/2025

02/12/2025

Come on England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

We’ve gone Lionesses mad in our house after an amazing night watching England Ladies play at Wembley on Saturday.

As they kick off their next match - we have a special offer for you - just for tonight.

Book a Baby & Child First Aid Class before the final whistle and receive a FREE Paediatric First Aid manual.

These books are a must have, with pictures and advice on dealing with many many childhood injuries and illnesses.

🦁 1 book per booking
⚽️ collect book at your class

02/12/2025

Want to learn Baby First Aid but don’t fancy leaving the sofa right now - then we have a solution 👶

At Mini First Aid Bath & North Somerset we offer a private class option of our award winning Baby & Child First Aid Class. These exclusive classes can be run in your own front room meaning you can all stay cosy and comfy.

We will bring all the same equipment and information to your own home as you would find at a public session, but at a time and date to suit you.

Private classes cost just £180 for up to 6 people, then £30pp for anyone extra.

Email Katy.cockburn@minifirstaid.co.uk to arrange.

27/11/2025

With Christmas fast approaching and many of us buying toys and gadgets for our children, it's worth a little reminder about one hidden danger that could be in your child's Christmas present, but could also be in everyday items around your home.

When you think of household hazards, things like cleaning products, sharp corners, or hot pans probably spring to mind. But there’s anot...

27/11/2025

⚠️ Button Battery Warning ⚠️

Perhaps you are very careful not to buy toys with button batteries, but many common items in your home also contain them, which means there is always a risk that they could be accessible to your child.

Button batteries are small, shiny and just the kind of item that a toddler or small child might pop in their mouth or easily swallow. If swallowed, they can get stuck in the food pipe, where saliva creates a chemical reaction that produces caustic soda. This can cause severe internal burns, internal bleeding, and in extreme cases, death.

We have highlighted a few items in this carousel that can contain button batteries. Take a look around your home to spot where you might find them 👀 And here are some top tips for helping keep them out of your little ones’ hands and mouth:

Make sure all the battery compartments are secure and unable to be opened by a small child.

Think about where you store your replacement batteries for these items. Are they completely out of reach for children?

When you are changing batteries, what do you do with the old ones? Make sure you immediately put them somewhere secure and don’t leave them lying around or forget about them. We advise always taking old batteries to a recycling centre so they don’t make their way to landfill.

Button batteries are everywhere, even in surprising places, so it’s super important to know the dangers, assess your risks at home and mitigate as far as possible.

26/11/2025

✨ We’re up to date with the new Resuscitation Council UK guidelines

The Resuscitation Council UK has released updates to paediatric and infant life-support guidance, and we want you to know that Mini First Aid is already on it. We’re rolling out team training and updating our lesson plans to make sure everything we teach reflects the very latest evidence.

If you’ve trained with us before or gained a workplace qualification with us, don’t worry, the qualification remains valid, and the skills you learned are still safe and effective. First aid evolves as new research emerges, and these updates simply offer techniques that may help rescuers deliver even better-quality care.

Here are some of the key changes:

Baby CPR: The preferred method for infants under 1 is now a two-thumb encircling technique. This can help you achieve consistent, effective chest compression depth with less finger fatigue. Other methods (one-hand or two-hand) can still be used if age-appropriate and needed.

Choking in infants: Still start with 5 back blows. If that doesn’t work, follow with 5 chest compressions using the encircling technique, which replaces the two-finger approach.

Using an AED:
• Use paediatric mode for infants and children under 25 kg (approx. under age 8 ).
• If there’s no paediatric setting, use adult mode, don’t delay.
• Pad placement guidance has been refined for clarity and effectiveness.

These improvements aim to make life-saving actions even more effective across all ages.

We’ll keep you updated as we roll out these updates in our classes, and we’ll share demonstrations on the new techniques here on our socials as soon as we have these ready.

As always, our mission is to make sure you feel confident, informed, and ready to help when it matters most 💚