ACMS Training

12/11/2025

10/11/2025

Did you know? Over 800,000 people in England have trained as MHFAiders with
Mental Health First Aid England 📈

We’re proud to be part of this growing movement for workplace wellbeing with Mental Health First Aiders within our own team 🎉⛑️💚

We’ll be celebrating our team members this MHFA day (12th Nov)

09/11/2025

🕯️ Remembrance Sunday

As the day comes to a close, we pause to reflect on those who gave their lives in service and sacrifice.
Their courage, dedication, and memory live on in our hearts.

We will remember them. 🌺

31/10/2025

🎃 Happy Halloween from ACMS Training! 👻
No tricks here — just treats in the form of life-saving skills and safety training! 🧡
This spooky season, don’t get caught unprepared. Equip yourself and your team with the confidence to act when it matters most.

We’re proud to offer a wide range of accredited courses, including:
🩹 EFAW (Emergency First Aid at Work)
⛑️ FAW (First Aid at Work)
🧗 WAH (Working at Height)
🧒 Paediatrics First Aid
🍩 DONUT Basic User
🏃 S-Cape Basic User
🏢 IOSH Courses

Whether you’re refreshing your skills or training for the first time, we’ll make sure you’re ready for anything — even the scariest emergencies! 👀
🕸️ Get in touch today to book your next course: Training@acms-ltd.co.uk
Stay safe, stay skilled, and have a fang-tastic Halloween! 🕷️🦇

22/10/2025

(10-16th November)

Time to look at your commitment to being an ethical employer.

14/10/2025

Distance Learning Mental Health First Aid -
Each year approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health condition and at least 1 in 6 employees experience common mental health problems in the workplace such as anxiety and depression. Research has shown that work is the biggest cause of stress which can stop people performing at their best. Mental health conditions are often hidden due to stigma and fear of discrimination and research found that a culture of fear and silence around mental health is costly to employers. The HSE guidance 'First aid needs assessment’ refers to mental health in the workplace. This qualification provides learners with the knowledge to recognise a range of mental health conditions, start a supportive conversation, and when and how to signpost someone to professional help. Learners will learn how to recognise and manage stress. Learners will not diagnose or treat mental health conditions as this can only be carried out by healthcare professionals, but will be able to identify when a person may have a suspected mental health condition, offer reassurance and support, and know where they can go to get help. This qualification is regulated in the UK and awarded by First Aid Awards (FAA).
£55+VAT Half Day Course
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/acms-training_awareness-of-first-aid-for-mental-health-activity-7383788649525702656-tmyp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAA4F20UBLoIESywD5wL69-Q_nfCaVHrIwQo

08/10/2025

September was a bumper month with upto 6 courses being run on some days! October is showing no signs of being a slow month either! We presently have 1500 delegates through our door each year, with our many new offerings we expect this to double over the next 12-24 months!
email contact@acms-ltd.co.uk or visit our website acmstraining.co.uk to view our current offerings.

08/10/2025

We are after your feedback. We deliver the course currently over 3 consecutive weekdays. We'd like to know if businesses would be interested in:
- spreading the learning over either 3 consecutive Friday full days
- spreading over 6 consecutive Fridays as half days as am or pm?
This would be for Distance Learning Only.
Training@ACMS-ltd.co.uk

08/10/2025

We have an upcoming Combined Emergency First Aid At Work and Emergency Paediatric First Aid course running on the 7th November.
So if your workplace is wanting you to complete your First Aid Training and you would also like to learn Life Saving First Aid for your Children, then get signed up, you will get two certificates for the usual Price of the EFAW, so no additional days off work for your employer and no additional cost.

07/10/2025

When an uneven certificate wall above your colleagues desk is upsetting your OCD and a mischievous Kyle solves the issue with a course certificate that will not be making it onto our offerings!

26/09/2025

Good evening all
I’ve noticed a few questions around Early Years First Aid requirements recently and have commented where I can, but thought it might be easier to share here for the wider group in case others are finding themselves with the same queries…

From September, updated Ofsted requirements mean:

➡️ Anyone working and counted as part of their staff-to-child ratio in an Early Years setting must now hold a 12-hour Paediatric First Aid (PFA) qualification.
➡️ Staff not included in the ratio can complete the Emergency Paediatric First Aid (EPFA) instead of the full 12 hours.
➡️ Settings must still have at least one staff member with EFAW or FAW to cover adult First Aid needs.
➡️ Courses must ensure elements in points 5 (or 6) are delivered face-to-face only (see guidance Annex A, 6 and note 63), these elements cannot be blended (online).
➡️ This applies to those working with children from Reception age (4–5 years) and under.
➡️ For Key Stage 1 (Year 1 and above), Paediatric First Aid isn’t a requirement.

However, if schools run wraparound care (before/after school clubs) for children under 8, they should still consider having a Paediatric First Aider on site.

📌 Source: Ofsted Inspector

Hopefully this clears up some of the confusion and helps when advising Early Years clients on their training needs.

05/09/2025

Today we say goodbye to Josh and give a big welcome to his replacement, Josh has been a great member of the team for the last year, his replacement (also in the picture below), will be equal to him in every way and give just as much enthusiasm to the Training department. The picture below is from beginning of August’s S-Cape instructor training. You can see Josh to the right and his new replacement wearing the yellow helmet laying on the floor to the bottom left of the image!
(You can also see Kyle who has recently rejoined us in the centre of the image)