Daisy first aid Southend, Castlepoint & Basildon

11/03/2026

🙏From September 2026, allergy safety will become a statutory requirement in childcare settings following the passing of Benedict’s Law.

✅ This means schools, nurseries and childcare providers will need to follow mandatory guidance on allergy awareness and management, not just treat it as best practice.

➡️ Settings will need clear processes in place to show they are managing allergy risks properly, including:

🔹staff training in allergy awareness
🔹recognising the signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis
🔹knowing how to respond in an emergency
🔹using adrenaline auto-injectors and adrenaline nasal spray medication

👌Staff training will be a key part of this, helping ensure teams feel confident recognising symptoms quickly and responding appropriately.

❓Did you know?
There has been a 336% increase in prescriptions for adrenaline auto-injector pens over the last 20 years.

😔 And in the UK, anaphylaxis happens more often in schools than in any other setting outside the home.

💙 Contact me now to arrange your teams anaphylaxis training course to be with chloe@daisyfirstaid.com

10/03/2026

⭐️ P F A Q U A L I F I C A T I O N ⭐️

📢 Calling all Nannies, Childminders, Nursery Managers and other childcare professionals!

❓Does your paediatric first aid certificate need updating?

🔹Here is the next Venue date for our 12 & 6 hour Paediatric First Aid Courses for 2026! which is being held at the fantastic

🗓️Saturday 16th May

I have some 1-2-1 and private group classes available, please get in touch.

(All dates for 2026 available now)

❗️Spaces are limited to 12, every person has their own clean equipment to use throughout the class.

✅ Blended learning course (6 hours online and 6 hours practical session).
✅ 3 year certificate.
✅ Course meets all EYFS/Ofsted requirements and is CPD accredited.

🔹Level 3 Full Paediatric First Aid - Blended Learning £94

6 hours online learning & 6hrs face to face learning

🔹Level 3 Emergency Paediatric First Aid Certificate £75

6hr face to face learning day only

If you’d like to join us please visit

https://bookwhen.com/daisyfirstaidsouthend

to book your place.

Private group classes are available including 121 training. Please get in touch for pricing and information.

chloe@daisyfirstaid.com

10/03/2026

Great start to the week yesterday, teaching Y3&4 First Aid! I’m looking forward to returning and teaching the rest of the school 💙

10/03/2026

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March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. The symptoms of ovarian cancer can be very vague, particularly when the disease is in its early stages.

Ovarian cancer is when abnormal cells in the o***y begin to grow and divide in an uncontrolled way. They eventually form a growth (tumour). If not caught early, cancer cells gradually grow into the surrounding tissues. And may spread to other areas of the body.

Ovarian cancer can affect women, some transgender men and non-binary people assigned female at birth.

You should arrange to see your doctor if you have any of these signs and symptoms:
- feeling full quickly
- loss of appetite
- pain in your tummy (abdomen) or lower part of your abdomen that doesn’t go away
- bloating or an increase in the size of your abdomen
- needing to wee more often

You may also have these other symptoms:
- tiredness that is unexplained
- weight loss that is unexplained
- changes in your bowel habit or symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, especially if this starts after the age of 50

These are all symptoms of other less serious conditions but if you have them or anything else that is not normal for you get them checked out by your doctor.

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Info from Cancer Research UK.

08/03/2026

Next family first aid venue class!

🔹The Village Hub Westcliff- Saturday 14th March 10am

Can’t make a venue? Have a look at home classes, or join an online class!

💙Our award winning 2 hour Family First Aid classes are designed specially for parents to give confidence to know what to do in an emergency involving your baby or child.

💙These classes are perfect for -

🤰🏻Expectant parents
🧑‍🍼Brand new parents
👫Antenatal groups and friends
🥕 Parents who are starting to wean
👶🏻parents with babies who have just started crawling
👧🏽parents with adventurous toddlers
👵👩‍🦰Grandparents & other family members who are helping with childcare

💙whatever stage of parenting you’re at, it’s never too late to do a first aid class

👶🏻Babies under 12 months are very welcome at our classes

For just £25pp (no price increase)
you will learn -

✅CPR - infant, child & adult
✅How to use a defibrillator
✅Recovery positions - infant, child & adult
✅Choking - infant, child & adult
✅Allergic reactions
✅Febrile Seizures
✅Meningitis
✅Head injuries
✅Burns
✅Bleeds
✅Shock
✅Poison

Home classes are also available (minimum 4 people)

💙Book here ➡️ (link in bio)

https://bookwhen.com/daisyfirstaidsouthend

08/03/2026

The at home course was brilliant. Completely related to our 18 month old, specifically febrile convulsions which our son has recently suffered with. Plenty of opportunities to ask questions and go into more detail if we wanted to. 100% would recommend!

The at home course was brilliant. Completely related to our 18 month old, specifically febrile convulsions which our son has recently suffered with. ★★★★★

08/03/2026

As parents, we hold the incredible privilege of shaping the next generation of strong, kind and fearless women - one bedtime story, one conversation, one small act at a time.

Every day, we have the opportunity to teach our children that their voices matter. To show our daughters that their worth isn’t tied to how ‘polite’ or ‘pretty’ they are, but to their courage, intelligence, and determination. To raise our sons to see women as equals, not as helpers or caretakers, but as leaders and change-makers.

Confidence starts young. It starts with letting our girls take up space, speak their minds, and dream without limits. It starts with showing them that leadership isn’t just for men, that ‘bossy’ is just another word for ‘determined,’ and that they never have to shrink themselves to make others comfortable.

It also starts with challenging outdated norms. Teaching our kids that housework is for everyone, that emotions aren’t a ‘girl thing,’ and that strength comes in many forms.

Let’s raise a generation that that lifts women up instead of holding them back, and that sees equality not as an ideal, but as a reality we create together.

Who’s with me?!

07/03/2026

Why is crying after a bump to the head often reassuring?

Because it usually means your child is conscious, responsive and breathing normally. Crying is a natural reaction to pain, shock and fright, and can be a good sign right after a bump.

BUT keep watching them closely afterwards for at least 24 hours. If they display any of the following symptoms take them to A&E or call 999 immediately.

If your baby or child has:
▪️Lost consciousness (even briefly)
▪️ Difficulty staying awake or keeping their eyes open
▪️A fit (seizure)
▪️Fallen from a height more than 1 metre or 5 stairs
▪️Problems with their vision or hearing
▪️A black eye without direct injury to the eye
▪️Clear fluid coming from their ears or nose
▪️Bleeding from their ears or bruising behind their ears
▪️Numbness or weakness in part of their body
▪️Problems with walking, balance, understanding, speaking or writing
▪️Hit their head at speed, such as in a car crash, being hit by a car or bike or a diving accident
▪️A head wound with something inside it or a dent to the head
▪️Been crying more than usual (especially in babies and young children)
▪️Vomited since the injury
▪️Had a change in behaviour, like being more irritable, losing interest in things or being easily distracted (especially in children under 5)

Crying can be reassuring in the moment, but it’s what happens next that really matters.

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[Source NHS]

05/03/2026

Brilliant first aid course, we did with both sets of our parents at home. Would highly recommend! Made us all feel a lot more comfortable with our little one on the way.

Brilliant first aid course, we did with both sets of our parents at home. Would highly recommend! Made us all feel a lot more comfortable with our little one on the way. ★★★★★

02/03/2026

New Southend venue!

I’m excited to be running classes at inside

🔹Scott’s of Southend Garden centre- Sunday 10th May 10.30am

💙Our award winning 2 hour Family First Aid classes are designed specially for parents to give confidence to know what to do in an emergency involving your baby or child.

💙These classes are perfect for -

🤰🏻Expectant parents
🧑‍🍼Brand new parents
👫Antenatal groups and friends
🥕 Parents who are starting to wean
👶🏻parents with babies who have just started crawling
👧🏽parents with adventurous toddlers
👵👩‍🦰Grandparents & other family members who are helping with childcare

💙whatever stage of parenting you’re at, it’s never too late to do a first aid class

👶🏻Babies under 12 months are very welcome at our classes

For just £25pp (no price increase)
you will learn -

✅CPR - infant, child & adult
✅How to use a defibrillator
✅Recovery positions - infant, child & adult
✅Choking - infant, child & adult
✅Allergic reactions
✅Febrile Seizures
✅Meningitis
✅Head injuries
✅Burns
✅Bleeds
✅Shock
✅Poison

Home classes are also available (minimum 4 people)

💙Book here ➡️ (link in bio)

https://bookwhen.com/daisyfirstaidsouthend

02/03/2026

New Southend venue!

I’m excited to be running classes at inside

🔹Scott’s of Southend Garden centre- Sunday 10th May 10.30am

💙Our award winning 2 hour Family First Aid classes are designed specially for parents to give confidence to know what to do in an emergency involving your baby or child.

💙These classes are perfect for -

🤰🏻Expectant parents
🧑‍🍼Brand new parents
👫Antenatal groups and friends
🥕 Parents who are starting to wean
👶🏻parents with babies who have just started crawling
👧🏽parents with adventurous toddlers
👵👩‍🦰Grandparents & other family members who are helping with childcare

💙whatever stage of parenting you’re at, it’s never too late to do a first aid class

👶🏻Babies under 12 months are very welcome at our classes

For just £25pp (no price increase)
you will learn -

✅CPR - infant, child & adult
✅How to use a defibrillator
✅Recovery positions - infant, child & adult
✅Choking - infant, child & adult
✅Allergic reactions
✅Febrile Seizures
✅Meningitis
✅Head injuries
✅Burns
✅Bleeds
✅Shock
✅Poison

Home classes are also available (minimum 4 people)

💙Book here ➡️ (link in bio)

https://bookwhen.com/daisyfirstaidsouthend

01/03/2026

April & May home dates available!

💙Our award winning 2 hour Family First Aid classes are designed specially for parents to give confidence to know what to do in an emergency involving your baby or child.

If you can’t make one of our public classes or would just prefer to learn at home 🏠 why not book a private class!

🌼Our 2 hour Baby & Child First Aid classes are still only £25 per person (minimum booking is for 4

Dates get booked up quickly.

⭐️Weekdays, evenings and weekends are available⭐️

Book here:

https://bookwhen.com/daisyfirstaidsouthend

💙These classes are perfect for -

🤰🏻Expectant parents
🧑‍🍼Brand new parents
👫Antenatal groups and friends
🥕 Parents who are starting to wean
👶🏻parents with babies who have just started crawling
👧🏽parents with adventurous toddlers
👵👩‍🦰Grandparents & other family members who are helping with childcare

💙whatever stage of parenting you’re at, it’s never too late to do a first aid class

We cover:

🔹CPR & recovery positions
🔹Choking
🔹Meningitis
🔹Anaphylaxis
🔹Burns
🔹Head injuries
🔹Febrile seizures
🔹Broken bones
🔹Accidental poisoning
🔹Bleeding & bandaging
🔹Shock

Classes are safe during pregnancy.

Please get in touch with any questions.
Chloe@daisyfirstaid.com
07800544189

Don’t take my word for how good my classes are! Check out my 5⭐️ reviews:

http://www.daisyfirstaid.com/southend-on-sea