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When every second counts - experience matters. Practical. Accredited. Trusted.

Led by an ICU nurse turned educator, Life Vital Academy teaches lifesaving First Aid & Mental Health support skills across Jersey. Life Vital Academy is a Jersey-based training provider led by a former ICU nurse and clinical educator with over 20 years of real-world experience in acute care. We deliver fully accredited First Aid, CPR, and Mental Health First Aid training to individuals, teams, and workplaces across the Channel Islands. Our courses are built around practical skills, realistic scenarios, and the confidence to act when it matters most. Whether you're a parent, teacher, employee, or manager, we equip you with the tools to save lives and support mental wellbeing.

➡️ Learn more or book a course at: www.lifevitalacademy.co.uk

16/03/2026

What if one day of learning could really change the way we think about the work we do?

The Vital Skills Summit is gathering people from across education, healthcare, social care, and the charity sector for a day of learning and connection here in Jersey.

✔ 6 hours of accredited CPD
✔ Inspirational speakers from Durham University
✔ A room full of people who care about making things better

It’s about sharing ideas, learning from the best research, and making connections across the island.

If that sounds like something you want to be a part of, we’d love to see you there.

🎟 Book your place now.

13/03/2026

The Vital Skills Summit is coming to Jersey on 31 March.

This one day learning forum will bring together professionals from education, health, social care and the charity sector for a powerful day of shared learning, practical insight and cross sector conversation.

We are proud to welcome Professor Carlene Firmin MBE, creator of Contextual Safeguarding and a world leading expert in this field, who will be sharing her groundbreaking work on how harm can happen beyond the family home and why safeguarding must be understood through the wider contexts of young people’s lives.

Alongside this, the summit will explore safeguarding, behaviour, leadership, burnout, professional judgement and AI, with expert speakers and discussions designed to support those working in complex, people facing roles.

This is more than a conference. It is an opportunity to learn, reflect, connect and take practical insight back into your work.

If you work in education, health, social care or the charity sector, this is a conversation you will want to be part of.

Book your place and view the full programme [Link in comments]

Please share with colleagues and teams who would benefit from being in the room.

10/03/2026

Three weeks today until the Vital Skills Summit 2026.

We are incredibly proud to welcome Professor Carlene Firmin MBE from Durham University as our leading keynote speaker.

Professor Firmin is one of the most important voices in safeguarding today, and her work is helping professionals rethink how we understand harm, vulnerability, and the environments around children and young people.

This summit is about bringing professionals together for shared learning across health, social care, education, charities, and leadership.

The conversations on the day will be relevant, practical, and timely and, with only 3 weeks to go, now is the time to book your place.

If your work involves people, safety, professional judgement, leadership, or safeguarding, you should be in the room.

Don’t miss out.
Book now and join us.

26/02/2026

The one thing that really matters in training?

It isn’t the certificate.

It’s understanding.

At Life Vital Academy, we believe education should be accessible and affordable. It should not cost the earth, especially when it relates to safety, leadership and caring for others.

That is why we will match any written quote for equivalent training.

We trust what we deliver.

We see education as a responsibility, not a luxury.

The same belief sits behind the Vital Skills Summit, delivered in association with Durham University. World-class speakers. Practical conversations. Fair pricing.

Because when people truly understand what they are doing, confidence grows and standards rise.

That is what matters.

25/02/2026

Artificial Intelligence is increasingly influencing decisions across health, education, social care and the voluntary sector.

Professor Catherine Reading from Durham University will be facilitating the Vital Skills Summit and delivering a keynote on AI, safety and professional judgement.

If you are responsible for decisions that affect children, adults or vulnerable people, this is a room you should be in.

This summit will give you one powerful outcome:

Clarity.

Clarity about where responsibility sits when technology informs practice.
Clarity about the risks professionals must recognise.
Clarity about how to use AI in a way that strengthens, rather than weakens, safe and ethical decision-making.

This is a prestigious event, delivered in association with Durham University, but it is also practical and accessible for professionals across the island.

31 March 2026
Radisson Blu, Jersey
Tickets: Check the comments for the link

These conversations are happening now.
The question is whether you are in the room when they do.

20/02/2026

Have you ever looked at someone and thought,
“They’re coping really well…”

And later discovered they absolutely weren’t?

Burnout doesn’t always look dramatic.
Sometimes it looks like dedication.
Like staying late.
Like never saying no.

We’re really pleased to welcome a new speaker to the Vital Skills Summit 2026:

Dr Julie Luscombe
The Silent Struggle – Stopping the Slow Creep of Burnout

Julie supports professionals across health, social care and the public sector who are juggling huge responsibility at work and at home.

Her session will cover:

✨ Why resilience isn’t about “just trying harder”
✨ What burnout really looks like in public service roles
✨ Small, practical changes that protect people and teams

This isn’t about platitudes. It’s about real tools grounded in neuroscience and lived experience.

📅 31 March 2026
📍 Radisson Blu, Jersey
🎓 In association with Durham University
Link to tickets in the comments!!

If you work in health, education, social care or the charity sector, this is a conversation worth being in the room for.

Because caring deeply should not mean burning out quietly.

16/02/2026

Some events inspire individuals.

The Vital Skills Summit is built to strengthen organisations.

Created for professionals across health, education, social care and the charity sector, this is a day focused on safer environments, stronger leadership and practical change.

Designed for teams. Team rates available.

When colleagues attend together:
✔ You build shared understanding
✔ You carry conversations back into practice
✔ You create real change, not just inspiration

Coming alone? You’ll leave with insight.
Coming as a team? You’ll leave with alignment.

If your organisation is thinking about safeguarding, behavioural safety, leadership or the impact of AI, this is the room to be in.

31 March 2026
Radisson Blu, Jersey
In association with Durham University

More information and booking: Link in the comments

Bring the people you lead.
Bring the people you work alongside.
Build something stronger together.

13/02/2026

Early Bird ends Sunday night.

Right now you can secure your place at the Vital Skills Summit for £125.

From Monday, that price is gone - and it will not return.

On 31 March, leaders and professionals from across health, education, social care and the charity sector will come together at the Radisson Blu to explore safeguarding, behavioural safety, leadership and AI - in association with Durham University.

This is about real responsibility.
Real pressure.
Real conversations that matter.

If you’ve been thinking about it… this is your window.

£125 until Sunday at midnight.
After that, prices increase.

Book here:
https://lifevitalacademy.co.uk/vital-skills-summit-jersey/

Don’t be the person who meant to.

10/02/2026

At 3am in ICU, the patient had died and the room was finally quiet.

Geoff asked for help with a new admission and got shouted at for it, not about risk, not about safety, but about a small interruption that became a big reaction.

The science of what that does to a team is uncomfortable. And it matters.

Because in safety critical work, behaviour is not “soft stuff”. It changes attention, decision making, and whether people speak up when something feels wrong. It shapes near misses, learning, and the culture that either prevents harm or quietly enables it.

That is exactly what Geoff Benning will unpack in his keynote at the Vital Skills Summit:

Kindness Under Pressure: Why Behaviour Is a Safety Issue

This session is for anyone leading or working under pressure across healthcare, education, social care, and the charity sector, where outcomes depend on good judgement, clear communication, and the confidence to challenge.

In association with Durham University, the Vital Skills Summit brings together practical learning on shared responsibility, safeguarding, leadership, and how we create safer environments for the people we care for, support, and educate.

📍 Vital Skills Summit, Jersey, Tuesday 31 March 2026
🎟 Tickets and details: https://lifevitalacademy.co.uk/vital-skills-summit-jersey/

07/02/2026

This is a big first for Jersey.

The Vital Skills Summit is launching this spring, in association with Durham University, combining leading academic expertise with real, local, frontline knowledge.

No fluff. No filler.
Just a powerful day focused on the skills we need to keep people safe, lead well, and make better decisions in an increasingly complex world.

⚠️ Early bird tickets end in ONE WEEK ⚠️
After that, prices go up.

Perfect for:
• Leaders and managers
• Charity and community organisations
• Health, education and care professionals
• Trustees, safeguarding leads and decision-makers

Next week we will start sharing the bios of our incredible speakers, but if you want the best price, now is the time to move.

👉 Book before early bird closes:
https://lifevitalacademy.co.uk/vital-skills-summit-jersey/

Jersey has never hosted a summit like this before.

28/01/2026

Life Vital Academy is pleased to share that our founder and director, Geoff, has been nominated for the Aspiring Director of the Year category in the IoD Jersey Director of the Year Awards.

I feel genuinely honoured to be nominated and still a little surprised to have the chance to go for this award. It is not something I ever expected to be part of and I am very grateful for the opportunity.

Thank you to the person who took the time to nominate me. I really appreciate your trust and belief in the work I am doing through Life Vital Academy.

Whatever the outcome, I will keep focusing on improving care through high quality education and supporting clinicians and teams in practice.

07/11/2025

We have had some incredible training sessions over the last few weeks with some brilliant people, thank you to everyone who has booked us so far, here are a few of the comments we have received:

"Thank you very much, the course was really good and I am leaving feeling confident in what you have taught me."

"Fun and informative session, great tutor."

"Really enjoyed it, very confident with the trainers knowledge and explanation."

"Loved the interactions, practical sessions and the heart tutorial."

These are just a few of the wonderful pieces of feedback we have had, if you have joined us recently tell us what stood out for you in the comments, if you know someone who would benefit please tag them, and if you want to book a place head to our website or DM us, thank you all for your support ❤️

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