Brity is a UK-wide first aid training provider running Emergency First Aid at Work, First Aid at Work, Paediatric First Aid, AED and CPR, and bespoke workplace programmes. We were founded to raise the standard of first aid training — to move it away from rushed, certificate-first delivery towards courses that genuinely prepare people to act when it matters. Our trainers deliver scheduled public courses across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and on-site training for teams at their own premises.
Every Brity course is built on HSE-aligned content and practised in small enough groups that learners get real hands-on time with manikins, AED trainers and dressings rather than only a demonstration. Our internal quality team standardises tutors, samples sessions and gathers feedback from every cohort so the experience in one city matches the next. We publish what each course covers, who it suits and what it leads to up front — and keep our policies, complaints route and accessibility commitments visible rather than buried. The outcome we measure ourselves against is not the certificate at the end of the week, but the moment, weeks or months later, when a Brity-trained first aider steps forward in a real emergency and knows exactly what to do.
First Aid at Work (FAW) is the longer-format first aid course designed for higher-risk workplaces — manufacturing, construction, engineering, logistics, larger offices and any environment where the HSE first aid needs assessment points towards a fully trained first aider. Across three days of practical, trainer-led learning, learners build the breadth and depth of skill needed to take charge of a first aid incident at work, manage casualties calmly and hand over cleanly to the emergency services. Sessions cover adult CPR with and without a defibrillator, primary and secondary surveys, recovery position, choking, bleeding control (including catastrophic bleeding), burns, fractures, suspected spinal injury, shock, seizures, asthma, anaphylaxis, diabetic emergencies and head injuries. Certification is valid for three years and the HSE strongly recommends an annual refresher in between to keep skills sharp.
The First Aid at Work Requalification course is the two-day route for existing workplace first aiders whose three-year certificate is approaching its expiry date. It refreshes and reassesses the full FAW skill set — CPR and defibrillator use, primary and secondary survey, bleeding control, burns, fractures, suspected spinal injury, shock, seizures, asthma, anaphylaxis and the management of an unresponsive casualty — without repeating the three-day initial course in full. The HSE expects requalification to take place before the existing certificate expires; if it has lapsed, learners may be required to attend the full three-day First Aid at Work course instead. Sessions run as public dates across the UK and as on-site training for teams of first aiders requalifying together.
Paediatric First Aid is written for the people who care for babies, infants and young children — early-years practitioners, nursery staff, childminders, nannies, school staff, holiday-club leaders, sports coaches and parents. Children are not small adults, and the techniques and warning signs that matter most are different from those taught on adult-only first aid courses. The two-day course covers infant and child CPR with and without an AED, choking response in babies and children, recovery position adapted for small bodies, control of bleeding, burns and scalds, head injuries, seizures (including febrile convulsions), meningitis warning signs, asthma, anaphylaxis and the safe use of an auto-injector, diabetic emergencies, fractures and suspected spinal injuries. The course aligns with the EYFS expectation for paediatric first aid training in early-years settings; a shorter Emergency Paediatric option is available where a setting only requires one-day emergency content.
The Annual First Aid Refresher is a short, focused skills check designed to bridge the three-year gap between full First Aid at Work or Emergency First Aid at Work certifications. The HSE strongly recommends that workplace first aiders take an annual refresher to keep their skills sharp, and this course is built to do exactly that — in a single half-day or day, without disrupting the working week. It concentrates on the skills that decay the fastest and matter the most: high-quality CPR, defibrillator use, choking response, recovery position, control of bleeding and the primary survey under pressure. The refresher does not replace the underlying qualification — the existing FAW or EFAW certificate continues to run its three-year clock — its job is to keep first aiders confident and competent in between.
Defibrillator (AED) Training with CPR is a focused course built around the two skills that, together, save more lives in sudden cardiac arrest than anything else: high-quality chest compressions and rapid defibrillation. Public-access defibrillators are now everywhere — workplaces, shops, sports clubs, transport hubs, community buildings — but a device is only useful if the people nearby know how to use it confidently in the first few minutes. The course covers adult CPR technique and pacing, how to recognise a cardiac arrest, the chain of survival, safe use of an automated external defibrillator, pad placement, working alongside the 999 call-handler, and team-based resuscitation where more than one responder is on scene. We also cover the practicalities organisations ask us about — where to site an AED, how to look after it, and what to do after a real deployment.