First Aid

Ensuring that our members have access to first aid cover at all Scouting events is a key aspect of providing Safe Scouting. Anyone with a role in Scouting that is ‘youth facing’ will be required to hold a Scout First Response qualification (or equivalent).

Birmingham Scouts provides free first aid training courses that cover all the elements of the Scout First Response qualification and are delivered by professional first aid trainers. These courses are delivered across the city and so there should be one that is running near to you.

Available courses

Scouts First Response Course

This is an in-person course that covers all the requirements for the Scouts First Response. It runs over 1 day from 9am to 4pm.

To help us balance the attendance at these courses, if you are renewing your First Aid please can you try and book on a course that is nearest to your expiry date or no more than 3 months before.

For availability of spaces on the courses, please visit the booking form below.

Sunday 24th November 2024

100th Birmingham, Laurel Grove, Bournville, B30 1LE

Sunday 8th December 2024

2nd Sutton Coldfield Scout HQ, The rear of 39 Highbridge Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5QB

Saturday 04 January 2025

The Village, Fosse Way Drive, off Court Lane, New Oscott, B23 5LD

Sunday 05 January 2025

237th Birmingham, Scout House, Brownsover Close, Birmingham B36 9EF

Saturday 18 January 2025

260th Birmingham, Rear of Scanlons, 254 Spring Road, Tyseley, Birmingham, B11 3DW

Sunday 02 February 2025

2nd Sutton Coldfield, Scout HQ, The rear of 39 Highbridge Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. B73 5QB

Sunday 09 February 2025

195th St John’s, The Scout Hut, Turves Green, Longbridge, Birmingham, B31 4DG

Sunday 23 February 2025

The Village, Fosse Way Drive, off Court Lane, New Oscott, B23 5LD

Saturday 15 March 2025

309th Birmingham, Green Lane Masjid, 20 Green Lane, Bordesley Green, BIRMINGHAM. B9 5DB

Sunday 16 March 2025

89th Birmingham Scout Group, Skip Marklew Scouting Centre B28 0BY next door to Yardley Wood Station

Saturday 29 March 2025

2nd Sutton Coldfield, Scout HQ, The rear of 39 Highbridge Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. B73 5QB

Sunday 13 April 2025

195th St John’s, The Scout Hut, Turves Green, Longbridge, Birmingham, B31 4DG

Sunday 27 April 2025

The Village, Fosse Way Drive, off Court Lane, New Oscott, B23 5LD

Sunday 04 May 2025

298th Birmingham, Whitty Walk, Greenvale Avenue, BIRMINGHAM. B26 3XH

Saturday 17 May 2025

100th Birmingham, Laurel Grove, Bournville, B30 1LE

Sunday 01 June 2025

2nd Sutton Coldfield, Scout HQ, The rear of 39 Highbridge Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. B73 5QB

Saturday 07 June 2025

195th St John’s, The Scout Hut, Turves Green, Longbridge, Birmingham, B31 4DG

Saturday 05 July 2025

The Village, Fosse Way Drive, off Court Lane, New Oscott, B23 5LD

Saturday 26 July 2025

261st Birmingham, Rear of 150 Yardley Fields Road, BIRMINGHAM. B33 8QU

If you have completed a first aid course externally to Scouts, this may not have covered all the requirements of First Response. Please refer to the First Aid checklist and First Aid flowchart to ensure your course meets the requirements and how to validate it..

Wood Badge Training

Getting Started

Getting Started is the essential toolkit for new leaders. A series of online modules that provide
the basics skills for your first months in a role. This includes

  • Essential Information
  • Safety
  • Safeguarding
  • GDPR
  • Tool for the Role

Getting Going

This in-person 1-day course covers the following essential skills for leaders

  • Fundamentals of Scouting
  • Skills of Leadership
  • Working with Adults
  • Scouting for All
  • Administration

Getting Going Dates

We are in the process of adding additional dates

 

 

 

 

Getting On

This in-person 1-day course covers the following essential skills for leaders

  • Programme Planning and Delivery
  • Growing the Section
  • Supporting Young People
  • Promoting Positive Behaviour
  • International

Getting On Dates

  • Saturday 16th November 2024 - 195th Birmingham (Rea Valley)

 

 

Getting Out

This one day course is aimed at developing your skills and experience in running fun and safe residentials and activities.

  • Residential Experiences
  • Running Safe Activities
  • Practical Skills
  • International

Getting Out Dates

  • Sunday 12th January 2025 - 31st Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield West)

Managers and Supporter Training Courses

 

To help support our volunteers in manager and supporter roles, the West Midlands region offers three courses to provide additional training in the skills for these roles. More information about these courses can be found here. To book onto a course, please use the link at the bottom of the table.

More information on the individual courses can be found at this link.

MONTH DAY DATE VENUE TOPIC
February 2024 Sat 24th Walsall Meeting the Challenges
Sun 25th Walsall Achieving Growth
March 2024 Sat 23rd Warwick Skills of Management Day 1
Sun 24th Warwick Skills of Management Day 2
April 2024 Sat 20th Stoke on Trent Achieving Growth
Sun 21st Stoke on Trent Meeting the Challenges
September 2024 Sat 21st Walsall Skills of Management Day 1
Sun 22nd Walsall Skills of Management Day 2
October 2024 Sat 26th Warwick Achieving Growth
Sun 27th Warwick Meeting the Challenges
November 2024 Sat 23rd Stoke on Trent Skills of Management Day 1
Sun 24th Stoke on Trent Skills of Management Day 2