Blandford Forum is a working market town with a wide catchment behind it. Around the Georgian centre there are shops, offices, schools and care providers, and beyond them farms, food production, light industry on Blandford Heights and a large military presence at the camp. First aid training here has to cover all of that, and the further out you go the longer an ambulance takes to reach you.
We cover Blandford and the surrounding area, including Charlton Marshall, Spetisbury, Pimperne, Durweston, Blandford St Mary and the villages north towards Shillingstone and Winterborne Stickland. Training can run at your own premises or your team can join a scheduled course nearby.
First aid courses we run in Blandford Forum
- Emergency First Aid at Work and First Aid at Work, for workplace compliance
- Paediatric First Aid, for nurseries, schools and childcare settings
- Outdoor and Forestry First Aid, for farm, estate and countryside teams
- CPR and AED training and Basic Life Support
- First aid education for school pupils, with bespoke sessions for school staff
Rural North Dorset changes what matters on a course. Serious bleeding, machinery injuries and keeping someone alive while help is still some way off deserve real time on the mat, so that is where we put it. Our trainers come from frontline emergency services, healthcare and education, which keeps the practical work honest.
For Blandford businesses with social value or CSR aims, we can fund first aid training in local schools on your behalf and handle the delivery, reporting and school liaison.
Common questions
Do you come to us in Blandford?
Yes. We deliver on-site at workplaces, schools and rural settings across Blandford and North Dorset, and we also run scheduled courses for individuals and small groups.
Do you train farm and land based teams?
Regularly. Outdoor and Forestry First Aid is built for work where help is further away, which is the reality on most sites around Blandford.
Which workplace course do we need?
Offices, shops and other lower risk sites usually need Emergency First Aid at Work. Farms, workshops and larger premises need First Aid at Work. Tell us what the work involves and we will point you to the right course.
Based in the New Forest, we also cover the rest of the county. See our first aid training in Dorset page for the full picture.