Accredited first aid courses taught at your workplace, anywhere in the City of Salford.
Prima Cura Training delivers accredited first aid training on-site across Salford, from MediaCityUK and the Quays to Eccles, Swinton, Walkden and Irlam. Emergency First Aid at Work starts at £750 + VAT for a full group of 12 learners, and the price includes trainer travel, certificates and course materials. Every course is accredited through WorkSafe, FAIB or Qualsafe.
On Blackfriars Road, that’s meant three Emergency First Aid at Work courses for the staff of the Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club, from the tennis pro to the chef, and free Basic Life Support sessions for the business owners who meet there every Friday. The certificate is the same everywhere. The practice is built around the room you actually work in.
| First aid training in Salford at a glance Courses: Emergency First Aid at Work, First Aid at Work, Paediatric First Aid, Basic Life Support and AED, and first aid for care settings. Where: on-site at your premises, anywhere in Salford, for groups of up to 12 learners. Price: Emergency First Aid at Work starts at £750 + VAT for a full group of 12 learners. That works out at £62.50 + VAT per person. Included: trainer travel, certificates, course materials and ongoing support. No hidden fees. Accreditation: WorkSafe, FAIB or Qualsafe, all meeting HSE guidance on choosing a first aid training provider. Led by: Stephanie Austin, with over 25 years in health and social care and over 15 years delivering training. In Salford: Emergency First Aid at Work for Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club staff, booked three times, and free Basic Life Support for Manchester Business Breakfast Club members. Reputation: over 100 five-star Google reviews and a finalist in the 2026 Female Business Awards. |
How did a breakfast networking club lead to three first aid courses on Blackfriars Road?
Every Friday, the Manchester Business Breakfast Club meets at the Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club on Blackfriars Road in Salford. It’s a room full of accountants, solicitors, trades, marketers and designers, and I run free Basic Life Support and defibrillator sessions for the members. Hands on the manikin, pads on, and everyone knows what to do if someone collapses over the coffee.
The club noticed. They booked Emergency First Aid at Work for their own staff, and they’ve now booked it three times. The group is never the same twice: the tennis pro, the chef, the manager and the general staff all train together. They also invite neighbouring businesses to fill spare places, so small firms on the street get properly trained without needing a full group of their own.
The building makes it interesting. The club has been playing real tennis and rackets in its Grade II* listed building since 1880, and a Victorian sports club throws up questions a modern office doesn’t. The course covered on-court injuries alongside the core EFAW skills, what happens when members are using the courts and no staff are on site, and what looking after the club’s defibrillator really involves.
That mix is the point. A chef, a coach and a manager will each face a different emergency, and the course is only useful if every one of them leaves knowing what they’d do in theirs.
What should a sports club or members’ venue plan for?
- Members and visitors, not just staff. HSE’s leaflet First aid at work: your questions answered says there’s no legal duty to provide first aid for non-employees, but HSE strongly recommends including them in your first aid provision. For a members’ club, visitors are most of the people in the building.
- The hours when nobody’s on duty. If members can use the courts, gym or pool when staff aren’t there, decide what happens if someone gets hurt: where the kit is, who can reach the defibrillator, and how members call for help.
- The defibrillator itself. The British Heart Foundation advises weekly physical checks of the status indicator and the expiry date on the pads. Registering it on The Circuit, the national defibrillator network, lets ambulance services direct a 999 caller to it.
- Shared buildings. Where you share a site with other businesses, HSE says you should make arrangements with the other occupiers for first aid, and strongly recommends a written agreement.
How much does first aid training cost in Salford?
Emergency First Aid at Work starts at £750 + VAT for a full group of 12 learners, delivered at your workplace in Salford. That works out at £62.50 + VAT per person.
It’s our baseline, and every quote is worked out from there based on your team, your setting and what you need.
Got a smaller team? Tell us how many and we’ll find the most cost-effective way to get them trained, including sharing a course with a neighbouring business, the way the Tennis and Racquet Club does. Paediatric First Aid, First Aid at Work and specialist courses are quoted individually.
What’s included in the price?
One price covers everything: trainer travel anywhere in Salford, certificates, course materials, and ongoing support after the course. We also build your own first aid policy, accident reporting procedure and recording systems into the day, so your team learns how first aid actually works in your organisation. No hidden fees, no add-ons.
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Which first aid courses can we deliver at your Salford workplace?
Every course below is delivered on-site, taught face to face and assessed practically. If a different course would suit your team better than the one you asked about, we’ll say so at the enquiry stage, not after you’ve booked.
Workplace first aid
- Emergency First Aid at Work (1 day): CPR, defibrillator use, choking, severe bleeding, shock and the unresponsive casualty. The usual choice for lower-hazard workplaces such as offices, studios, shops and clubs.
- First Aid at Work (3 days, or blended): everything in EFAW plus a wider range of injuries and illnesses, including fractures, burns and head injuries. For higher-hazard or larger workplaces, including building sites and warehouses.
- First Aid at Work Requalification (2 days): for FAW first aiders renewing before their certificate runs out.
- Emergency First Aid at Work with Life-threatening Bleeding: the EFAW qualification with extra time on controlling catastrophic bleeding.
- Basic Life Support and AED (half day): three focused hours of CPR and defibrillator practice. It’s the course we run for the Breakfast Club, and a practical way to deliver the annual refresher HSE strongly recommends for first aiders.
Schools, nurseries and early years
- Paediatric First Aid (12 hours, classroom or blended): the full paediatric certificate for early years settings working under the EYFS framework.
- Emergency Paediatric First Aid (6 hours): for staff who support a fully qualified paediatric first aider.
- Emergency First Aid for Schools: first aid built around the school day, from the playground to the PE hall.
- Allergy Awareness (Benedict’s Law): a separate course for the allergy safety duty on schools that came into force on 1 September 2026, because first aid training on its own doesn’t meet it. Our page on first aid training for schools in Greater Manchester has more.
Care settings and support at home
- First aid training for health and social care settings: first aid built around care environments, from residential care to people’s own homes.
- Personal assistants and people who employ them through a Personal Health Budget or direct payments: first aid and Basic Life Support in your own home, alongside moving and positioning, fire safety and safeguarding. See our training courses in Salford for the full picture.
Not sure which level your team needs? Our workplace first aid guide walks through HSE’s guidance step by step.
How many first aiders does your Salford workplace need?
There’s no fixed number in law. The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require employers to provide adequate and appropriate first aid, and the right level comes from your first aid needs assessment. HSE’s leaflet First aid at work: your questions answered suggests these starting points.
| Type of workplace | Number of employees | HSE’s suggested minimum |
| Lower hazard, for example offices, shops and libraries | Fewer than 25 | At least one appointed person |
| Lower hazard | 25 to 50 | At least one first aider trained in EFAW |
| Lower hazard | More than 50 | At least one first aider trained in FAW for every 100 employed |
| Higher hazard, for example construction, warehousing, food processing, or work with dangerous machinery or chemicals | Fewer than 5 | At least one appointed person |
| Higher hazard | 5 to 50 | At least one first aider trained in EFAW or FAW, depending on the type of injuries that might occur |
| Higher hazard | More than 50 | At least one first aider trained in FAW for every 50 employed |
Those numbers are a floor, not a target.
Shift patterns, split sites, holidays, lone workers and members of the public on your premises can all mean you need more cover. We talk it through with every Salford employer before recommending a course.
First aid accreditation and certificates: your questions answered
Are your first aid courses accredited?
Yes. Every Prima Cura first aid course is accredited through WorkSafe, FAIB or Qualsafe, depending on what your organisation needs. All three meet the standards in HSE’s guidance for employers on selecting a first aid training provider. If you need an Ofqual-regulated qualification, for example for a contract or tender, we deliver it through Qualsafe.
Is your first aid training HSE approved?
HSE stopped approving first aid training providers in 2013. Employers now choose a provider using HSE’s own guidance, and all Prima Cura first aid courses are accredited through routes that meet it.
How long does a first aid certificate last?
Emergency First Aid at Work and First Aid at Work certificates are valid for three years. HSE strongly recommends annual refresher training in between, and our half-day Basic Life Support and AED course is a practical way to keep first aiders current.
Do your courses follow the latest resuscitation guidelines?
Yes. All our first aid courses reflect the Resuscitation Council UK guidelines published in October 2025, including the change to call 999 straight away for anyone who is unresponsive.
Before you book: questions Salford employers ask us
Do you deliver first aid training at MediaCityUK and Salford Quays?
Yes. We train on-site at offices, studios and venues across MediaCityUK and the Quays, and everywhere else in Salford. If your building has security or visitor sign-in, tell us when you book and we’ll arrange access in advance.
We only have a few staff. Can we share a course?
Often, yes. A host business books the course and neighbouring businesses fill the spare places, which is how the Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club runs its courses. Tell us how many people you have and we’ll suggest the most cost-effective option.
Can personal assistants and individual employers book first aid training?
Yes. We train personal assistants, and the people who employ them through a Personal Health Budget or direct payments, in their own homes across Salford. The course is built around the person they support and the home they work in.
How many people can you train in one session?
We train up to 12 learners per course. If you have more people to train, we’ll split them across sessions that fit around your rota.
Can you train around shifts, evenings or weekends?
We can look at early, evening and weekend sessions where your rota needs them. Tell us your working patterns when you get in touch and we’ll be clear about what’s available.
Who else have we trained in and around Salford?
Cleaning Ventures: first aid for the whole organisation
Cleaning Ventures is a commercial and construction cleaning company whose teams work across Greater Manchester, including Salford. We trained the whole organisation in Emergency First Aid at Work, with the CEO and directors on the same course as supervisors and cleaners. Mobile teams working across different sites are exactly the people a first aid needs assessment tends to miss.
Personal assistants in their employer’s home
We train Personal Health Budget and direct payment holders and their PAs in their own homes in Salford, with every session built around one person, one home and one team. Steph is a former member of the Skills for Care Personal Health Budgets Steering Committee, so she knows this work from the policy side as well as the living room.
Just over the border in Manchester
Kieren Robinson runs BeeSpoke Carpentry in Manchester. A couple of months after his first aid training, he gave CPR and used a defibrillator on a young woman in cardiac arrest in a Manchester car park, and she was awake and talking in the ambulance. Read Kieren’s story in our CPR and AED Awareness Week blog.
Why Salford employers choose Prima Cura Training
Prima Cura Training was founded in 2015 by Stephanie Austin and has been based in Manchester since 2018. Steph has over 25 years in health and social care and over 15 years delivering training. She’s a former member of the Skills for Care Personal Health Budgets Steering Committee and holds the full TAQA assessing and quality assurance suite, up to Level 4 Leading Internal Quality Assurance.
Steph delivers most Salford courses herself. When an associate trainer delivers for us, they’re Enhanced DBS checked, recruited through safer recruitment and observed as part of our documented internal quality assurance.
Learner satisfaction consistently averages over 98%, measured through quarterly feedback forms and customer surveys. We have over 100 five-star Google reviews. Steph won Health and Wellbeing Leader at the Biz Women Awards 2025, and in 2026 Prima Cura Training was named a finalist in the Coach, Mentor or Trainer category of the Female Business Awards, a story covered by ManchesterWorld.
We publish our commitment to quality and compliance, so you can see how we work before you book.
Which parts of Salford do we cover?
All of it, with trainer travel included in the price:
- Salford Quays and MediaCityUK (M50, M5)
- Ordsall, Weaste, Seedley and Langworthy (M5, M6)
- Pendleton, Charlestown and Irlams o’ th’ Height (M6)
- Greengate, Blackfriars and central Salford (M3)
- Broughton and Kersal (M7)
- Swinton, Pendlebury and Clifton (M27)
- Walkden, Worsley and Boothstown (M28)
- Little Hulton (M38)
- Eccles, Patricroft, Monton and Winton (M30)
- Irlam and Cadishead (M44)
Salford is one of the ten boroughs we cover for first aid training in Manchester and across Greater Manchester. If you need care, health and safety or personal assistant training as well, see our training courses in Salford.
Book first aid training in Salford
Tell us how many people need training, where you are, and what your team does day to day. Steph will come back to you within one working day with the right course and a clear, all-in price. No hard sell, and if a different course fits better, she’ll say so.
Call: 0333 999 8783 | Email: info@primacuratraining.co.uk
Written by Stephanie Austin, Founder and Lead Trainer at Prima Cura Training | Last reviewed: September 2026 | Next review: September 2027
Important information: training reflects current UK legislation and guidance at the time of delivery, including HSE guidance and the Resuscitation Council UK 2025 guidelines. First aid training gives people the skills to respond until professional help arrives and doesn’t replace medical treatment. In an emergency, always call 999.
