TEWKESBURY News
Grandparents could be life savers
1:00pm Tuesday 17th January 2012
GLOUCESTERSHIRE’S St John Ambulance is urging the county’s army of grandparents to make a resolution to learn life saving first aid skills in 2012.
With many grandparents providing regular childcare for their grandchildren, knowing first aid should be a necessity for them.
According to national charity Grandparents Plus, one in four working families rely on grandparents for childcare.
The charity is holding essential first aid training courses at centres across the county this year in Staverton, Stroud, Bourton on the Water, Tewkesbury and Coleford throughout the year to give as many people as possible the opportunity to learn life saving first aid skills.
The courses last three hours and cater for all ages and cost £30.
Jim Jones, Schools, Community and Youth Development Co-ordinator for St John Ambulance Gloucestershire, said: “Learning first aid is one of the single most important things a grandparent could do. Childhood injuries are quite common and knowing what to do in an emergency could mean the difference between a life lost and life saved.
“Knowing first aid means that you would be safeguarding the welfare of your grandchildren. We want as many grandparents as possible to learn first aid so the £30 cost just covers the expense of delivering the course and is set deliberately low so it is affordable to as many people as possible.”
To check our the dates of your nearest course or for more information contact 01452 858220 or email jim.jones@glos.sja.org.uk.