FOI Request - Council Training Provision

Request 101003812066

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding your organisation’s current or recent provision of training in the following areas:
1. First Aid
2. Fire Marshal
3. Mental Health First Aid
4. Health & Safety (including Manual Handling, Evacuation Chair, etc.)
For each of these training areas, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information, where available:

a) Type of Provision
i) Is the training delivered on an ongoing basis?
ii) Delivered on an ad hoc basis?
iii) Arranged through a formal tendering process?

b) Responsible Contact
Name, email, and phone number of the person responsible for organising or overseeing the training.

c) Training Providers
The current or most recent provider(s) used in the last five years.

d) Frequency and Value
i) Estimated number of sessions delivered annually.
ii) Approximate annual cost or value of the training.

e) Contract Information (if applicable)
i) Start and end dates of any existing agreements.
ii) Renewal or review dates.
iii) Current status of the provision or contract.

Response 21-07-2025

1. First aid.

Provided on an ongoing basis, arranged via a formal tendering process. Contract awarded April 2025 and runs until April 2028. Training provided by Green Cross Global. Senior Health & Safety Advisor is responsible for overseeing the contract. We expect to deliver around 20 courses per year (mix of one day, two day requal and three day FAW courses. Expected cost circa £12k per annum.

2. Fire Marshal training is delivered on an ad hoc basis, most via self directed learning on our learning management system and some done by the internal H&S team. Senior Health & Safety Advisor would oversee the provision.  
No external trainers used.

3. Mental Health First Aid  Response: This was previously provided via funding from the Flexible Working Development Fund over a period of 3 years; however, the funding ceased last year.

4. All manual handling training is provided internally via service-based trainers. Training is delivered on an ad hoc basis, as and when required. Individual services would be responsible for arranging this training but Senior Health & Safety Advisor would have overall oversight.
Evac Chair and evac mat training is provided by the Corporate H&S team and delivered on an ad hoc basis.
No external trainers used. We carry out roughly ten training sessions a year.
Senior Health & Safety Advisor would have overall control of this training provision.