I am writing to let you know about the workshops that we run for young people in schools and youth groups in Edinburgh (writes SARAH McCRORY).
We deliver workshops on ‘Everyday First Aid’, as well as ‘Refugees and Migration’ which are fully funded and targeted to young people aged 10 – 19. We have designed these workshops to be fun, fully interactive and to promote life-saving skills. This service has been hugely successful in the west of Scotland and I am now promoting this service in communities in Edinburgh.
The aim of the ‘Everyday First Aid’ workshops is to promote the wellbeing of young people in the community in their everyday lives, with a particular focus on drugs and alcohol. We also support young people in assessing risk and understanding the impact of risk-taking behaviour, whilst addressing potential barriers to providing help in a crisis. Young people will learn valuable first aid skills in these sessions, for example, how to respond to someone who is unresponsive and breathing/not breathing, as well as choking, burns and bleeding heavily etc.
The aim of the ‘Refugees and Migration’ workshops is to reduce stigmatising behaviour in the community and develop self-awareness and respect for others. Our workshops also address common misconceptions held about refugees and migrants and these are delivered through activities such as games and quizzes.
This is a new service for young people in Edinburgh While The British Red Cross is very well known for our work internationally, I am aiming to raise more awareness of the local services that we provide in Edinburgh: see below for further information.
BRC First aid workshops leaflet
Sarah McCrory
British Red Cross Youth Education Coordinator (Edinburgh and Dundee)
West Point House, 69 N Gyle Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 8JY
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