Award-winning First Aid classes across the UK

About Mini First Aid

Mini First Aid was founded in January 2014 by mum of six, Kate Ball, with a mission to deliver high-quality baby and child first aid classes to parents and carers. Since then, the business has grown rapidly and now trains over 2,000 people every week across the UK in basic and life-saving first aid.

Our multi award-winning classes are designed to be relaxed, accessible, and confidence-boosting - giving you the knowledge and skills to act in a medical emergency. We offer sessions for the whole family, including parents, grandparents, carers, and even children as young as three.

In 2021, Kate and her husband Matt appeared on Dragons’ Den and secured investment from Sara Davies MBE. Since then, Mini First Aid has continued to expand, including the development of our own range of brilliant first aid products, now stocked in major retailers.

Mini First Aid classes are CPD-accredited, and we are proud members of the First Aid Industry Body. We also provide a comprehensive range of certified first aid courses for those needing formal qualifications. As the UK’s leading provider of paediatric first aid, we are passionate about empowering families and professionals alike with essential first aid skills.

We also host The Family Health Podcast with Mini First Aid, where founder Kate speaks with leading experts each week to share honest, reassuring advice on the family health topics that matter most.

About Mini First Aid

Meet The Team

Gemma da Silva

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Gemma's background includes primary school teaching, long-haul cabin crew, and service as an NWAS community first responder. She joined Mini First Aid in 2016 shortly after becoming a parent, driven by a desire to equip other families in the community with the skills to handle urgent medical situations involving their children. In addition to delivering our famous baby & child first aid classes, Gemma also loves to deliver workplace first aid qualification courses, and our fun, engaging first aid classes for children. In addition to Gemma's local work in South Manchester, Trafford, Stockport & Wilmslow, she has been part of the Mini First Aid head office team as the Training Manager since 2017. In this capacity, Gemma supports our nationwide team of trainers through their initial onboarding, ongoing professional development & internal quality assurance

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Mini First Aid is expanding as our demand for classes continues to grow.

Mini First Aid are looking for dynamic confident individuals who would like to work with all ages and feel passionately about teaching first aid.

The business is family friendly allowing our franchisees to balance owning a business with family life.

Full training is provided at the beginning of your franchise and Mini First Aid continue to support their franchisees with professional development training throughout their franchise period.

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Head Office Team

Matt Ball

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Director of Operations

Kate Ball

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Founder & Ambassador

Ewan Keighley

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Commercial Coordinator

Kerry Dougal

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Social Media Manager

Gemma da Silva

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Training Manager

Claire Lockwood Clark

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Commercial Manager

Jo Cheng

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Marketing Assistant

Lucie Swallow

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Marketing Manager

Maria Wilkinson

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Quality Assurance & Compliance Manager

Nichola Wilton

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Franchise Operations Coordinator

Kester Horlock

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Office & eCommerce Assistant

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