Cost of First Aid courses!!!

[babs]

ive got to pay £98 for hubby's with same company i did mine for free with

[button68]

I'm half way through a First Aid (4 x 3 hours) at the moment and it is costing exactly the same as EVERY course I attend here on the Wirral.


£6.00 !!!!!!


They were £5 last year, but I guess that's inflation for you

[Daisy1956]

We had to pay £10 but it has gone up to £45 this year, all other courses cost £5 at the moment.

[miffy]

Ours have been funded by LA but that may soon end

Thankfully mine has another year to run - could all be different again by then!

Miffy xx

[nannysue]

i'm booked on one for April and it costing £52 , no funding here unfortunatly

[mummyMia]

I have just had to pay for mine because the council has stopped funding them for new childminders. It cost me £120!!!
I probably could have found one a little cheaper but I needed it to be on the weekend and in central London.

[Louise0208]

our early years funding is stopping this year (leicester) so we will have to fund everything ourself at full cost

[RachelE]

Mine was 3 years ago in October and was £70. We got all of this back from the LA.

I've been told to expect to pay for it all myself this October as funding will stop next month!
- think its the way most places are going.

Rachel x

[The Juggler]

I've always had to pay unfortunately. However, just booked one with Red Cross but through our local college. It's worth checking your local colleges to see if they are running one as that might be a bit cheaper than at the training provider direct.

[Blaze]

Don't get anything, mine was £108 last time and will be the same this year.

Same !!!! I just see it as an expense!

[angeldelight]

I didnt realise so many had to pay for theirs

Ours is free with a slap up lunch included

Angel xx

[Monkey26]

Our have always been about £60.00 since i started minding - my partner is just doing her's £65.00 xx

[Chimps Childminding]

My first aid expires in Oct, and our training directory usually comes out Sept, but there were only two subsidised, Nov and June. So I managed to book onto the June one, but I did the booking last Oct. It was £45.Think I paid about £75 last time, but that was before I was registered so wasn't entitled to anything subsidised. Exepct there will be no subsidised courses next time round.

Courses run by Early Years or the council usually cost £10, but most of them run during the week.

Similar situation here. Mine and June's First Aid runs out in oct, training schedule only goes up to July and June rang them but they cannot guarantee there will be a course local to us between July and Oct, so we have booked on one in June, costing £40 each, I think

[debbie]

just got onto a first aid course haven't had to pay. unfortunately the funding runs out at end of march and will then have to pay £75 -£100 for a course. i think that as it is a legal requirement we shouldn't have to pay. i can see alot of last minute people trying to get onto courses when their inspections are due.

[The Juggler]

just got onto a first aid course haven't had to pay. unfortunately the funding runs out at end of march and will then have to pay £75 -£100 for a course. i think that as it is a legal requirement we shouldn't have to pay. i can see alot of last minute people trying to get onto courses when their inspections are due.

you could say the same about your ofsted registration, ICO registration, or Public liability insurance though.

I've never had a free first aid course but am just happy that this one (my third) is the cheapest one I've had at £58

[Nappers]

Mine was meant to be £80 odd but they thought I lived in Wokingham when I live in Reading so charged me £60. I told them before I paid but she said they would charge me the lower fee anyway. Mine was end of last year

[berkschick]

Mine was meant to be £80 odd but they thought I lived in Wokingham when I live in Reading so charged me £60. I told them before I paid but she said they would charge me the lower fee anyway. Mine was end of last year

I live under Wokingham council and we dont get any help from Early years. I just paid £108 to ABC medical to do mine! And any courses at all that we do via early years, even online ones, cost £18 a time!

[Nappers]

No, sorry didnt word my response properly. The provider was based in Crowthorne and if you live in the Wokingham Borough they give you a discount. I work for the council so she thought I lived in the Borough as well. Saved me a few pennies

[ORKSIE]

Last one was 65/75 quid i think....need to renew this year, i dread to think how much its gonna cost me!!!

[Fairy Tanya]

St j in Canterbury is £125 and the other r/c is £145, not sure if it's because it is going through these charities or thats just how much they charge.