Take the Stress Out of First Aid Training At Work With Acorn’s First Aid Training Portal
Why First Aid Training Feels Stressful for HR Teams & Managers If you manage HR, provide outsourced HR support, or are a manager responsible for your team's training, you will already understand how demanding first aid training can be to organise. You will have...
Tip of the month: Bonfire & Fireworks Safety
Remember, remember the fifth of November. Also known as Bonfire night. In this country, fireworks and bonfire are used to celebrate the 5th November, the anniversary of Guy Fawkes and his failed attempt to blow up Parliament. Sparklers are often considered a...
Training Focus: Working at Height
Considering the risks associated with working at height and implementing sensible and proportionate measures to manage them is an important part of working safely. Falling from height remained the most common cause of work related fatal injuries in 2024/25 with 35...
HSE Latest Work-related Fatal Injuries 2025
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently published its latest annual work-related fatal injury statistics for Great Britain. As always, it shows some interesting figures. The data is from April 2024 to March 2025, where 124 workers were killed in work-related...
Struggling to Keep Track of Health and Safety Tasks Across Multiple Locations?
Here’s How Our Health and Safety Portal Solves It Managing health and safety across several business sites is a demanding responsibility. Records are often spread between different systems, inspections can sometimes be delayed, and staff training becomes harder to...
Tip of the month: Fireworks and Bonfire Safety
It is that time of year again where fireworks are readily available to buy for Bonfire night on 5th November. In this country, fireworks celebrate the 5th November, the anniversary of Guy Fawkes and his failed attempt to blow up Parliament. However, legend has it that...
Training Focus: Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid (inc Outdoor First Aid)
Our Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid (PFA) is aimed at registered childminders, nursery, teaching staff and those working within a childcare setting who need to meet OFSTED requirements, including the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). The Early Years...
Restart a Heart Day
The Restart a Heart campaign (RSAH) is an annual initiative led by the Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) in partnership with The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and various Ambulance services. It raises awareness about cardiac arrest and helps people to learn CPR, giving...
NEW Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework legislation
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework was first introduced in 2008 to set standards for the learning, development, and care of children from birth to age five in the UK. It was a new, integrated framework intended to provide consistent, high-quality...
Book Workplace Training At Your Business Premises
Use Acorn Health & Safety’s Portal to Book Online & Workplace Training Booking health and safety training no longer needs to be a time-consuming task. With the digital portal from Acorn Health & Safety, you can arrange workplace training directly at your...