What is First Aid and Wellbeing?

Within construction, First Aid and Wellbeing are about more than just provision, but prevention and a safe code of conduct too.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports that 440,000 people sustained an injury at work in the period from 2020/21 and 142 fatalities. While it is mandatory to have a first aider within the workforce under the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981, these stats show how important it is to have trained first aiders within the business to help fellow employees.

Physical health comes hand-in-hand with mental health too. There is clearly work to do and people to support, with charities and support groups dedicated to mental health specifically in the construction sector. Charity Mind found that one in four people will experience a mental health problem each year in England, and according to the MHFA England, poor mental health costs UK employers up to £45 billion each. But, a further study by Deloitte found that for every one pound employers spend on mental health provisions, they see five pounds ROI in the reduced absence and staff turnover.

Through high-quality training, best practices, and mindset in these areas, employers and the sector at large can keep their workers safe, supported, and foster a positive working environment.

Which course should I take?

Citrus Training offers a range of options for awareness and competency-based training:

First Aid

All our courses are certified by the British Red Cross and far exceed the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) criteria for training standards, acknowledged as the standard-setter for First Aid at Work training.

Our range of courses will suit all learning and requirement levels from First Aid at Work to AED Defib Training. We deliver training across the UK with regular dates and sessions available to ensure no business or employee is out of reach of quality first aid training.

Mental Health First Aid

Our courses are MHFA England accredited, and so designed with extensive mental health experience, expertise, and knowledge, they enable delegates to manage health and wellbeing in the workplace proactively. The courses are designed to empower delegates to notice signs of mental illness, break down barriers, listen without judgement and provide support for recovery.

With training ranging from awareness through to full Mental Health First Aider qualifications, our trainers deliver courses for a range of budgets and requirements, so you can be confident in your mental health provision.

We deliver training across the UK with regular dates and sessions available, and also online or at specific locations, ensuring the best fit for everyone.

Learn more about the first aid, wellbeing and mental health courses we have to offer here

Grants and funding

At Citrus, we want training and opportunities to be available for as many delegates as possible. As such, there are some funding and grant options for the Mental Health First Aid courses, please see the individual course pages for more information, or get in touch with us.

Why Citrus?

We dedicate our efforts to unrivalled quality and the customer experience at Citrus Training. As a result, we are the leading UK-based provider of health, safety and technical training and assessment services to the Built Environment and Utility sectors.

Citrus Training serves 85 of the top 100 building services companies in the market, and with nearly 20-years of sector-specific experience, we’ve gained invaluable training experiences and knowledge to pass on to our delegates.

Our occupationally experienced First Aid educators have successfully trained over 25,000 delegates across the First Aid and Wellbeing training category. Delivering courses at our nationwide, industry-leading, training centres and offering the very best of training standards and quality assurance.

We have hundreds of public dates and locations available nationally for First Aid Training, or can offer dedicated training for specific requirements such as on-site groups. Whatever you need, our training services help bring together the optimum mix of solutions to ensure you can apply the hierarchy of risk control most effectively