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2024 has proved to be another record year for our Training Services
By the end of our financial year on June 30 2024 we recorded a 230% increase in candidates attending our FREE Community Courses making it our second busiest year ever. With thousands more people equipped with key lifesaving skills.
Our Commercial courses for workplaces, schools and early years saw another record year after huge increases in 2022 and 2023. We have seen many more regional and local companies using our services along with schools in Mansfield, Worksop and Nottingham. We are also pleased to see much more demand for our FAIB Mental Health Courses with another major regional retailer signing up for 2025.
This year the trend of increasing demand for our event services continued. With new events such as the Duck Race on the river Trent for local charities, the Trident Motor Cycle Rally, Railwayana, the Unity Festival that has moved from the North West of England to mention but a few. We have also seen the return of the National Hamfest as events move to Newark Showground after the closure of East of England Showground. Many small events are now requesting cover and we have attended a growing number of sports events.
A record number of new volunteers joined during our Spring 2024 Recruitment Campaign with others joining later in the year. We were delighted to welcome these enthusiastic volunteers who have in most case completed their training.
Some of those who have joined the team have recently settled in Newark with 2 volunteers from Hong Kong, 1 from Nigeria and 1 from Romania.
