Quote Originally Posted by AllanT View Post
Finally as a suggestion re first aid have you considered getting involved with a voluntary organisation such as St John Ambulance, Red Cross, or Mountain Rescue? They will often give free training to volunteers (naturally you have to pay back in terms of hours on duty but it's not a considerable commitment), and may provide some kit.
To get us back on track (you lot can go and natter somewhere else!).....

Our coaches already volunteer a lot of their time as it is, I wouldn't ask them to commit to anything that isn't directly coaching juniors. The club can pay for First Aid qualifications, it's just a question of getting a course to suit. Red Cross do a sports first aid course but it's not really targeted to what we need (e.g - doesn't cover environmental exposures such as heatstroke and hypothermia) and they want to do it as a group session; around £850+vat for 6-12 people.

I'll keep looking around but if anyone know of first aid trainers in East Lancs who could offer something more specific I'd appreciate it. We don't need a huge amount and I suspect it could be covered in a half day or evening session.