UK-based aid workers
People preparing to work in camps, displacement settings and communities where health services have broken down.
A practical course for UK-based aid workers, volunteers and early-career responders heading into camps, displacement settings and places where health services have broken down. No clinical background needed. Five days of hands-on teaching, with the theory in free online modules you can start now. We're hoping to run the pilot in London in 2027, for up to 12 students, once funding is confirmed.
Registering is free and isn't a commitment. Pilot places would be free, in return for full attendance and feedback. Later courses would be fee-paying, with bursaries.
The Humanitarian First Responder course is a five-day practical course, with free online modules for the theory, for people preparing to provide care in high-need areas: places where infrastructure has broken down, where displaced populations are living in camps, and where patients often have to travel a long way before they can reach a hospital.
We are hoping to run a pilot course in London in 2027, with dates set once funding is confirmed. It is designed and evaluated against the HPass Humanitarian Learning Standards, the sector's benchmark for humanitarian training. Register your interest.
Students would learn to assess a patient properly, recognise the signs that someone is seriously unwell, give the right immediate care, and know when a case needs to be passed to someone more qualified. The training is practical, and the skills are the ones that matter most where medical help is limited or far away.
People preparing to work in camps, displacement settings and communities where health services have broken down.
Those about to join a humanitarian response who need structured clinical skills and a clear scope of practice.
People starting out in humanitarian or emergency work who want a solid, practical grounding before they go.
No prior clinical qualification is assumed. The course starts with scope of practice and basic assessment, and builds from there. Pilot places would be free, in return for full attendance and feedback, with bursaries for meals and travel. Later courses would be fee-paying, with bursaries.
On completion, responders would be able to assess patients systematically, identify high-risk conditions, prevent and detect communicable disease, manage mass casualty situations, move patients safely, and hand over clearly to the next person caring for the patient.
A practical five-day course, with free online modules, for UK-based aid workers, volunteers and early-career responders heading into humanitarian settings. No clinical background needed. We're hoping to run the pilot in London in 2027, with dates set once funding is confirmed, for up to 12 students. Pilot places would be free, in return for full attendance and feedback. Later courses would be fee-paying, with bursaries.