I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding your organisation’s current or recent provision of training in the following areas:
• First Aid
• Fire Marshal
• Mental Health First Aid
• Health & Safety (including Manual Handling, Evacuation Chair, etc.)

1. For each of these training areas, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information, where available:
a) Type of Provision
• Is the training delivered on an ongoing basis?
• Delivered on an ad hoc basis?
• Arranged through a formal tendering process?
b) Responsible Contact
• Name, email, and phone number of the person responsible for organising or overseeing the training.
c) Training Providers
• The current or most recent provider(s) used in the last five years.
d) Frequency and Value
• Estimated number of sessions delivered annually.
• Approximate annual cost or value of the training.
e) Contract Information (if applicable)
• Start and end dates of any existing agreements.
• Renewal or review dates.
• Current status of the provision or contract.
If any of the information requested is not held or only partially available, please indicate this in your response

In response to the request for information regarding your organisation’s current or recent provision of Health and Safety training a general statement covering all areas as well as information broken down as requested for each area of training:

Health and Safety Training overview
• Training is delivered annually on an ongoing basis, this is reviewed against cost and required content every 2 years to ensure relevance
• Procured training courses are provided annually from 1st April to 31st March and are reprocured based on need
• Additional training courses are procured ad-hoc where need has been identified and this has not been procured as part of the annual
• Responsible Contact: Laurence McCammick, Health and Safety Manager, healthandsafety@wokingham.gov.uk, 01189746000

Training arrangements for each area provided below:

First Aid
a) Training Providers: AID Training
b) Estimated number of sessions delivered annually: 5
c) Approximate annual cost or value of the training: £2075
d) Start and end dates of any existing agreements: 1st April to 31st March
e) Renewal or review dates: 31st March 2026
f) Current status of the provision or contract: Active

Fire Marshall
g) Training Providers: UK Fire Ltd
h) Estimated number of sessions delivered annually: 3
i) Approximate annual cost or value of the training: £2685
j) Start and end dates of any existing agreements: 1st April to 31st March
k) Renewal or review dates: 31st March 2026
l) Current status of the provision or contract: Active

DSE Assessor
a) Training Providers: WorkSafe
b) Estimated number of sessions delivered annually: 4
c) Approximate annual cost or value of the training: £2780
d) Start and end dates of any existing agreements: 1st April to 31st March
e) Renewal or review dates: 31st March 2026
f) Current status of the provision or contract: Active

Handling Aggression
a) Training Providers: Conflict Training Ltd / Training For Success Ltd
b) Estimated number of sessions delivered annually: 8
c) Approximate annual cost or value of the training: £5255
d) Start and end dates of any existing agreements: 1st April to 31st March
e) Renewal or review dates: 31st March 2026
f) Current status of the provision or contract: Active

Mental Health First Aiders
• Is the training delivered on an ongoing basis? No
• Delivered on an ad hoc basis? As and when required
• Arranged through a formal tendering process? Depends on value
b) Responsible Contact: Sally Halliwell, Head of HR and OD
• Name, email, and phone number of the person responsible for organising or overseeing the training: Sally.halliwell@wokingham.gov.uk 0118 237 8305
c) Training Providers
• The current or most recent provider(s) used in the last five years: Not delivered any as programme is in for full reset
d) Frequency and Value
• Estimated number of sessions delivered annually.
• Approximate annual cost or value of the training.
e) Contract Information (if applicable): Not applicable

Health & Safety
a) Courses Include: Asbestos Awareness, Legionella Awareness, Carbon Monoxide, Personal Safety, Display Screen Equipment, Fire Safety, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, Working at Height, etc
b) Training delivered is through a Learning Management Platform providing eLearning
c) The Learning management system is procured under a formal contract
d) Responsible Contact – Sally Halliwell
e) Training Providers (current or most recent provider(s) used in the last five years)
• Learning Pool
• iHasco