We have now released our 2026 open course dates. Open courses are those courses which anyone can book onto and are usually held in the function room at Washington Riding Centre in Tyne & Wear, readily accessible from all areas of North East England.

The full list of the dates is below – further details of each course can be found by clicking on the course title to take you to the page.

Open First Aid courses 2026

First Aid at Work
(blended learning – e learning plus 2 classroom days) £265 + VAT per person (Level 3 additional £20 + VAT)

• Monday 23^rd & Tuesday 24^th February
• Tuesday 14^th & Wednesday 15^th April
• Monday 15^th & Tuesday 16^th June
• Monday 3^rd & Tuesday 4^th August
• Tuesday 6^th & Wednesday 7^th October
• Tuesday 1^st & Wednesday 2^nd December

First Aid at Work Revalidation  (First Aid at Work Requalification)
(2 days) £180 + VAT per person (Level 3 additional £20 + VAT)

• Monday 23^rd & Tuesday 24^th February
• Tuesday 14^th & Wednesday 15^th April
• Monday 15^th & Tuesday 16^th June
• Monday 3^rd & Tuesday 4^th August
• Tuesday 6^th & Wednesday 7^th October
• Tuesday 1^st & Wednesday 2^nd December

Emergency First Aid at Work
(1 day) £95 + VAT per person (Level 3 additional £18 + VAT)

• Monday 9^th February
• Monday 22^nd June
• Tuesday 20^th October

Open Health & Safety courses 2026

IOSH Managing Safely
(3 days) £525 + VAT

• 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th March
• 8^th, 9^th, 10^th September

NEBOSH National General Certificate
(10 days, plus exam) £1580 + VAT per person

• Classroom course: 16^th23^rd 30^th March; 7^th (Tues) 13^th 20^th 27^th April; 5^th (Tues) 11^th 18^th May; online exam 3^rd June
• Teams (online) course: 14^th 21^st 28^th September; 5^th 12^th 19^th 26^th October; 2^nd 9^th 16^th November, online exam 9^th December

Open Food Safety courses 2026

All food safety courses are available with either a catering or a manufacturing exam option

We now offer the following courses via Teams delivery and an online exam invigilated by the awarding organisation – please contact us for further details.

Level 3 Award in Food Safety (RQF)

Level 4 Award in Food Safety (RQF)

Level 3 Award in HACCP (RQF)

Level 4 Award in HACCP Management (CODEX Principles) (RQF)

All of the above courses are available as in-house options, to be delivered at a client’s site and we offer a wide range of other food safety, health and safety, first aid and first aid for mental health courses as in-house training. Please contact us for the full list of the courses we deliver and to discuss our in-house course prices.