Ajuda Training Archives

Facing being made redundant? Training opportunities for you.

Posted on January 8, 2018April 18, 2019 by Dawn Evans

With recent news from local companies such as Brains Brewery of jobs under threat and pending redundancies on the horizon, we have written this blog to signpost accessible opportunities that are available to you here in Wales if you are made redundant.

Being made redundant can be a time of great stress and unease. On the plus side however, it can open up new and exciting opportunities for you – you could be right around the corner from a whole new career change. Is it possible that you might want to retrain or add to your existing skillset?

There are many different routes that you can take when you have been made redundant. Our personal favourite? Retraining!

In fact, one of our trainers received funding to retrain after an injury prevented her to continue her career as a nurse. After taking her training with Ajuda through funding, she became one of our brilliant regular tutors. Receiving funding helped her to develop both her career and as a person.

Been made redundant? How funding from the Welsh Government can help you through your redundancy: ReAct.

The Redundancy Action Scheme (ReAct) is a programme of funding for training provided by the Welsh Government for people facing redundancy who live or work in Wales. If you have been made redundant in the last 3 months and are currently unemployed, or, are currently under notice of redundancy, you will be eligible to ReAct funding. You are entitled to £1,500 worth of training to upskill or retrain to help you become employed. Additional funding can also be accessed to help towards extra costs associated with training such as, travel, accommodation, and childcare. This is only available to you if you have not undertaken any publicly funded training since being made redundant.

Ajuda Ltd specialise in providing training to individuals to increase their employment prospects. Every place of work requires or would highly benefit from employing somebody trained in first aid, fire safety, customer service and more. Furthermore, like our trainer, you could pursue a fulfilling career as a trainer. We offer a full range of accredited training to suit your individual needs. Each training programme can be individually tailored to ensure each individual has the best possible chance of regaining future employment.

If you would like to know more, please contact us on 02920 576 883 or email Daisy on admin@ajuda.org.uk for free advice and further information. You can also pop in to your nearest Careers Wales office for further guidance about the ReAct scheme.

Ajuda installs AED Defib at Newport Cathedral

Posted on June 3, 2016July 1, 2019 by Dawn Evans

Ajuda installed a Defib at Newport Cathedral, an active Christian community and place of worship situated on top of Stow Hill and overlooking the city of Newport. Members of the church have recently acknowledged the importance of having an automated external defibrillator (AED) in their parish and have called on Ajuda to install one and teach them how to use it. A defibrillator is a very important piece of equipment that can truly help to save a life by giving a high energy electric shock to the heart in certain types of cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) alone raises a person’s chance of survival from a cardiac arrest to 4%; CPR combined with the use of an AED increases the chance of survival to 74%.

There are currently many ongoing appeals in the UK to make it mandatory to have defibrillators installed in public places; so, this is a very positive and significant step for the church. The AED, funded by a member of the parish, has been installed and is ready to use in an emergency. Ten parishioners underwent training from Dawn Evans. They learnt how to perform CPR and how to use an AED. In recognising the significance of defibrillators and taking action, the parish is really looking after their community – it is a very important and worthy step forward. By taking this training and having the AED installed, in the unfortunate event that somebody suffers a cardiac arrest when inside or nearby the Cathedral, they will be in well-trained hands and will have an increased chance of survival.

For more information on this story please visit Business News Wales

Ajuda trains 300 in 3 days

Posted on April 15, 2016July 1, 2019 by Dawn Evans

Last week a team of Ajuda trainers pulled off something that to others may have seemed impossible. Over the course of 3 days they managed to train 300 local people in Emergency First Aid. Ajuda hired Fairwater Conservative Club for the duration of the training, which proved to be a fantastic venue for such an event. The room was split in two – a classroom type environment with a projector on one side and an array of manikins and such on the other.

Ajuda founder, Dawn Evans, alongside a team of 7 other Ajuda trainers, split the delegates into smaller groups to learn the practical side of First Aid Training. Even though there were 100 people attending the 4 hour sessions each day, every single attendee got a chance to practice on a manikin with supervision from a trainer. The practical training was combined with a presentation, videos and other activities. Each delegate also received an Ajuda first aid manual with all the information they need on what they learnt about first aid.

We are thrilled with the feedback we’ve received since the event and would love to take part in similar sessions in the future. It was an incredibly rewarding 3 days and was made even better by the warm reception and the delegates’ willingness to learn.

If you are interested in booking a large first aid event with us, or would like more information on any of our training courses, please, do not hesitate to call us on 02920 576 883 or email info@ajuda.org.uk

South Wales Safety Groups Alliance – Inaugural Conference

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Dawn Evans

The Ajuda team will be attending the South Wales Safety Groups Alliance Inaugural Conference on Wednesday the 13^th April at Cardiff City Stadium. We are excited to be a part of this event that, like us, places so much importance on health and safety. Ajuda will be located at exhibit stand number 13. The event is being organised jointly by IOSH’s South Wales Branch, Wales IIRSM Branch, the South Wales Construction Safety Group, the Cardiff and South East Wales Occupational Health and Safety Group, and the Swansea and West Wales Occupational Safety Group.

The goal of the event is to work together to improve the safety, health and wellbeing of employees in South Wales – something that Ajuda is extremely passionate about too. The conference is set to provide attendees with the latest and most relevant information regarding health and safety, and, improve their knowledge of these problems. By attending, delegates will able to use the information gained at the event to help reduce both the consequences and the costs of workplace injury or illness, hopefully, sharing the knowledge they gain with their employers or fellow employees. At the event there will be guest speakers, networking and other exhibits such as ours.

The event is aimed at health and safety professional’s managers and directors, as well as those who are studying for occupational health and safety qualifications. Members of Ajuda will be at the event all day promoting our courses such as Health and Safety, Manual Handling and, most recently the CCNSG passport.

We are really looking forward to being involved with this and hope to see some of you there!

International Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Dawn Evans

8th March 2016 – International Women’s Day is a day for celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women all around the globe.

‘ “The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights,” says world-renowned feminist, journalist and social and political activist Gloria Steinem. International Women’s Day is all about celebration, reflection, advocacy, and action – whatever that looks like globally at a local level. But one thing is for sure, International Women’s Day has been occurring for over a century – and is growing annually from strength to strength.’ www.internationalwomensday.com

Ajuda Limited is led by founder and managing director Dawn Evans. Since forming Ajuda Limited in October 2009, Dawn and her team have trained over 40,000 students in a variety of vocational qualifications such as First Aid, Health and Safety and Fire Safety to name a few. Dawn’s daughter, Beth, choked as a child. This impassioned Dawn as it highlighted to her the importance of learning first aid skills. Had she not had the training, her daughter may have died. Ajuda really are educating people to save lives, and this fact alone makes Dawn’s hard work worthwhile.
In March 2015 Dawn was announced as one of the most inspirational people in Wales, being awarded the Educator award at the Inspire Wales Awards. In September 2015 she was nominated as a finalist for Female Entrepreneur of the year at the South Wales Business Awards. Most recently, Dawn was invited to St. James Palace where she had the opportunity to talk to HRH Prince Phillip about the extensive first aid training that Ajuda carries out.

HRH Prince Phillip and me

Proud to be recognised with the Investors in People Award, Ajuda is a community-focused company. Ajuda aims to make a really positive difference to individuals, teams and organisations alike. In addition to her role as Managing Director of Ajuda, Dawn is a role model for the Welsh Government Big Ideas Program. This involves delivering presentations on entrepreneurship, where she takes the time to share her experiences with students age 13 upwards in order to inspire confidence and motivation, encouraging them to consider launching their own company in the future. Dawn is incredibly passionate about this work and is a business mentor for The Prince’s Trust – a role in which she mentors young individuals who are about to start their journey into entrepreneurship.
Dawn set up Heartstart Cardiff in partnership with the British Heart Foundation in 2014. Heartstart is a scheme where Dawn and her trainers work on a voluntary basis providing first aid training free to local school children. The British Heart Foundation nominated Dawn for a Heart Hero Award to celebrate her fundraising and contribution to the BHF – she was announced as the winner of this award in 2015.

Ajuda celebrates strong, successful women not only today, but every day. From an office run by women, Ajuda acknowledges the importance of strong, female figures.

Happy International Women’s Day everybody!