Emergency Services Day (also known as 999 Day) is a national day across the UK which takes place on the 9th September each year. It was founded by Tom Scholes-Fogg in 2016 after he discovered that there was no annual day across Britain to honour our 999 heroes. It is supported by HM The King, the Prime Minister and First Ministers of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Emergency Services Day is your chance to support the heroic men and women of the NHS and emergency services by promoting the amazing work that they do. Emergency Services Day also promotes how to use the emergency services responsibly, it educates the public about basic lifesaving skills and promotes the many career and volunteering opportunities available.

Where can I read more? To find out more about Emergency Services Day, you can visit the website here.

Links to national resources: StayWise is a website which provides a free online library, packed full of educational resources and activities from the UK's leading emergency services. You can register for free to access a range of resources and activities, mapped to the national curriculum that embeds safety messages into everyday learning. Link here.

St John’s Ambulance have produced a huge range of lesson plans and teaching resources to support teaching first aid as part of health education. They have been designed to meet the new requirements for Key Stages 2, 3 and 4.

You can access the free lesson plans and resources here:

KS2

KS3

KS4

The British Red Cross have developed ‘First Aid Champions’ which is a free first aid teaching site for primary and secondary school children. The site includes a number of lesson plans and accompanying resources which cover a range of topics to teach children and young people the skills they need to potentially save a life. You can access the lesson plans and resources here:

Primary

Secondary