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Giving Back Friday

High Speed Training — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:00:00 +0000

As part of our commitment to being a force for good, High Speed Training has created Giving Back Friday. This is a chance for us to give something back to our community by donating up to 500 training courses to charities, helping to support the great work that you do.

Do you want to receive free training for your charity? Enter our Giving Back Friday giveaway below to receive up to 10 free courses.

How to Enter
Courses Available to Request
Charity Training Request Rules

How to Enter

To enter the giveaway, click on the link below and follow the instructions to submit an entry form to request up to 10 free online training courses from High Speed Training. The Entry Period starts at 00:00:01 (GMT or BST, as applicable) 23rd November 2023 and ends at 13:00:00 (GMT or BST, as applicable) 8th December 2023.

You can find a list of courses that are available to request below:

Courses Available to Request

Basic Health and Safety Training
Basic Life Support
Care Certificate
CDM Regulations
Communication Skills in Health and Social Care
Fire Extinguisher Training
Food Allergen Awareness
Food Allergens in Manufacturing
Good Manufacturing Practice
Hand-Arm Vibration (HAVS) Training
Infection Control and Prevention
Interpersonal Conflict Training
Level 1 Food Hygiene and Safety
Level 1 TACCP
Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Catering
Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Manufacturing
Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Retail
Licensing Law Awareness
Lone Working
Managing Conflict in Retail
Managing Customer Conflict in Hospitality
Moving and Handling People in Health and Social Care
Office Safety
Preventing Radicalisation and Extremism
Time Management
Welding Safety

Charity Training Request Rules

Effective 23 November 2023

PLEASE READ THESE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST RULES CAREFULLY AND CHECK THEM REGULARLY. THESE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST RULES MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME (SEE SECTION 14, BELOW).

No purchase, payment, or donation of any kind is necessary to enter and no fees are payable. All entries into our Charity Training Request process have an equal chance of being selected to receive Training.

1. THE PROMOTER:

High Speed Training Limited (referred to herein as “High Speed Training” or “Promoter”) is a private limited company registered in, and governed by, the laws of England and Wales. Company registration no. 6428976

2. THE WEBSITE:

The www.highspeedtraining.co.uk website (the “Website”) allows charities to enter the Charity Training Request process hosted on the Website.

3. ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible to enter our Charity Training Request process, a Participant must fully comply with these Charity Training Request Rules. The Charity Training Request process is only open to charities that (i) have a valid Charity Registration Number registered with Charity Commission (for England and Wales) or the OSCR (for Scotland); (ii) operate in the United Kingdom.

4. HOW TO ENTER:

Visit https://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/hub/giving-back-friday-2023/ to utilise the online entry form provided. Participants must fully complete and submit their entry to the Charity Training Request process within the Entry Period. The Entry Period starts at 00:00:01 (GMT or BST, as applicable) 23rd November 2023 and ends at 13:00:00 (GMT or BST, as applicable) 8th December 2023.

5. ENTRY LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS:

Only accurate and complete entries submitted during the Entry Period and received by Promoter will be accepted. Any incomplete, illegible, corrupted, or untimely entries are void and in this case a Participant will be ineligible to receive Training. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Promoter. Promoter is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, misdirected, technically corrupted or unclear entries, or for other submission problems of any kind, whether caused by mechanical, human or electronic error, all of which will be void. Additionally, Promoter is not responsible for any telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties.

a. Required Information: Participants must provide all required information specified on the entry form to be eligible to enter.

b. Contact Details: By entering the Charity Training Request process, you agree that High Speed Training may contact you via email, phone, or mail in connection with the Charity Training Request process in accordance with our Privacy Notice (available at https://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/privacy-policy/).

6. ENTRY CONDITIONS AND RELEASE:

As a condition of entering the Charity Training Request process, Participant expressly:

Acknowledges that it agrees to be bound by the Charity Training Request Rules and decisions of the Promoter, which will (subject to Section 16) be binding and final in all matters relating to the Charity Training Request process; and

b. Releases Promoter from all liability, loss or damage or expense arising out of or in connection with participation in Charity Training Request process or the acceptance, use, or misuse of any Training.

7. ENTRY SELECTION:

Charity entries to receive training will be selected via a random draw from all eligible entries received. The selection will occur within 2 working days of the end of the Entry Period. The successful entries will be announced on the Website, via social media and email following the selection, with the identity of the charities announced (subject to Section 8) following the completion of all identification and verification processes in accordance with the Charity Training Request Rules.

8. SELECTED ENTRY NOTIFICATION PROCESS:

Selected entries will be contacted using the email address used to enter the Charity Training Request process and may be awarded Training subject to confirmation of verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these Charity Training Request Rules. Selected entries must respond to the notification email within 96 hours of it being sent. If a selected entry fails to respond to the notification email within the stated timeframe, then that selected entry may be disqualified and will forfeit any claim to any training. After sending the notification email, to the extent a phone number has been provided, Promoter reserves the right to also contact selected entry via phone as well.

9. CONFIRMATION AND VERIFICATION OF SELECTED ENTRIES:

A selected entry will only be confirmed as eligible to receive training after Promoter has completed verification of selected entry’s eligibility to receive training and confirmed selected entry’s compliance with the Charity Training Request Rules. Selected entries must be willing and able to claim and/or accept the Training in full in the period specified by Promoter. Selected entries are subject to confirmation and verification by Promoter, by whatever means Promoter shall deem appropriate. To be confirmed and verified as eligible to receive training, a selected entry, if applicable, must comply with all Charity Training Request Rules and conditions of these Charity Training Request Rules and fulfil all requirements. Subject to Section 16, Promoter’s decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the administration, operating, selecting, verification of the selected entries, and all issues related to the Training.

10. SELECTED ENTRY DISQUALIFICATION:

A Participant and/or selected entry may be ineligible to receive the Training and/or disqualified for the following reasons: (i) failures to meet all of the eligibility requirements stated in the Charity Training Request Rules, (ii) failures to abide by these Charity Training Request Rules, the Privacy Notice, Terms of Use, (iii) failure to provide a valid email address at the time of entry, (iv) failure to timely respond to the selected entry notification email, (v) High Speed Training, having made all reasonable attempts to do so, is unable to contact the selected entry within 96 hours of the relevant drawing of the selected entries for the Charity Training Request process, (vi) High Speed Training is unable to verify the identity and verification of the selected entry and/or charity to its reasonable satisfaction within 7 working days of the relevant drawing of the selected entries for the Charity Training Request process, (vii) the provision of false, incomplete and/or misleading information to Promoter, (viii) the commission of any fraud or deception in connection with the Charity Training Request process, use of the Website, and/or relationship with Promoter, (ix) acting in a threatening, abusive, or harassing manner, at any time before or during the awarding of training, to the Promoter and/or any of its personnel, (x) the inability of Promoter to timely award or otherwise fulfil the Training due to circumstances beyond Promoter’s reasonable control, including, but not limited to, legal restrictions, acts of God, natural disasters, pandemics/epidemics, terrorism, and/or weather.

If a selected entry is determined to be ineligible and/or disqualified for any reason, an alternate selected entry will be selected at random from all remaining eligible entries. Any alternate selected entry will be notified as per the procedures outlined in these Charity Training Request Rules (time permitting). Promoter reserves the right to modify the selected entry notification and/or confirmation and verification procedures connected with the selecting of an alternative selected entry, if any.

11. TRAINING:

Subject to any restrictions expressly stated in the Charity Training Request Rules, Selected entries will receive up to ten (10) online training courses with a total value of up to £420.00 GBP including VAT. Any online training courses not listed are excluded from being requested as part of the Charity Training Request process but may be purchased separately at their full price. Online training courses available to request are:

Basic Health and Safety Training
Basic Life Support
Care Certificate
CDM Regulations
Communication Skills in Health and Social Care
Fire Extinguisher Training
Food Allergen Awareness
Food Allergens in Manufacturing
Good Manufacturing Practice
Hand-Arm Vibration (HAVS) Training
Infection Control and Prevention
Interpersonal Conflict Training
Level 1 Food Hygiene and Safety
Level 1 TACCP
Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Catering
Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Manufacturing
Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Retail
Licensing Law Awareness
Lone Working
Managing Conflict in Retail
Managing Customer Conflict in Hospitality
Moving and Handling People in Health and Social Care
Office Safety
PPE Training for Healthcare Workers
Preventing Radicalisation and Extremism
Safeguarding Essentials Training (Level 1)
Time Management
Welding Safety

The Training cannot be transferred, substituted or redeemed for cash. Upon successful completion of the Training learners will be given access to an online PDF certificate that the learner may download and print. No professionally printed certificate will be issued nor delivered by post.

12. PUBLICITY:

High Speed Training reserves the right to publish or make available information that indicates that valid awards took place for the Charity Training Request process – for example, the charity name, location and mission/work of a selected entry. Selected entries have the right to object to all or part of this information being published or made available – in such event they should inform High Speed Training in writing. In such circumstances, entrants acknowledge that High Speed Training must nevertheless still provide the information and selected entry to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) or equivalent regulator on request.

High Speed Training will also require that selected entries participate in any reasonable publicity required by High Speed Training such as social media, email and press activity.

13. GENERAL CONDITIONS:

High Speed Training reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the Charity Training Request process, in whole or in part, due to any fraud, bugs, virus, technical failures, changes in the law, or any other factor beyond High Speed Training’s reasonable control that impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Charity Training Request process, as reasonably determined by High Speed Training. Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion and at any time, to conduct maintenance for the Website or its systems that may suspend or otherwise impact access to the Charity Training Request process.

WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT BY YOU OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL DELIBERATELY TO DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST PROCESS OR UNDERMINE, OR ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE, THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST PROCESS MAY BE A BREACH OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, HIGH SPEED TRAINING RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CLAIM AGAINST AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. HIGH SPEED TRAINING RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY ANY INDIVIDUAL IT FINDS TO BE ATTEMPTING TO TAMPER WITH OR UNDERMINE THE ENTRY PROCESS, THE SITE, AND/OR THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST PROCESS; TO BREACH THE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST RULES; OR TO ACT IN AN UNSPORTING OR DISRUPTIVE MANNER OR WITH THE INTENT TO ANNOY, ABUSE, THREATEN, OR HARASS ANY OTHER PERSON. IF, FOR ANY REASON, THE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST PROCESS CANNOT BE RUN AS PLANNED OR IF HIGH SPEED TRAINING DETERMINES IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION THAT THE INTEGRITY OR VIABILITY OF THE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST PROCESS IS COMPROMISED, HIGH SPEED TRAINING MAY, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, VOID ANY SUSPECT ENTRIES AND (A) CANCEL OR TERMINATE THE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST PROCESS (OR ANY PORTION THEREOF); (B) MODIFY THE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST PROCESS OR SUSPEND THE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST PROCESS TO ADDRESS THE IMPAIRMENT AND THEN RESUME THE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST PROCESS IN A MANNER THAT BEST CONFORMS TO THE SPIRIT OF THESE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST RULES; AND/OR (C) AWARD THE TRAINING AT RANDOM FROM AMONG THE ELIGIBLE, NON-SUSPECT ENTRIES RECEIVED UP TO THE TIME OF THE IMPAIRMENT.

14. CHANGES TO THESE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST RULES:

High Speed Training may amend these Charity Training Request Rules at any time by posting the amended Charity Training Request Rules on the Website, and you agree that you will be bound by any changes to these Charity Training Request Rules from the date they are published on the Website. If, however, you have already entered the Charity Training Request process, the changes will not apply to any entries that you have already submitted, but they will apply to any future entries that you submit after the date on which the change become effective. The date of last revision of these Charity Training Request Rules is included at the top of this page.

15. PARTICIPANT’S BREACH OF THESE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST RULES:

Participant is responsible for compensating Promoter in full for any losses or damage they suffer which is caused by Participant’s breach of these Charity Training Request Rules.

16. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION:

These Charity Training Request Rules are governed by the laws of England and Wales. This means that your participation in the Charity Training Request process will be governed by English law.

17. GENERAL:

a. Amendments/Revisions: These Charity Training Request Rules may only be amended and/or revised in writing by High Speed Training (including by publishing such revisions by High Speed Training on the Website).

b. Relationship of Parties: You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and High Speed Training as a result of these Charity Training Request Rules or your use of the Website, the Software or the Service.

c. Severability: Each of the terms of these Charity Training Request Rules operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining terms will remain in full force and effect.

d. No Waiver: If we fail to insist that you perform any of your obligations under these Charity Training Request Rules, or if we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If we do waive a default by you, we will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any later default by you.

e. Notices: All notices given by you or required under these Charity Training Request Rules shall be in writing and addressed to: High Speed Training, Riverside Business Park, Dansk Way, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 8JZ.

f. Entire Agreement: These Charity Training Request Rules, including the documents expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to the Charity Training Request process and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and us with respect to the Charity Training Request process.

18. PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Promoter only uses Participant’s personal information in accordance with the High Speed Training’s privacy notice (available at https://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/privacy-policy/) (“Privacy Notice”). Please take the time to read the Privacy Notice as it includes important information and terms which apply to each Participant.

High Speed Training is the promoter of the Charity Training Request process. All questions and concerns regarding these Charity Training Request Rules should be directed to info@highspeedtraining.co.uk

If you have any questions regarding our Giving Back Friday giveaway, please don’t hesitate to contact us on info@highspeedtraining.co.uk.

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High Speed Training Becomes an Employee Owned Trust

Dan Raymond — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

We are delighted to announce that we have become an Employee Owned Trust (EOT), meaning that High Speed Training is now wholly owned by our colleagues.

By embracing an employee-owned model, we hope to foster a culture of shared responsibility, collaboration, and long-term success, where each employee has a direct stake in the company’s performance and decision-making.

This follows on from the exciting news that High Speed Training has achieved B Corp certification, an accreditation from the global non-profit B Lab, which ensures that a business meets high standards of social and environmental impact, focusing on a company’s approach to its governance, customers, environment and communities.

As High Speed Training has grown over the last 15 years, we have always focused on two key values – providing first-class training for our learners and guaranteeing security and opportunity for our colleagues. By becoming an Employee Owned Trust, we are ensuring that we can stand by both of these commitments effectively and sustainably.

As a registered B Corp, we are delighted to be moving to a business model that puts people before profits, that will allow us to run our organisation for the benefit of our learners and our employees, and help to secure our long term health.

Since 2008, we have certified over 2.5million learners. They, and all of our employees, are what make High Speed Training special, and this decision solidifies our commitment to supporting and empowering each and every one of them.

Carole Urey, CEO of High Speed Training

For more information on High Speed Training’s commitment to its people, planet and communities, please visit: https://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/about-us/force-for-good

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What is a B Corp?

Dan Raymond — Tue, 09 May 2023 11:30:07 +0000

High Speed Training is officially a B Corp!

But what exactly does this mean, and how does a company achieve the certification?

B Corp Certification is administered by a global not-for-profit called B Lab. Since 2006, over 6,000 businesses worldwide have been B Corp certified, with over 1600 in the UK.

This means that the company meets B Lab’s high standards for social and environmental impact, showing dedication to caring for their staff, their communities, their stakeholders, and the planet.

High Speed Training has been verified by B Corp following a wide-ranging assessment of their working practices, including their approaches to staff wellbeing, impact on wider communities, customer satisfaction and environmental impacts. You can learn about High Speed Training’s Force for Good work here.

Companies are scored on 5 categories. The score needed to achieve certification is 80 points.

Governance evaluates a company’s overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency.
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction.
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, and hires from, including D&I practices and charitable giving.
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity.
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels.

When assessed on these categories, High Speed Training achieved a score of 100.5, scoring particularly highly on our dedication to supporting our staff and our customers.

Discover our full B Corp Impact score here and watch our video below to learn more about how we got here:

We are honoured that High Speed Training has become part of the B Corp^TM family. It’s testament to the years of hard work that have gone into building a customer-focused company that truly values its employees and the wider communities that we are a part of.

More and more, people are looking to organisations to prove that they are making positive choices, choices that protect their customers, their employees and the environment. We’re incredibly proud of the culture that has been built here over the last 15 years, and achieving B Corp status shows our commitment to continuing this journey.

For us, a successful business is one that has people at its heart, whether that is our colleagues and the communities we live in, or each and every one of our 2.5million learners. Being recognised as a ^TM aligns so closely with our values as a business – it’s a goal that we always wanted to achieve. To be able to join the community of thousands of like-minded businesses worldwide is a real privilege.

Dan Jordan, Founder of High Speed Training

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Our Top 10 Resources of 2022

High Speed Training — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 09:30:00 +0000

As we enter 2023, we’re looking forward to all of the exciting plans we have coming up this year, and we hope you are too! But as the start of the new year is a time for reflection, we thought we’d look back at some of our favourite pieces of content from 2022.

We’ve rounded up a list of our top 10 resources from last year on the Hub, covering all of our specialist subjects. There’s something for everyone! Start your year off right by diving into some of our best expert content…

Favourite Resources of 2022

Business Skills

Whilst compliance and expert knowledge are important, it’s core skills that are the building blocks of a successful business. Not only do they help maintain the efficiency of your work, but they are key to helping propel your business forward, which is essential in a rapidly changing world. With a new year comes new changes and developments, and it’s in your best interest to keep up.

Here are our top two business skills articles from the past year which provide expert guidance on how to ensure your business continues to thrive in the modern day.

What is the Importance of Digital Skills in the Workplace?

With many of us still working from home, and 82% of all jobs in the UK listing digital skills as a requirement, being adept in a variety of digital skills is increasingly becoming a necessity for employability. Whilst you may think you have all the skills you need to get by, there is always room to improve your knowledge and increase your value as an employee in the modern world of work.

In this article, we define what digital skills are, provide examples, discuss why they’re vital in today’s work environment, and provide insight on how to improve your digital skills.

How to Promote Inclusive Communication in the Workplace

We all communicate in many different ways every single day; As a result, our communication has a huge impact on every aspect of our lives, and is a core skill that everyone should continuously aim to improve. Inclusive communication is essential for creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and can bring a diverse range of skills and qualities to your organisation.

We explore the importance of recognising that individuals may have different communication styles, alongside how to use inclusive language, active listening and empathy to make sure that inclusive communication is promoted in your workplace.
You can read the article here.

Education

Working in education is a highly rewarding role, however there are always new challenges to face. Being trusted with a child’s education and wellbeing is undeniably a big responsibility, and therefore it’s important to stay on top of the latest guidance and continue adapting your teaching style to meet the needs of individuals.

Luckily, we have a huge range of expert resources on every aspect of education and safeguarding children, so you have free access to a wealth of useful information for your role. Here are a couple of our recommendations from 2022.

Supporting Pupils with SEN in the Classroom: Guidance for Teachers

With an average of four children in every class who require support for special educational needs, being able to effectively support these children in the classroom is an essential part of any teacher’s job. The quality of a teacher’s support has a huge impact on the academic and social outcomes of a child with SEN, and therefore it’s important to continuously strive to improve your SEND practices.

Find our top tips for increasing your confidence in implementing effective teaching strategies and approaches for pupils with special educational needs in our article below.

How to Create a Positive Learning Environment

The area and culture in which a child learns, including their physical, social, and emotional surroundings, has a direct influence on their ability to learn. Therefore, it’s important that you’re able to provide a positive learning environment in which children are able to flourish as this can have a hugely positive impact on a child’s overall development, particularly if they don’t have access to safe and secure surroundings at home.

Interested in finding out more about what a positive learning environment is and some actionable steps you can take to improve your teaching and learning space?

Read our full article here.

Health and Safety

Noone wants to enter the New Year with concerns for their health or safety, but whatever industry you work in, an emergency could occur anywhere and at any time so it’s important to be prepared to act quickly. Additionally, knowing a few simple steps to help prevent illness or accidents can go a long way to protect your personal health and safety and ensure you’re physically able to achieve everything you want to this year.

The Hub is packed full of informative Health and Safety resources, but we’ve picked a handful to highlight here that we’d encourage you to dive into.

The 7 Steps of Hand Washing – Free Poster

Whilst infection prevention measures are important all year round, it’s particularly essential to protect yourself against infections during the winter months when our immune systems are suppressed and viruses thrive in the colder temperatures. If you have children, or work in an educational environment, this risk is increased further when schools return in January and infectious illnesses spread between families.

Though it seems like a small and insignificant protectant, knowing how to properly wash your hands, and doing so regularly, is vital in the battle against infectious illnesses. We detail the best hand washing method to help kill germs, along with a poster you can download and share, below.

You can read the article here.

Guidance on What To Do If Someone Is Choking

Knowing how to react if someone around you starts choking is a potentially life-saving skill, and therefore it’s important to have an awareness of the actions you should take in this scenario regardless of the role you work in. The significance of knowing how to react is demonstrated in our case study about one of our learners, Emily Kahn, who saved a child’s life when she noticed him choking at her workplace.

Our article details how to recognise the signs that someone may be choking, and how to respond to cases of both mild and severe choking. We also detail the variations in approach and technique you should take depending on the age of the sufferer.

Read the full article here.

Food Hygiene

Food allergens have always been a vital topic of awareness for anyone working with food, however it’s becoming increasingly discussed as new legislation, such as Natasha’s Law and Owen’s Law, continues to be fought for and introduced. Therefore, it’s more essential than ever to stay up to date with the latest food hygiene and allergens advice to protect consumers and remain compliant.

Here are our top two industry leading resources from the past year to help you test your knowledge and stay informed.

Food Hygiene 2022 Report

Interested in knowing how your town ranks for food hygiene? Our comprehensive report gathers food hygiene rating data from food establishments all across the country to find out which locations are the most, and least, safe to eat out in. Additionally, we provide in-depth information into how and why food hygiene ratings are used and why food businesses gain the ratings they do.

Read the full report here.

Food Allergy Awareness Quiz

Although it may be easy to think you know everything you need to know about food allergens, making mistakes can be life-threatening and therefore it’s a good idea to test your awareness and see if there are any gaps in your knowledge.

Our food allergens quiz helps make sure you fully understand how to ensure the food you sell is safe for everyone to eat, with clear allergen labelling that complies with Natasha’s Law. Ready to test your knowledge?

Take the quiz here.

Additionally, to further check you’re doing everything you can to protect consumers, use our Food Allergen Risk Assessment & Checklist, including free templates that you can download and print.

We understand that the past few years, including 2022, have been especially busy for the Health and Social care sector, and we commend you for continuing to care in these uncertain times. Because of this, we want to continue to offer expert support wherever we can to help you develop and thrive in your role to offer the best care possible to those who are most in need.

We’ve selected our top two Health and Social Care resources to guide you in continuing to focus on the individuals you care for and being able to effectively meet their needs in the coming year.

How to Promote Empowerment in Health and Social Care

Personal relationships are essential to our wellbeing, and this is perhaps especially true for people accessing care and support. Therefore it’s important to be able to help foster these relationships as a health or social care worker so that the individuals you support are able to express themself and feel empowered despite their vulnerable situations.

You can find expert guidance on what empowerment in health and social care means, why it is important and how to empower service users, along with examples in care settings, in our article below.

What is Person-Centred Care and Why is it Important?

With ever increasing demands on caregivers meaning you’re constantly busy supporting many people, it can be easy to lose sight of the individuals behind the conditions you treat. However, to provide high quality care it’s important to meet every need beyond just those of an ailment. This is not only a more fulfilling way of providing care, but also helps to improve the environment of health or social care settings as a whole.

Learn in depth about the benefits of providing person-centred care and how to apply it in practice in our article exploring how you can maximise individuals’ quality of life.

Read the full article here.

Choosing a top 10 from our library of over 800 resources was a tricky task. From quizzes, posters, guides and the latest industry news, our readers engaged with a range of material spanning a variety of different topics. Why not take a look at some of our other content surrounding safeguarding, health & safety, business or food hygiene and decide your favourites for yourself.

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Paediatric First Aid Training in Practice – Saving a Child’s Life

Dan Raymond — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Zig Zags Play & Party Area is an indoor soft play area based in Brierley Hill. We spoke to a Party Host, Emily Khan, about her recent experience involving a child who was visiting the play area.

“Straight away, I could tell something wasn’t right. There was no coughing, he was just arched over. Everyone was asking, ‘Are you okay? Are you okay?’ then I heard someone say, ‘Is he choking?’”

When a child at the soft play centre she worked at began to choke, Emily Khan, who had recently taken our Paediatric First Aid online training course, knew exactly what to do.

Watch our video below to hear Emily’s story:

Because of High Speed Training’s course, I felt confident to take action. Because it was so fresh in my mind it helped me to jump straight into it.

Emily Khan

Online Paediatric First Aid Training

Our Paediatric First Aid training course teaches those who work with infants or children how to deliver paediatric first aid assistance in an emergency. It covers a variety of fundamental first aid topics, including the law surrounding first aid, how to put children and infants into the recovery position, how to administer life-saving CPR, how to use defibrillators, and how to provide assistance for a variety of injuries and illnesses.

If a child is choking, and can verbally respond, breathe, or cough then you should encourage them to cough to try and clear the blockage or try to spit out the object if it’s in their mouth.

If a child is severely choking, and they can’t cough the obstruction clear, you should:

Rest their upper body forward on your forearm, with one hand supporting their chest.
Then, use the heel of your other hand to give a maximum of five sharp back blows between their shoulder blades.
After each of the blows, check to see if the obstruction has been removed from their mouth. Do not put your fingers in their mouth to try and locate any blockages, as this could cause you to accidentally push the object further down their throat.

High Speed Training’s course was really easy to do, as it was online, I could do it in my own time and I could stop and pause when I needed to.

I’m a mum and I’m quite busy at home so it really helped that I could do it in my own time. Booking off a full day to go to first aid training is quite hard, and getting childcare and a day off work can be tricky.

I’d definitely recommend the course and encourage people to go for it. Even if you don’t use what you’ve learnt, at least you have it. It’s better to have those skills than to not.

It’s important for everybody to have knowledge of first aid and know how to react in situations like that.

You just never know what’s going to happen.

Emily Khan

High Speed Training was the very first training provider to be awarded the prestigious Skills for Health Quality Mark Digital, and the Paediatric First Aid training course is fully certified by the CPD and IIRSM.

Richard Anderson, Head of Content Production at High Speed Training, said: “Situations like this one really show why it is so important that everyone has some basic knowledge of first aid, especially if they are working with children or young people.

“The ability to keep a cool head and act quickly and decisively in an emergency citation is really key, and, if Emily hadn’t been able to confidently act in this instance, there could have been a very different outcome.”

You can find out more information about this course here.

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The Future of Online Learning: 2022 Whitepaper

High Speed Training — Mon, 16 May 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Online learning has increased in popularity over recent years, and is expected to quadruple in value from 2020 to 2027. But why has it become so popular?

In this article, we will outline the importance of online learning and discuss how the impact of the pandemic forced a mindset change towards learning and development strategies. You will also be able to download our latest report which delves deeper into the topic: Online Learning in a Post-Pandemic World.

What is the Importance of Online Learning?

Whatever your job role, industry, or expertise, e-learning has benefits for everyone. It can help you to meet safety standards, comply with regulations, or grow skillsets.

Online learning helps to overcome barriers that many learners typically face with traditional methods. While some people have viewed this form of training with scepticism in the past, it continues to grow in popularity as a fast and flexible way to gain and retain information.

Online Learning During the Pandemic

During the pandemic, online training played a vital role in supporting the upskilling of staff while traditional learning methods such as face-to-face were unable to go ahead. This resulted in a surge of companies and individuals recognising the value of online learning.

Providing greater flexibility and savings on time and money, it is clear why more and more people are continuing to turn to online learning as part of their company training culture.

Online Learning in a Post-Pandemic World

Our latest report looks at how learning & development strategies have changed and why online learning has become an integral part of many companies’ training strategies.

Interested in making a start on your training? Take a look at our course catalogue to see how our range of online training could help you and your business.

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Case Study: Health, Safety, and Food Hygiene at Taylors of Harrogate

Dan Raymond — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 10:00:11 +0000

The Challenge

Keeping staff up to date on their training was difficult to achieve with traditional face to face training

The Objectives

Ensure that existing staff members could take their refresher training in a convenient and effective matter

The Solution

A range of online, accredited courses, allowing staff members to keep up to date with their training requirements

A Background on Taylors of Harrogate

Taylors of Harrogate is a family-owned business, founded in 1886 when Charles Taylor and his two sons set up a tea and coffee company. The business is now part of the Bettys & Taylors Group, producing iconic brands such as Yorkshire Tea.

We spoke to Lydie Jeannerod, a Trainer and Assessor for Taylors of Harrogate, to find out how High Speed Training’s courses have helped them achieve their business goals.

What were the challenge(s) or problems that Taylors of Harrogate faced that made you look to online training?

Lydie explained that, whilst new starters at Taylors of Harrogate receive face-to-face training, they now use online courses for existing staff.

Getting all staff compliant and refreshed on their training every 3 years was proving difficult to achieve face to face. We have adopted face to face training for new starters and online courses for refresher training.

How do you identify the need for online training in these areas?

Taylors of Harrogate have taken over 20 different courses with High Speed Training, including from Level 2 Food Hygiene for Catering, Workplace Health and Safety, Conflict Resolution and Management and even Excel training. With over 1,500 employees in the Bettys & Taylors Group, knowing where to start with training such a large team can be tricky.

We identify the need for training through discussion with our users. We look at the skill set of each individual role, and the necessary compliance plays a large part. Alongside that, our Health and Safety Advisors may identify areas that are in need of training.

How has the training helped Taylors of Harrogate?

Upon completing any course with High Speed Training, learners can immediately download a PDF certificate confirming their completion of the course, and also receive a hard copy through the post. Companies can also track the progress of their staff’s training and provide evidence of completion through the High Speed Training Learner Manager System.

The training has helped ensure that our staff can stay compliant, and the flexibility of online training works really well to fit in around user time and extended shifts. We’ve found that some users prefer E-Learning over face to face as it allows them to learn at their own pace. The immediate availability of training evidence is also very useful for us as a company.

How important is training, personal development and employee growth at Taylors?

Continuing Professional Development (CPD), which concerns developing professional skills and knowledge through continued teaching and education, is a key part of the strategy of many organisations, including Taylors of Harrogate.

Personal development and employee growth are of paramount importance to us, and it’s a key part of our success. We’re incredibly passionate about developing individual’s skills and valuing our people.

What were the advantages of online training to Taylors of Harrogate?

What’s great about online training is the flexibility. Our staff can start and stop their training if required and pick up again where they left off. They also have the opportunity to log back into the course for reference or if they want to brush up on anything. It’s really accessible, and the information is up to date and engaging.

Do you plan to go back to face to face training when the situation allows, or will you retain an element of online training?

The COVID-19 Pandemic has led to a fundamental shift in how many organisations operate. The rise of remote working has meant that workforces are often spread across multiple sites and across the country. So how are Taylors of Harrogate going to adapt their training programme moving forward?

During certain phases of the Pandemic we have relied more on E-learning for Health & Safety and Food Safety specifically. Moving back to some form of normality, we would expect to complete the initial training face to face, then continue our refresher training online.

Why did you choose High Speed Training?

It’s a company that does what the name says! High Speed Training offers a very responsive service, with good, consistent content and style of courses. The management suite is very impressive, with access to live information and data, and the visibility of users progression is fantastic. We would absolutely recommend High Speed Training’s courses.

Take a look at our extensive library of courses or call a member of our friendly support team on 0333 006 7000 to see how we can help your organisation grow.

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High Speed Training Celebrate #Twosday

High Speed Training — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 09:00:15 +0000

This year, High Speed Training has passed the 2 million learners mark, and we want to celebrate this by giving away 222 free training courses to charities across the nation while marking Tuesday 22nd February as #Twosday.

Since we began High Speed Training with our Level 2 Food Hygiene course, it has now become the highest rated and most reviewed of its kind in the UK, with over 13,000 customer reviews. Considering many of our 2 million learners have taken this Level 2 training, what better date than 22.2.22 to mark a celebration of 2’s, partnerships, and all good things that go together.

From February the 22nd, charities will be able to enter a draw to win up to 22 courses each to assist them with their charitable aims, and can choose from any of High Speed Training’s courses (up to the value of £25 including VAT per course).

We’re thrilled to announce that, in the year we certify our 2 millionth learner, we will be able to celebrate this quirk in the calendar by giving something back to the nation’s charities.

Ian Dowd, Head of Marketing at High Speed Training

How to Enter

To enter the giveaway, click on the link below and follow the instructions to submit an entry form to request up to 22 free online training courses from High Speed Training. The draw will be open until the 22nd March 2022.

You can find a list of courses that are available to request below:

Courses Available to Request

Basic Health and Safety Training
Basic Life Support
Business and Corporate Taxation
Care Certificate
CDM Regulations
Communication Skills in Health and Social Care
COVID-19 and Child Mental Health Training
COVID-19 Essentials: Close Contact Working
COVID-19 Essentials: Infection Prevention & PPE
COVID-19 Essentials: Infection Prevention and COSHH Training for Cleaning
Fire Extinguisher Training
Food Allergen Awareness
Food Allergens in Manufacturing
Good Manufacturing Practice
Hand-Arm Vibration (HAVS) Training
Infection Control and Prevention
Interpersonal Conflict Training
Level 1 Food Hygiene and Safety
Level 1 TACCP
Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Catering
Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Manufacturing
Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Retail
Licensing Law Awareness
Lone Working
Managing Conflict in Retail
Managing Customer Conflict in Hospitality
Moving and Handling People in Health and Social Care
Office Safety
PPE Training for Healthcare Workers
Preventing Radicalisation and Extremism
Time Management
Welding Safety

Charity Training Request Rules

Effective 01 February 2022

PLEASE READ THESE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST RULES CAREFULLY AND CHECK THEM REGULARLY. THESE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST RULES MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME (SEE SECTION 14, BELOW).

1. THE PROMOTER:

High Speed Training Limited (referred to herein as “High Speed Training” or “Promoter”) is a private limited company organised under the laws of England and Wales.

2. THE WEBSITE:

The www.highspeedtraining.co.uk website (the “Website”) allows charities to enter the Charity Training Request process hosted on the Website.

3. ELIGIBILITY:

4. HOW TO ENTER:

Visit this article to utilise the online entry form provided. Participants must fully complete and submit their entry to the Charity Training Request process within the Entry Period. The Entry Period starts at 00:00:01 (GMT or BST, as applicable) 22nd February 2022 and ends at 13:00:00 (GMT or BST, as applicable) 22nd March 2022.

5. ENTRY LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS:

a. Required Information: Participants must provide all required information specified on the entry form to be eligible to enter.

6. ENTRY CONDITIONS AND RELEASE:

As a condition of entering the Charity Training Request process, Participant expressly:

a. Acknowledges that it agrees to be bound by the Charity Training Request Rules and decisions of the Promoter, which will (subject to Section 16) be binding and final in all matters relating to the Charity Training Request process; and

7. ENTRY SELECTION:

Charity entries to receive training will be selected via a random draw from all eligible entries received. The selection will occur within 2 days of the end of the Entry Period. The successful entries will be announced on the Website, via social media and email following the selection, with the identity of the charities announced (subject to Section 8) following the completion of all identification and verification processes in accordance with the Charity Training Request Rules.

8. SELECTED ENTRY NOTIFICATION PROCESS:

9. CONFIRMATION AND VERIFICATION OF SELECTED ENTRIES:

10. SELECTED ENTRY DISQUALIFICATION:

11. TRAINING:

Subject to any restrictions expressly stated in the Charity Training Request Rules, Selected entries will receive up to twenty-two (22) online training courses with a total value of up to £550.00 GBP including VAT. Online training courses with an individual value of £25.00 GBP including VAT or more are excluded from being requested as part of the Charity Training Request process but may be purchased separately at their full price. Online training courses available to request are:

Basic Health and Safety Training
Basic Life Support
Business and Corporate Taxation
Care Certificate
CDM Regulations
Communication Skills in Health and Social Care
COVID-19 and Child Mental Health Training
COVID-19 Essentials: Close Contact Working
COVID-19 Essentials: Infection Prevention & PPE
COVID-19 Essentials: Infection Prevention and COSHH Training for Cleaning
Fire Extinguisher Training
Food Allergen Awareness
Food Allergens in Manufacturing
Good Manufacturing Practice
Hand-Arm Vibration (HAVS) Training
Infection Control and Prevention
Interpersonal Conflict Training
Level 1 Food Hygiene and Safety
Level 1 TACCP
Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Catering
Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Manufacturing
Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety for Retail
Licensing Law Awareness
Lone Working
Managing Conflict in Retail
Managing Customer Conflict in Hospitality
Moving and Handling People in Health and Social Care
Office Safety
PPE Training for Healthcare Workers
Preventing Radicalisation and Extremism
Time Management
Welding Safety

12. PUBLICITY:

High Speed Training will also require that selected entries participate in any reasonable publicity required by High Speed Training such as social media, email and press activity.

13. GENERAL CONDITIONS:

14. CHANGES TO THESE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST RULES:

15. PARTICIPANT’S BREACH OF THESE CHARITY TRAINING REQUEST RULES:

Participant is responsible for compensating Promoter in full for any losses or damage they suffer which is caused by Participant’s breach of these Charity Training Request Rules.

16. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION:

These Charity Training Request Rules are governed by the laws of England and Wales. This means that your participation in the Charity Training Request process will be governed by English law.

17. GENERAL:

18. PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Good luck! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.

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Case Study: Compliance at the University of Exeter

Dan Raymond — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:30:00 +0000

The Challenge

Keeping staff up to date on vital legislation training during the pandemic, when face to face training was not an option
Creating a training schedule that would fit workers on different shift patterns, at multiple sites in multiple countries

The Objectives

Ensure that staff working in high-risk environments have the correct training to carry out their jobs safely and effectively
Continue the personal development of members of the Technical Services team

The Solution

A range of accredited online training, covering areas of compliance and legislation
This allows for staff to undertake training flexibly and at convenient times

A Background on the University of Exeter

The University of Exeter is a Russell Group public research university with four sites across Devon and Cornwall. Formed in 1955, the University currently has over 23,000 students and over 5,500 academic and administrative staff.

We spoke to Emma McArdle, Project Manager for Quality Assurance and Improvement in Technical Services at the University, to find out how High Speed Training’s courses have helped develop their staff’s skills.

What were the challenges or problems that you faced as an organisation that made you look to online training?

Emma explained that the pandemic had drastically shifted how the teams were operating, and that online training in areas such as PUWER (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations), LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations) and DSEAR (Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations) was the best way to ensure staff were still compliant and knowledgeable about all the latest health and safety regulations that they needed.

Health and Safety is absolutely paramount to everything we do in Technical Services at the University of Exeter. We have staff who work in highly legislated environments such as laboratories and workshops, and we need to be confident our staff have the skills and expertise they need to work safely within those spaces.

How has the training helped your organisation?

When an organisation purchases multiple courses with High Speed Training, they are able to check the progress of their learners through a management suite. This allows training managers to keep track of how many learners have completed their courses. Emma also explained that the suite helped to prove their compliance and show their dedication to staff development.

The training courses helped our staff to be more knowledgeable about the risks they may face and the requirements they need to work to in their labs or workshop. When they are asked to report on their equipment compliance or to identify risks, they have a much deeper knowledge than they had before.

What were the advantages of taking the training online?

The flexibility, ease of use and the fact that learners can complete training at their own pace, in their own time are all really beneficial. Online training allows us to provide the same high standard of training to every member of our staff no matter where or when they work.

The Technical Services Team at the University of Exeter has over 230 staff, working at six different sites across two different counties. This presents a real logistical challenge when it comes to training, as staff are often working different shift patterns and working on different projects, meaning it can be difficult to find times when groups can learn together.

We’re hoping to have a hybrid approach to training when the situation allows, where some key training courses are provided in person, especially those with a traditionally practical element. However, the plan is that we will stick with online training for theory based courses which provide us with that element of flexibility which you just can’t get from in-person sessions.

How important is training, personal development and employee growth at the University of Exeter?

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the process of developing professional skills and knowledge through interactive, participation-based or independent learning. It is an area that organisations are increasingly focusing on, and the University of Exeter is no exception.

CPD is incredibly important to us here. We’re constantly striving to give our staff the tools they need to work to the best of their ability, and training and development is a key part of that. Learning at the University doesn’t end with the students, and we want to enable our staff to be aware of the risks and regulations affecting their place of work and identify where there may be issues or concerns.

Why did you choose High Speed Training?

High Speed Training had a great selection of courses we had already identified that we wanted to provide our staff. These courses aren’t always easy to find, and to have them all in one place was a huge bonus.

The courses were accredited which gave us peace of mind as to their quality, and reasonably priced too, especially considering the bulk-buy discounts.

We certainly would recommend High Speed Training to others, they have proven very useful to our staff and their team have been great whenever we’ve had any questions.

Take a look at our extensive library of courses or call a member of our friendly support team on 0333 006 7000 to see how we can help your organisation grow.

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Great news! We’re officially certified by the Cyber Essentials scheme

High Speed Training — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:30:05 +0000

This means you can trust that we have appropriate cyber security and data protection measures in place. We’re dedicated to providing a meaningful learning experience to each learner, but only by having safe and secure IT systems are we able to deliver quality online training 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

What is Cyber Essentials?

Backed by Government and operated in partnership with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the Cyber Essentials scheme was created to help organisations protect against a range of common cyber attacks.

To become Cyber Essentials certified an organisation is assessed on areas such as:

Secure configuration – continuously checking for potential vulnerabilities
Firewalls – ensuring secure firewalls are in place
User access controls – restricting system access to authorised people
Security update management – ensuring the latest security patches are installed
Malware protection – ensuring strong virus and malware protection is in place

What does this mean for you?

Achieving Cyber Essentials certification demonstrates that we take cyber security seriously, ensuring that our IT is secure against a cyber attack and that we have a clear understanding of our cyber security level. Giving you reassurance and peace of mind.

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