Students on public services courses at MidKent College helped teach more than a thousand children how to stay safe at home, outside, and on water.
Working in conjunction with Kent Fire & Rescue Service, Kent Police and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the college’s students talked to hundreds of 10 and 11 year olds at this year’s popular Safety in Action event run by Maidstone Borough Council. The busy annual fair, which is held on Invicta Barracks grounds and attended by primary school pupils from across the Maidstone area, aims to promote personal safety for children.
Level three students from MidKent College’s Maidstone Campus attended each day of the week-long event - working alongside instructors on half of the fair’s most popular stands.
“This is the third year the college has been involved in Safety in Action,” said programme area leader for public services courses at the college’s Maidstone Campus, James Egan. “It provides a great opportunity for our students to work directly with some of the services they want to progress into, from the army, to the police and the fire brigade.
“It’s also great general work experience for them, which goes a long way to developing their communication skills, as well as their knowledge of some of the UK’s main public services.”
19 year old college student Sammy Burrows was operational commander for the MidKent team. “It’s been a fun and rewarding challenge for us,” she said.
“We’ve really enjoyed having the opportunity to teach the children and work alongside the main event team.
“Some of us want to move into the army, while others want to join the police or the fire service. Each and every one of these services is here. It’s been absolutely brilliant.”
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