I.M.P.S. was delighted to accept a recent donation from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Oxfordshire at a charity evening on November 2nd 2021. I.M.P.S. joined 15 other charities who were the beneficiaries of generous donations by the Freemasons of Oxfordshire. Lynn Pilgrim, I.M.P.S. project manger said “It was quite humbling to hear from so many […]
I.M.P.S. is proud to support the work done by the Arrhythmia Alliance and urge everyone to ensure that their local school has access to a defibrillator. I.M.P.S. teaches year 6 pupils in Oxfordshire and Hull how to perform CPR and to use a defibrillator (AED) and we are pleased to promote this initiative by the […]
On Monday 12th July 2021, the petitions committee debated the importance of increasing water safety content on the schools curriculum following an e petititon of over 107,000 signatures. You can watch the debate here. The petition says: “As a country we see many water-related fatalities every year. We see many more call outs to water […]
We are proud that our founder and ex chairman Professor Keith Willett has been a awarded a knighthood in the Queens Birthday honours list. Keith started I.M.P.S. in 1995 and continues to be very supportive to the programme. You can read more about Keith and his achievements here.
We have all been shocked by the news that Danish footballer Christian Eriksen collapsed during a European Championship match recently. He suffered a sudden cardiac arrest which means that his heart went into an arrhythmia and was unable to beat properly. The immediate treatment for this is Cardiac Compressions (CPR) and the prompt use of […]
Long Furlong school have really been in the news recently. It all started with a normal I.M.P.S. visit to Abingdon Community Hospital for Mrs Foster’s year 6 class. The children learnt emergency life skills including how to put someone in the recovery position. Then, back at school, year 6 decided to teach the rest of […]
We are thrilled to announce the Proud to be an I.M.P.S. School Award. Every school that completes 3 elements of I.M.P.S. is presented the “Proud to be an I.M.P.S. School” award and can use the logo on their website or letterhead. The 3 elements are: complete the online evaluation quiz before the visit attend the […]
One of our Oxfordshire I.M.P.S. trainers contacted us recently to tell us about her son-in-law. Here is what she said…. “I’ve just had a message from my daughter that her husband was able to use the recovery position on someone who had an epileptic seizure in a shop yesterday and subsequently posted his thanks for […]
We have been told by the teacher at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Banbury that two year 6 children found a syringe in a local park. This is what she says “They were carrying the card given to them at I.M.P.S. and they phoned the number on the card to report the incident. They […]
We are really impressed with Harriers Academy for working with Thames Valley Police in Banbury to educate parents about dangerous parking during school drop off and pick up times. This is really I.M.P.S. in action – young people being empowered to take responsibility for risk management and awareness. Keep up the good work and let […]
