Designed to ensure all out-of-school settings staff can recognise the signs of a serious
allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) and have the confidence to safely manage children with allergies.
Welcome to our comprehensive AllergyWise® for Out-of-School Settings course, offered by Anaphylaxis UK. This online training is for organisations who provide out-of-school activities for children, as well as their staff and volunteers.
Types of settings covered include, but are not limited to:
This course is designed to ensure all staff working in out-of-school settings are allergy aware, can recognise the signs of a serious allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) and have the confidence to safely manage children with allergies.
Our AllergyWise® for Out-of-School Settings course includes:
This online course covers common causes of allergic reactions, symptoms of anaphylaxis, how to use adrenaline auto-injectors (EpiPen®, Emerade® and Jext®), and how to manage children with allergies in out-of-school settings, including allergen avoidance, responsibilities, risk assessment, Allergy Action Plans, storage of adrenaline auto-injectors and practical scenarios relevant to out-of-school settings.
This course takes approximately 1 – 1.5 hours to complete, at a time that suits you.
To complement this online course, we recommend you order trainer adrenaline auto-injector devices to practise with. Order these directly from the manufacturer’s websites for free: EpiPen®, Jext® and Emerade®.
This course is not just beneficial, it is essential. The course provides comprehensive training on recognising the signs of a serious allergic reaction, understanding the common causes of allergic reactions, and knowing how to use adrenaline auto-injectors like EpiPen®, Emerade®, and Jext®. This knowledge can be lifesaving, making these courses crucial for anyone working with children in out-of-school settings
Government guidance on keeping children safe in out-of-school settings states that ‘you and your staff and volunteers have a duty of care toward the children who attend. This means that by law you must take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of the children and to protect them from harm.’
The most serious allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) usually begins within minutes and can be life-threatening. Anaphylaxis always requires an immediate emergency response.
We encourage a whole setting allergy awareness approach, as this is the safest way to manage children with allergies. The more staff who have an understanding of allergies, can recognise the signs of anaphylaxis and know what to do in an emergency, the safer all children with allergies will be.
Anaphylaxis UK is the only charity solely for those at risk of serious allergic reactions. We’ve been supporting those at risk of anaphylaxis for over 25 years, providing trusted information to individuals, schools, healthcare professionals and businesses.
Our AllergyWise® for Out-of-School Settings course has been adapted from our School’s course, produced by our Online Training and Education Manager and qualified teacher. With further support from our Information Team, who have a wealth of knowledge about managing allergies and anaphylaxis.
The course has also been clinically reviewed and reviewed by out-of-school settings providers.
Please see our FAQs below. For further support, get in touch via our course support page.
The purchased courses are valid for 12 months, as per the course terms and conditions.
No, this online course can be completed at a time that suits you.
The course takes approximately 1 – 1.5 hours to complete.
No, you can log back in and your course progress will be saved.
No, the pass mark for the final assessment is 80% but you can re-do the assessment multiple times if needed. There is also no time limit for the final assessment.
It’s recommended that training is repeated annually.
The validity of the course purchase is 12 months.
The most serious allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) usually begins within minutes and can be life-threatening. Anaphylaxis always requires an immediate emergency response.
We encourage a whole setting allergy awareness approach, as this is the safest way to manage children with allergies. The more staff who have an understanding of allergies, can recognise the signs of anaphylaxis and know what to do in an emergency, the safer all children with allergies will be.
Please see our FAQs below. For further support, get in touch via our course support page.
Click one of the purchase buttons throughout this page, or through this link. Payment is made by credit/debit card.
The course costs £20 including VAT per person. There is a minimum purchase of 5.
We encourage a whole setting allergy awareness approach – the more staff who are allergy aware and can recognise the signs of anaphylaxis, the safer all children with allergies in an out-of-school setting will be.
Once purchased, you will be able to use the course places for 12 months, so if you have any staff changes, new staff members, ad-hoc staff, are part of a network of providers in your area etc. then these staff can also be trained.
The group leader who purchases the course can enrol users onto the course. You can do this by logging into your account and going to ‘Learning Groups’. Click on the Enrol New User button to add users by entering their name and email address. The enrolled user will then receive an email with their account login details so they can access the training. Each staff member needs their own account to complete the course individually.
Please see pages 3 and 4 of our step-by-step guide for further information.
You can either purchase the course again for a minimum of 5 staff or you can get in touch using this contact form to purchase less than 5 more course places.
Please see our FAQs below. For further support, get in touch via our course support page.
The group leader who purchases the course can enrol users onto the course. You can do this by logging into your account and going to ‘Learning Groups’. Click on the Enrol New User button to add users by entering their name and email address. The enrolled user will then receive an email with their account login details so they can access the training. Each staff member needs their own account to complete the course individually.
Please see pages 3 and 4 of our step-by-step guide for further information.
As the group leader, you can see the progress of your staff by logging into your account and going to ‘Learning Groups’.
Your group leader, who is the person who purchases this course for your out-of-school setting, can enrol you onto the course. They can either assign user email addresses themselves to enrol staff directly, or they can distribute a shareable link for users to sign up themselves. Each staff member needs their own account to complete the course individually.
Please see pages 4 to 6 of our step-by-step guide for further information.
If your group leader has not enrolled you as a user onto the course, but has shared a link with you instead, you need to create your own account by clicking ‘Become a Member’. Once registered, you will be able to access the course content.
Please see pages 5 to 6 of our step-by-step guide for further information.
No, all of our AllergyWise® courses are designed to be done individually. If you give your login details to someone else, the quizzes and course assessment will have already been completed by you and they will not be able to get a digital certificate of completion.
After passing the final assessment, you will be able to download and save your digital certificate of completion by clicking on the ‘print your certificate’ button.
You can also download your digital certificate of completion by logging into your account and clicking on the certificate icon in the Training area.