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Be the One to save a life
Making 1 million life savers.
Starting with you.
Free CPR and defib training, in short videos you'll actually watch. Module 1 lands in November. Sign up and it comes straight to you.
Out November
Cookson First Aid has
partnered with
Why Be The One
Every life saved begins with someone choosing to step forward.
When someone's heart stops, the next few minutes decide what happens. Not the ambulance. Not the hospital. The person standing next to them.
Be The One teaches you what to do in those minutes. Plain English. Short videos. Free.
No paywall. No catch.
Short
Each module takes minutes, not an afternoon. Watch it on the bus.
Free
Sign up once. Each module comes to your inbox as it lands.
Real
Made by Cookson First Aid, who teach this to people every day.
In their words
What Be The One means to them.
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Why I
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The day I was the One
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Would you know what to do?
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What Be The One means to me
Got a Be The One story?
Film 30 seconds on what it means to you. We'll share the best ones here.
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Five modules.
Two land this year.
Sign up once. Each one comes to your inbox the day it's out. Watch, then rewatch until it sticks.
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Out November
01
Adult CPR + AED
The first minutes. What to look for and what to do.
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Out December
02
Choking
The first seconds. How to spot it and clear the blockage.
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2027
03
Lands early 2027.
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2027
04
Lands early 2027.
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2027
05
Lands early 2027.
Get Module 1 first
Free. No paywall. Taught by Cookson First Aid.
Why it matters
The numbers are why this exists.
Most cardiac arrests don't happen in a hospital. They happen at home, at work, on the touchline. Whoever is nearest is the one who can help.
30,000+
cardiac arrests happen outside hospital in the UK every year.
British Heart FoundationBHF
<10%
of people survive one. Fewer than 1 in 10.
British Heart FoundationBHF
8 in 10
happen at home.
BHF and AACE, England dataBHF / AACE, England
-10%
chance of survival for every minute without CPR and a defib.
Resuscitation Council UK
Only half of UK adults say they could do CPR on a loved one.
BHF survey, 2023 - 51%
A public defib is used in fewer than 1 in 10 cardiac arrests.
OHCAO Registry, England 2022 - 8.5%
The good news: early CPR and a defib can double someone's chance of survival.
British Heart Foundation
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Partners include Manchester City, Leeds United and Porsche.
25,000people trained this year
4 yearsteaching first aid
The goal
1,000,000Life savers.
One person who knows what to do can save a life. A million of them changes the numbers above.
Be one of them
BTO Awards 2027
Know someone
Know someone
who's been
the One?
They stepped in when it mattered. Did CPR. Grabbed the defib. Kept going until help came.
Tell us about them. Our first winner is announced when the campaign launches, and every nomination goes forward to the Be The One Awards 2027.
We'll always ask their permission before we share their story.
Thanks. We've got your nomination.
We'll be in touch about what happens next. If we'd like to share their story, we'll always ask their permission first.
Be the One
before you need
to be.
To become a volunteer.
Thanks. You're in.
You're on the volunteer list. We'll be in touch about what happens next.