TELEVISION presenter Claudia Winkleman has urged teachers in East Lancashire to join St John Ambulance’s Big First Aid Lesson.

She is set to host the country’s biggest free first aid lesson on Friday, June 12.

The Big First Aid Lesson is a St John Ambulance educational event that aims to equip 50,000 young people with the skills to act in an emergency.

The first aid charity is calling on schools to register for the second Big First Aid Lesson, a free, one hour, online first aid session streamed live into classrooms across the country.

The lesson will combine first aid training and 999 scenarios with real life stories.

It is aimed at students between seven and 16-years-old.

The only equipment schools will need is an internet connection and a screen for their pupils to watch in the classroom or during assembly.

This year, the event will focus on first aid skills that might be needed over the summer holidays.

Last year over 32,000 young people and more than 70 North West schools have already signed up for this year’s lesson.

Claudia Winkleman, said: ‘The Big First Aid Lesson is a fantastic and engaging way of teaching students the skills."

For more information about the Big First Aid Lesson or to register, go to www.sja.org.uk/bigfirstaidlesson.