The Community Hub is a new feature stage within the Collaboration Zone at ESS 2025, delivering real stories, frontline skills, and vital insight from those working across voluntary groups, non-profits, and emergency service support teams.

From live demonstrations and bite-sized training, to personal stories and peer learning - these sessions highlight the incredible work happening behind the scenes to support frontline response, community resilience, and recovery.

Community Hub

FOCUSED CONTENT THEMES

Frontline Skills You Can Use

From first aid to bystander intervention and defib demos, learn practical techniques that could help save a life - delivered by the charities and professionals who live it every day.

Animal Heroes & Hidden Support Roles

Explore the roles of police dogs, therapy animals, and the unsung support services that strengthen emergency response. Hear from those working with four-legged team members, and the organisations giving them lifelong care.

Real Stories from Real Rescues

Get inspired by the missions, rescues and moments that mattered. These sessions celebrate the courage and teamwork behind life-saving responses — from coastguard to underground, RNLI to mountain rescue.

Conversations That Stick With You

Honest, personal and sometimes unexpected, these talks offer unique perspectives on mental health, leadership, career change, and fundraising within the emergency services and charity sector

2025 Content Agenda

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10:00
  1. CPR basics in a jiffy
    Community Hub
    25 mins
    Can you help someone who isn’t breathing before the emergency services arrive? Learning CPR could save someone’s life, so join us in this bitesize hands on session to find out what to do and build you …
    Speakers
    Gareth Cole
    Gareth Cole, Trustee - Sudden Cardiac Arrest
11:00
  1. Discover the dogs of the emergency services
    Community Hub
    55 mins
    In a first for the show, we're hosting a special meet up where we're giving you the chance to meet dogs and their handlers who are working in various roles across the emergency services. You may have …
    Speakers
    Garry Bottrill
    Garry Bottrill - Service Dogs UK
13:00
  1. Lunch and learn with the VCSEP
    Community Hub
    50 mins
14:30
  1. Learn how to be an active bystander
    Community Hub
    25 mins
    Thanks to the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, you can access this short training session designed to empower you to be an active bystander when you see harassment taking place. Learn how to do this without putti …
    Speakers
    Helen Burrows
    Helen Burrows, Senior Business Development & Partnerships Officer
09:30
  1. How to campaign for changes to the law: pensions for police dogs
    Community Hub
    25 mins
    In this practical session, join Kieran Stanbridge who will share tactics on how to influence Parliament to change legislation so that retired police dogs get a pension, just like their handlers.
    Speakers
    Keiran Stanbridge
    Keiran Stanbridge, Chairman - The Blue Paw Foundation
11:00
  1. Discover the dogs of the emergency services
    Community Hub
    55 mins
    In a first for the show, we're hosting a special meet up where we're giving you the chance to meet dogs and their handlers who are working in various roles across the emergency services. You may have …
    Speakers
    Keiran Stanbridge
    Keiran Stanbridge, Chairman - The Blue Paw Foundation
12:00
  1. Learn how to be an active bystander
    Community Hub
    25 mins
    Thanks to the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, you can access this short training session designed to empower you to be an active bystander when you see harassment taking place. Learn how to do this without putti …
    Speakers
    Helen Burrows
    Helen Burrows, Senior Business Development & Partnerships Officer
13:00
  1. Lunch and Learn – unpacking the Resilience Action Plan
    Community Hub
    50 mins
    Bring your packed lunch and join our speakers as they delve into the world of the local resilience forum. They will talk about the issues facing LRFs as they dig into the Resilience Action Plan and wo …
    Speakers
    Alex Woodman
    Alex Woodman, Chief Fire Officer - Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
    Fiona Gaffney
    Fiona Gaffney, Deputy Director - Cabinet Office
14:00
  1. Fundraising masterclass: raising millions for helicopters
    Community Hub
    25 mins
    In this engaging session hear from one air ambulance where they have learned how to raise funds in engaging and inclusive ways. Come and learn about the magic ingredient and how you can leverage their …
    Speakers
    Emma Pearson
    Emma Pearson, Head of Community, fundraising and events - North West Air Ambulance Charity
14:30
  1. CPR training with a twist: Livesaver VR
    Community Hub
    25 mins
    Lifesaver VR is an innovative CPR training game that puts you in the centre of the action. Join our friends from Resuscitation Council UK and immerse yourself in their training tool to see how it coul …
    Speakers
    Buster White
    Buster White, Digital Account Manager - Resuscitation Council UK

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