RLSS UK Community Instructors are responsible for delivering RLSS UK’s Save a Life Series workshops, which include: 

The Save a Life Series is a community outreach programme to teach basic CPR skills to those caring for a baby, child, or adult. Workshops can be delivered as a ‘donation-based’ workshop or a ‘pay-to-attend’ workshop. Learn more about the differences between these two types of workshops. 


Become a Community Instructor 

There are two routes to becoming a Community Instructor: 

  • Route 1) You are an existing RLSS UK Trainer Assessor (or higher) or Lifesaving Academy Tutor (or higher). 
  • Route 2) You do not meet any of the requirements listed in Route 1. 



Route 1) You are an existing RLSS UK Trainer Assessor (or higher) or Lifesaving Academy Tutor (or higher) 

If you are an existing RLSS UK Trainer Assessor (or higher) or Lifesaving Academy Tutor (or higher), you already meet the prerequisites to become a Community Instructor. 

To begin delivering Save a Life Series workshops, please follow these instructions: 

Step 1) Log in to your RLSS UK Account

Step 2) Use the menu to find and select ‘Resources’ 

Step 3) Find and select the ‘Save a Life Series (Community Outreach)’ folder. All the resources you need to deliver a Save a Life Series workshop are in this folder. 

Remember to advertise your Save a Life Series workshops on the RLSS UK Course Finder. This means that courses are viewable to everyone visiting the RLSS UK Course Finder every day, meaning you can fill your workshops more easily and quickly! 

How to advertise a workshop on the RLSS UK Course Finder  

How to order Save a Life workshop z-cards 

If you have any issues, please contact our RLSS UK Customer Service team on 0300 323 0096, who will gladly help you. 



Route 2) You do not meet any of the requirements listed in Route 1 

Anyone can become an RLSS UK Community Instructor, but you need to meet the following course prerequisites: 

Find a Community Instructor course near you 



Understanding the Two Types of Save a Life Series Workshops 

There are two ways to deliver a Save a Life Series workshop: 

  1. Donation-based workshop 
  2. Pay-to-attend workshop 

The workshop content doesn’t differ; only the method of payment made by the workshop attendees and the process of ordering Save a Life Series z-cards differ. 



Donation-based Save a Life Workshops 

If you deliver a donation based Save a Life Series workshop, you ask workshop attendees to donate to RLSS UK, rather than charging them an attendance fee. 

After the workshop, it is your responsibility, as the workshop instructor, to donate the total value of the donations collected to RLSS UK using the ‘Community Outreach Workshop – Donation Returns Form’ PDF within your RLSS UK Account. 

To access this document, please follow these instructions: 

Step 1) Log in to your RLSS UK Account 

Step 2) Use the menu to find and select ‘Resources’ 

Step 3) Find and select the ‘Save a Life Series (Community Outreach)’ folder 

Step 4) Open the ‘Trainer/Instructor’ folder. The ‘Community Outreach Workshop – Donation Returns Form’ PDF is in this folder. 

If you are hosting a donation-based workshop, you can order the Save a Life Series workshop z-cards for free from the RLSS UK Shop

How to order Save a Life workshop z-cards 



Pay-to-attend Save a Life Workshops 

If you deliver a pay-to-attend Save a Life Series workshop, you are charging people to attend the workshop. This payment is paid to you as the workshop instructor or to the organisation hosting the workshop.  

As you are charging for attendance, there is a fee for ordering the Save a Life Series workshop z-cards, and a delivery fee will be applicable. To order Save a Life Series z-cards for a pay-to-attend workshop, you will need to use your RLSS UK Account

How to order Save a Life workshop z-cards 



Community Instructor FAQs

Who can deliver the Community Instructor qualification?
  • Lifesaving Academy Tutors (and higher)
  • Trainer Assessors (and higher)

How many candidates can you have on a Community Instructor course?

1 Lifesaving Academy Tutor or Trainer Assessor can provide a workshop to 12 candidates (up to 24 candidates with 2 or more Lifesaving Academy Tutors and/or Trainer Assessors)


How long does it take to run a Community Instructor course?

Course duration is for guidance only and should reflect the needs of the candidates: 6 hours