Paper AED Response Training
Silence kills.Learn to scream.
In-person peer crisis response training. Real people helping real people. No exams. No clinicians.
The last word in first response.
No one gets left in the dark.
What is PART?
Being WITH someone.
PART is not a hotline. It is not a clinical intervention. It is not a checklist you run through before calling someone else.
PART is the training that teaches you to stay. To sit in the dark with someone and not flinch. To be present when presence is the only thing that matters.
We train real people — friends, colleagues, neighbours, family members — to respond to crisis the way humans were built to: together.
Rule 0
Protect yourself first. You cannot hold a torch for someone else if yours has gone out.
Rule 1
HEAR what is being said. Keep your mouth shut. The most powerful thing you can do in a crisis is listen — really listen — without fixing, advising, or redirecting.
The training
Four modules. One purpose.
SPOT THE DARK
Learn to recognise the signs that someone is struggling — the language, the behaviour, the silences. Crisis rarely announces itself.
HOLD THE TORCH
Learn to be present. Rule 1 lives here: hear what is being said, keep your mouth shut, and resist the urge to fix. Your job is to stay.
KEEP THE FLAME
Learn to sustain your own capacity to help. Rule 0 lives here: you cannot pour from an empty vessel. Protecting yourself is not selfish — it is essential.
SHARE THE FLAME
Learn to spread the skill. Every person you train becomes a node in a network of care. This is how communities protect themselves.
Why PART
Not clinical. Not remote. Not optional.
In-person only
Crisis is a human experience. The training has to be too. We do not offer online modules, self-paced courses, or certification by video.
No exams
You will not be tested. You will not be graded. You will practise, reflect, and leave more capable than you arrived.
Real people
Our facilitators are not clinicians. They are people who have been in the dark and found their way back — and who know how to hold the torch for someone else.
Community-built
PART was built from the ground up by people who needed it. Every module reflects lived experience, not a textbook.
Ready to learn?
Sessions are available for workplaces, community groups, schools, and individuals. Get in touch to find out what works for you.