Courtney Pomfret
FirstAid For All | Kingston
Courtney is currently a front line worker who works with the folks on the streets of Kingston and Belleville areas. She has been working in shelters, outreach, transitional housing as well as juvenile detention centers over the last 8 years. She graduated from Loyalist College in the DSW program and is currently pursuing her Bachelors of Psych in University. She has previously experienced being unhoused and is always looking to give back to the people she supports with valuable tools to keep themselves and others safe, while providing life long skills that will further education as well as employment opportunities.
About the Project
Working directly with the vulnerable population helping people with education and awareness of first aid within the people we work with was non-existent. People are usually too scared to call 911 due to trauma. Clients have expressed that they don't know what to do to help with basic wound care, first aid and dealing with overdoses while waiting for help or when deciding to call for help. We are looking to certify people with First Aid who are vulnerable and on the streets so everyone on the streets has access to some knowledge and resources around basic first aid.