BEARING · SAFETY & SECURITY
Our team
The people who design and deliver our programmes.
Tom Frearson
FOUNDER & PROGRAMME DIRECTOR
Tom is a former Royal Marines Commando. He served on operations, and went on to work as a close protection operator and security consultant in the UK and high-risk environments, building and leading multinational teams where trust and execution were critical.
He is a qualified emergency medic and a professional educator, trained to teach first aid, mental health awareness, and conflict de-escalation — the skills at the heart of UK Ready. He designs and delivers the programme.
⮞ FREC 4 Emergency Medic
⮞ Level 3 Certificate in Education & Training
⮞ Level 3 Award in Conflict Management
⮞ Level 3 Award in Supervising First Aid for Mental Health
⮞ Enhanced DBS
The facilitator standard
Everyone who delivers a Bearing programme meets the same standard before they teach a single student.
Lead Facilitator
⮞ Level 3 Award in Education and Training, or above
⮞ Level 3 Award in Conflict Management, or equivalent
⮞ FREC 3 or above — the pre-hospital emergency care standard
⮞ Level 3 Award in Supervising First Aid for Mental Health
⮞ Enhanced DBS with children's barred list
⮞ Level 2 Safeguarding Children and Level 2 Safeguarding Adults
⮞ A background in military service, law enforcement, emergency medicine, or professional security
⮞ Assessed and shadow-observed on UK Ready content before leading a cohort unsupervised
Assistant Facilitator
⮞ Enhanced DBS with children's barred list
⮞ Level 2 Safeguarding Children and Level 2 Safeguarding Adults
⮞ A current first aid qualification
⮞ A background in military service, law enforcement, emergency medicine, or professional security
⮞ Trained and assessed on UK Ready content, safeguarding, and the disclosure and escalation procedure at induction