Published: 25th August 2025.
Last updated: 25th August 2025.
Author: Cara Sherratt
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If you are looking for a powerful way to give back to your community, volunteering can provide an engaging and interactive way to develop new skills and connect with people who share your passions. At St John Ambulance we offer many opportunities and understand that it can be overwhelming to know where to start, or to understand which role might be the best fit for your personality, interests, and schedule.
Join us as we break down our various volunteer opportunities to help you identify the type of volunteer role that aligns best with your strengths and goals. Whether you're looking to make a difference on weekends or hoping to explore a new career path through volunteering with St John Ambulance, we've got you covered. Read more about just two of our in-need positions that could become your next opportunity.
Community First Aider
Are you someone who cares deeply about your community? Do you agree that by sharing first aid skills and advice we can create a safer and more resilient community? If so, then becoming a Community First Aider might be the role for you!
While observing activity at an event through regular patrols, you could be involved in anything from providing first aid advice to providing lifesaving skills for a patient until the emergency services arrive.
Your actions can save lives. Whether it's a minor injury or a serious emergency, your skills will be the difference between panic and relief.
What to Expect
If you’d like to volunteer as a Community First Aider, you will have a range of responsibilities including supporting with local events, seeking and maximising our fundraising opportunities through community activities, attending or delivering talks and demonstrations as well as fundraising campaigns at events or roadshows.
Throughout your time in this role, we would hope to see the advocacy of St John Ambulance delivered throughout communities, as a member of the thriving Community First Aid Network and representative of St John Ambulance.
To learn more about this role, or sign up today, click here.
Emergency Responder
Do you have the physical, mental and emotional capability to support people in what could be the most challenging moments of their lives? Can you learn and deliver advanced life-saving skills and work with a team to keep people safe at large events and in other challenging environments? Then you could be the next Emergency Responder in your community!
As an Emergency Responder, you will be there in the moments that matter. You may be offering reassurance and minor treatment or contributing to a team that saves a life. From foreseeable to unexpected emergencies, you will exercise the capability to relieve sickness, distress and suffering and send patients onwards to the safety of their homes or further treatment.
What to Expect
For this role, you can expect to be a part of assessing and treating patients before contributing to their safe discharging where appropriate. Duties also include working both independently as well as part of a team to assist with things such as the handling of patients or taking charge of a first aid scene to deliver patient care in the absence of a more clinically qualified person.
Whilst in this role, you will also be responsible for providing robust handovers to colleagues and emergency service, understanding the appropriate need for escalation and be a shining representative of St John Ambulance by displaying behaviours that positively align with our HEART values.
If this sounds like a role you’d like to volunteer for, with duties that you feel align with your skills, get in contact today. To learn more about this role, or sign up today, click here.
The Benefits of Volunteering
Volunteering offers numerous benefits, both personally and for your surrounding communities. Volunteering allows individuals to make a positive impact by supporting causes they care about and building connections with others in a lasting and meaningful way. Furthermore, volunteering also provides the opportunities to develop new skills and gaining valuable experience.
Volunteering can boost mental well-being, increase self-confidence, and provide a sense of purpose. Volunteers play a vital role in creating stronger, more compassionate communities and are an essential part of supporting the lifesaving work that St John Ambulance continues to provide.
Make a Positive Impact: Help individuals in critical situations and contribute to the well-being of your community.
Personal Fulfilment: Experience a deep sense of satisfaction from mentoring and supporting others during challenging times.
Skill Development: Enhance your leadership, communication, and organisational skills. Develop skills that could assist in progressing a medical career.
Teamwork Opportunities: Build strong relationships and expand your professional network while working as part of a dedicated team.
Exclusive Discounts: Gain access to special offers through sites like Blue Light Card.
Expense Coverage: Have your out-of-pocket expenses reimbursed.
Flexible Commitment: Volunteer at least 100 hours per year, roughly one day a month, allowing for a manageable balance with your personal life.
Empowerment: Contribute positively to your community while developing your own skills and well-being.
Experience New Things: Attend events and participate in the smooth running of a multitude of different events.
To get involved and volunteer with St John Ambulance, click here to browse available opportunities and get in touch today.
