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October 2024

St John Ambulance launches CPR Bra campaign to tackle gender disparity in CPR 

Beyond bandages: St John Ambulance urges companies to prioritise mental health first aid

September 2024

Successful motorbike ride raises over £1000 for St John Ambulance

August 2024

Myleene Klass teaches teens street first aid in support of Save a Life September

Half population at risk of panic in emergencies due to lack of training

Priory Council announces departure of Prior and Chair of St John Ambulance in 2025

Only four in 10 know first aid to save a life finds new research

May 2024

King Charles becomes St John Ambulance's Royal Patron

St John Ambulance celebrates 135 years of service in Bath

St John Ambulance appoints Shona Dunn as new CEO

St John Ambulance and BBC Radio Manchester campaign wins Radio Academy ARIAS award

St John celebrates 100 years in Norwich

Learn how to help someone after a fall with free training in Ilkeston

Enrol with St John Ambulance as a Stadium First Aider at Carrow Road

April 2024

St John celebrates 100 years in North Walsham

Young Responders marks first anniversary making 19,000 young people first-aid confident

March 2024

St John Ambulance names 2024 National Cadet of the Year

Myleene Klass partners with St John Ambulance as first celebrity ambassador

February 2024

Chelsea FC fan reunites with the St John youth volunteer who saved his life

January 2024 

HRH The Princess Royal receives new St John Community Support Unit for Wiltshire

St John Ambulance supports the Big Help Out once again

2023

December 2023

St John and partner charities pledge support for campaign to scrap tax on defibrillators

St John shares first aid tips for this year’s “Festive Dip”

Young Responders programme ends year by exceeding delivery target to upskill thousands of students

St John teams up with anti-knife campaigner Tanya Brown to tackle street violence in Newcastle

November 2023

HRH celebrates St John Young Acheivers 

St John Ambulance CEO to leave in March 2024

October 2023

Remember, remember first aid in November - St John issues first aid advice ahead of Bonfire Night and Diwali celebrations

St John attends Party Conferences to teach first aid

New Castle Donington ambulance hub opened by HRH The Princess Royal

Phone, Push, Press: St John launches three key actions to help the public increase cardiac arrest survival rates

September 2023

First aid confidence rockets from 7% to 94% amongst secondary school students

St John warns Uni students not to mistake CO poisoning with hangover

40 years of St John Fellowship commemorated at special event at the National Memorial Arboretum

St John Ambulance partners with Epilepsy Society to include 'Calm, Cushion, Call' to its first aid advice for seizures

St John Ambulance Achieves Silver Status in the Armed Forces Covenant

World First Aid Day - St John Ambulance says just 29% of people ‘very confident’ in first aid skills

August 2023:

CPR advice made more accessible with new St John British Sign Language resource

July 2023: 

St John issues first aid advice for holidaying families as European heatwave continues

St John responds to Government announcment on defibrillators in schools

St John Ambulance launches Seaside Support Team’ offering to councils  

Myleene Klass visits St John Young Responders to raise awareness of teen drink spiking danger

St John joins UK’s biggest charities to create online resource to strengthen communities through volunteering

London Marathon: Didn’t make the ballot? Join team St John Ambulance 

St John Cadet of the Year leads procession at Westminster Abbey service marking 75 years of NHS

June 2023:

St John Ambulance welcomes publication of NHS long-term workforce plan

Festival scorcher: St John Ambulance shares urgent advice for keeping safe this festival season 

St John Sees Spike in Searches for Stinging Nettle First Aid Advice

NHS Cadets praised for vital role developing next generation of lifesavers in NHS report

May 2023:

Mayor visits Halesowen Unit to support youth recruitment campaign

St John partners with schools to deliver flagship NHS Cadet programme

St John youth volunteers head to Buckingham Palace to celebrate Duke of Edinburgh Gold achievements

Extraordinary St John Coronation Champs recognised by King and Queen for outstanding volunteering

​Ready to make history - Hundreds of St John Ambulance volunteers to support Coronation

April 2023:

​​Young Responders street first aid programme goes live with goal to skill up 15,000 in communities in 2023 ​

Face of Ask Me campaign runs four half marathons for St John after life saved

BBC Traitor's star Dr Amos celebrates achievements of NHS Cadets at national awards

March 2023:

CPR survivor donates lifesaving trauma first aid kit

St John Ambulance is proud to support the Big Help Out 

St John opens second Safe Space in Birmingham

Norfolk open gardens scheme

February 2023:

​And the award goes to... St John names National Cadet of the Year 2023

What a match!

A farewell to arms

HRH Princess Royal celebrates St John Ambulance’s young people

16,120 trained in first aid

January 2023:

Watch: Stars of ‘The Traitors’ take to Instagram Live for a special discussion on mental health

St John urges people to check on neighbours as temperatures plummet

St John's young volunteers give over 45,000 hours of lifesaving first aid support

Make 2023 the year you volunteer for St John Ambulance

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