St John volunteers deliver event health and community services, raise funds, attend events and run the St John youth programs. Becoming a volunteer is a rewarding way to meet new people, help the community, and save lives through First Aid and advanced pre-hospital care.
St John Ambulance Australia’s 15,000 volunteers provide a range of important community services across the country, who provide over 1 million hours of community service every year.
St John Ambulance Australia is the premier provider of event health services at public events and emergencies. Each year our 10,000 Event Health Services volunteers, in their familiar black and white uniforms, care for around 80,000 sick and injured people and provide over 1.2 million hours of service to their communities.
If you are aged 8-18 years you are invited to join our Cadets program. St John Ambulance Cadets provide event health services to their community while developing valuable life skills - first aid, teamwork, management and leadership - just to name a few. There are heaps of opportunities to meet new people, challenge yourself and be recognised for your achievements. For more information click here.
If you are aged 18 years or over you can join as an Adult Member. The majority of our Adult Members are involved in delivering First Aid, First Responder and Advanced Responder services at public events and during emergencies. Health Care Professionals are most welcome to join. In addition, there are lots of non-clinical roles available for adults including managing Cadet and Adult Divisions, providing logistics and supporting our volunteers. We provide all training, support and insurance so that you can be confident in your volunteering role.
Not all St John volunteers are on duty at public events wearing the familiar black and white uniform.
Dedicated and highly trained Community Care volunteers help a wide range of vulnerable people in many different, less visible ways, throughout Australia. Today there are over 2,400 Community Care volunteers around the country.
Each state and territory provides programs in response to the needs of their local community. For more details of the programs in your state/territory ring 1300 360 455 or visit your local St John website.
St John Ambulance Australia raises funds for eye care projects in Australia, East Timor and in Jerusalem, including:
St John is always looking for volunteers to help raise funds for these important eye care projects.
Would you know what to do, if you came across an emergency?
The people on the scene at an emergency before the ambulance arrives play a vital role in saving lives.This is why it’s important that every person knows the basics of what to do in an emergency. St John will provide you with important skills that may help save a life.
Find out more about who we are and our youth development program by visiting our St John Cadets microsite: cadets.stjohn.org.au
St John runs the ambulance services in Western Australia and Northern Territory.
St John Ambulance WA covers the largest landmass in the world with one single ambulance service.
With the State Operations Centre located in the Perth metropolitan area, St John Ambulance is responsible for receiving all State-wide emergency triple zero (000) calls requiring ambulance attendance. During 2011/12, our staff handled more than 240,000 ambulance cases.
St John Ambulance NT attended 44,454 incidents during the 2011/12 financial year and transported 35,906 patients.
