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Volunteering

We’re always looking for friendly and enthusiastic volunteers to join our team.

Our roles are flexible in terms of time and are available across Wales. Whether you have family commitments, work full-time, are a student or retired, we've got a role for you and just ask that you help when you can. If you want to find out more about volunteering with St John Ambulance Cymru then here’s a snapshot of what we do or hit the “join us” button if you’re ready to start your volunteer application.

Please click here if you are interested in our Badger and/or Cadet opportunities.

Learn more about Volunteering

We know you’ll want to make a real difference when you volunteer, but it’s not just about what you can do for us or your community, our volunteers can get a lot out of the experience too.

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Enhance your CV

Volunteering can be a great way to enhance your CV and show employers what you can do and the commitment you can make. You could volunteer in a role which will help your career, such as communications or finance. Plus as Wales’ leading first aid charity, we’re a great organisation to get involved with if you want to pursue a career in health or social care.

Two female St John Ambulance Cymru staff

Learn new skills

You don’t need to have any previous first aid or volunteering experience to volunteer with us. You’ll learn the skills you need for the role you choose. Wether that’s being a youth leader or first aider we'll provide all the training you need to get going and a programme of contours learning for the time you're with us.

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Make a positive impact on your local community

Every day our volunteers help keep communities across Wales safe. They could be providing first aid at an event, responding to an emergency call or be helping behind the scenes to keep things running smoothly.

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Meet new people and make new friends

Volunteering is a great way to meet new people. Whether you join one of our local divisions as a first aider, or want to sit on our board of trustees there's lots of opportunities to meet like minded people, make friends, connections and find other to learn from.

Find a unit near you

Location

Distance (miles)

10 25 50

Date of birth

St John Ambulance Cymru Wales Head Office & Cardiff Training Centre

Adult: Thursday 17:00 to 19:00 Beignon Close, , Cardiff, CF24 5PB Accepting New Members

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Learn more about Volunteering

Whatever you enjoy doing and however much time you can commit, from first aid to finance, there’s a volunteer role for you.

Communications & marketing

Trainer

First aider

Fundraising

Children and Young People's Leader

Safeguarding

Trustee

Student volunteering

Finance and administration

Clinical and advisory

Community First Responder

What we will ask on your application & what you can expect from us

You will need to provide details for 2 x References - Character & Professional

We will ask you to complete an Adult & Child Enhanced DBS with us

Your application will then go through to our County Induction Units, who will support you through the application process,

If your application is successful, and you have been made active, you can then start your training, and gain your BFA qualification in First Aid.

Training will take place on our eLearning platform, and face to face sessions to take you to the final steps to becoming an Active - Operational Member.

Once all your training has been completed you can then join your chosen division in your area.

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