Our volunteers have been providing first aid support for the #AnzacDay2024 Dawn Service at Hyde Park Corner this morning, and will also be supporting the other events throughout the day.

Richard Walker was reunited with some of the volunteers who saved his life at Sunday's London Marathon - Cadets Becky and Matthew, and Dr James Dudfield - on #BBCBreakfast .

Seeing Richard fit and well is a stark reminder of the vital importance of first aid.

The boss of supermarket chain Iceland has said St John Ambulance England volunteers saved his life after he collapsed at Sunday's London Marathon.

Richard Walker spoke to #BBCBreakfast alongside James Dudfield, Becky James and Matthew Cleave

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Iceland's executive chairman has thanked paramedics who saved his life after he collapsed near the finish line of the London Marathon.

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Well done to all the runners and thank you to all of our volunteers that supported the #LondonMarathon yesterday 💚

#AskMe how St John Ambulance England volunteers from across England are supporting the TCS London Marathon today. Volunteers are supporting the event in a multitude of clinical and non-clinical roles, working alongside our partners including London Ambulance Service

Cycle Responders are deployed across the TCS London Marathon route to support both runners and the public.

30 St John Ambulance England Cycle Response Units and 7 LAS Cycle Team - more CRU teams than there are miles! 🚲

Thank you to all our fantastic volunteers out today 🙌

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There is a hive of activity across St John Ambulance - London (and further afield) today whilst teams prepare for tomorrow's London Marathon, in addition to all the other events taking place this weekend. Thank you to all the St John Ambulance England vols who are out & about across the region!

We're pleased to be back at the York Street St John Ambulance England building this morning for our Finish Line training day, in readiness for tomorrow's TCS London Marathon!

Really enjoyed talking about the treatment of Exertional Heat Illness in our St John Ambulance England CPD session tonight 🥵

Really great turn out, first time I’ve ran a Teams call with >150 people in it 😅

Thanks to all that came, recording will be out tomorrow internally 📹

Ask us what our volunteers did this weekend…

The first weekend of April was certainly a busy one, with the London Landmarks Half Marathon, Brighton Marathon and fundraising events for the upcoming London Marathon in just under two weeks time.

What did you do at the weekend? 👇

Today we had volunteers out across London supporting the London Landmarks Half Marathon and numerous other events across the region today. As always, it's great to work with our partner agencies and thank you to everyone who volunteered! 💚

Volunteers from our London Bridge and Bankside unit are on duty at the London Landmarks Half Marathon today, including as part of the command team, and at the finish line Treatment Centre alongside Enhanced Care Services Ltd..

The unit is also on duty at running events in Battersea Park and Brighton today.

Congrats to our new Level 3 Emergency Responders. First 50 through our london hyper centre over the last 2 weekend.

Ambulance Operations Team Leader Adam joined emergency service colleagues yesterday to mark the #NationalDayofReflection - an opportunity to reflect and remember those we have lost.

Health professionals and community leaders in Westminster, join us tomorrow, at our #2035 Speaker series to hear Dr Bram-Peter Wispwelwy discuss why we need to work differently to address inequities faced by refugees and learn about the power inequalities of racial dynamics…

We have a number of our trainers getting set up for the full rollout of the SJA Emergency Responder role this weekend.
The ER role will replace our AFA role as we continue to award our people the Level 3 FutureQuals #FROS Emergency First Responder qualification.

Come and join some of our better vested colleagues.