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St John WA Great Southern volunteers gather to connect and learn
On 23 May 2025, 80 St John WA volunteers gathered in Albany for the Great Southern Volunteer Forum. The event was a collaboration between a newly established Forum Volunteer Committee and the Great Southern District Office, to acknowledge and celebrate National Volunteer Week. The day brought together local volunteers, St John WA staff, and special…
Read MoreWarnkarunku Day 2025: Northern Goldfields event makes preventative health fun
More than 100 students from Leonora, Laverton, Leinster, Menzies and Mount Margaret gathered at Leonora Oval to learn more about health and first aid with St John WA and other local health services on May 29. ‘Warnkarunku Day’ brought together primary and high school students, local not-for-profits, allied health services and sponsors from around the…
Read MoreEvent Heath Services volunteers save father-of-five at local fun run
Runner Paul Jolly has been reunited with the St John WA Event Health Services (EHS) volunteer ambulance officers who helped save his life after collapsing from a sudden cardiac arrest at a local fun run in May. With no warning signs, the fit father-of-five dropped unconscious metres from the finish line in Perth having almost…
Read MoreSt John WA showcases career pathways at Perth Careers Expo
St John WA (SJWA) proudly participated in the 2025 Perth Careers Expo at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre held between 15 to 18 May, connecting with over 12,000 students, jobseekers and career changers across four days. SJWA team shared insights into the wide range of career opportunities available across the organisation – from frontline…
Read MoreIntroducing Clinical Practice Radio (CPR): Streaming new voices in evidence based clinical care
St John WA (SJWA) is launching its first ever public podcast designed by paramedics for clinicians, with 12 clinical practice episodes set to release over the next 12 months. Clinical Practice Radio, or CPR for short, will release its first episode 29 May 2025 across all major podcasting platforms. SJWA Deputy Director of Paramedicine Andy…
Read MoreSt John WA scholarships awarded as part of National Reconciliation Week
Four Edith Cowan University students are the latest to receive a St John WA Memorial Scholarship as part of SJWA’s ongoing commitment to reconciliation. They were awarded as SJWA team members gathered to watch Reconciliation WA’s National Reconciliation Breakfast held in Walyalup (Fremantle) and streamed live on NITV and SBS On Demand. The scholarship is…
Read MoreDedicated young Lancelin volunteer wins major WA award
St John WA volunteer Bree Del Borrello, 25, is devoted to her community. Bree has now won ‘Young Volunteer of the Year’ in the WA Volunteer of the Year Awards. A Lancelin local and enrolled nurse, she volunteers as an Emergency Medical Technician at the Lancelin Sub Centre alongside her partner, Tyler, and mother-in-law, Tonya. …
Read MoreMeet the St John WA volunteer hooked on helping the Shark Bay community
St John WA volunteer, Alana Eru, has called Shark Bay, Western Australia home since 2014. Hailing from New Zealand, she was at a crossroads in her life when she decided to join St John WA after seeing a Facebook ad for an ambulance recruitment day in Denham. While her family was the original pull to…
Read MoreHale School’s community spirit raises funds to help save rural farming lives
Hale Boarding Farmers’ Market has raised $10,000 for St John WA (SJWA) to help rural and remote communities increase their emergency response, particularly in the event of sudden cardiac arrest. Sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in Australia, with only one in 10 patients surviving. Increasing first aid skills and publicly…
Read More“He has the biggest heart”: Meet the 2025 WA Volunteer of the Year
Brian Gallop never intended to become a St John WA volunteer – but after organising the setup of a sub centre in the Goldfields town of Sandstone back in 1998, he was hooked. He has now won RAC ‘Volunteer of the Year’ in the WA Volunteer of the Year awards. The award celebrates ‘an individual…
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