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Dedicated 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…
Read MoreSt John WA volunteers win prestigious awards
St John WA volunteers, Brian Gallop and Bree Del Borrello, have won 2025 WA Volunteer of the Year awards. Brian Gallop is the winner of the prestigious ‘Volunteer of the Year’ category while Bree Del Borrello has been crowned ‘Young Volunteer of the Year’. Run by Volunteering WA, the awards are an annual celebration of…
Read MoreTwo stadiums, four regions and 15,000 students wiser: road safety message grows
Almost 15,000 teenagers flocked to RAC Arena over two days, not for the likes of pop star Katy Perry but as part of the growing popularity of RAC bstreetsmart events with WA emergency services. Since its inception in 2012, RAC bstreetsmart has educated more than 100,000 year 10 to 12 students about road safety and…
Read MoreFirst aid at the beating heart of the North Midlands
North Midlands’ towns in the Mid West have benefited from almost $30,000 worth of first aid training and equipment to help save lives thanks to Beach Energy and Mitsui E&P Australia. Dongara, Mingenew, Three Springs, Carnamah and their surrounds have received free first aid education at three primary schools and two high schools, plus two…
Read MoreGiveback Getdown fundraiser: Visitors to tip their hats to Walpole volunteers
Faced with increased tourism and surge in visitor numbers, volunteers at Walpole sub centre are hoping to raise much-needed funds through an annual Giveback Getdown party fundraiser to build a new sub centre. The Walpole Country Club will come alive from 5pm on May 24 with the sounds of Sweet Water and The Nomadics, a…
Read MoreParamedic-led initiative to support the WA public
Patient and Bystander Support Guides have now been delivered to St John WA stations and sub centres to better support families and bystander after an emergency. St John WA Paramedic Rachel Hutt said the guides were an idea she had after experiencing situations where she felt families and patients needed more information they could utilise…
Read MoreSons’ swift actions save Dad’s life at remote beach campsite
Scaddan farmer Nigel Norwood owes his life to the quick actions of his wife and teenage sons while camping at Alexander Bay, 100 kilometres from the nearest hospital in Esperance and one hour from ambulance help. Mr Norwood suffered a cardiac arrest just before dinner at the coastal campsite on January 28, 2025. Wife Lynne…
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