Posts Tagged ‘Press Release’

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. …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

International Nurses Day is celebrated on May 12 every year and coincides with the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth.   Nurses are an integral part of the St John WA volunteer base with many dedicating their valuable time and expertise to sub centres around Western Australia.   One of those nurses is Nina Harris.   Nina has been…

St John WA mother and daughter, Kirsten Janke and Jana Biddle, are united by more than just family – they share a deep dedication to caring for others.  Jana is a paramedic intern and is one year away from hitting the road as a paramedic while Kirsten volunteers with St John WA’s Community Transport Service.  …