About us

St John Ambulance volunteers

The West Midlands is one of the largest and most active St John Ambulance counties. We train in first aid; for work, at school, or simply because it is great to have the knowledge to know what to do in an emergency.

Our course portfolio includes first aid courses for every situation, but also covers a range of health and safety and fire marshal training.

What we do

Our 1234 adult volunteers provide first aid cover at all-but-one of the league football clubs in the West Midlands:

  • Aston Villa
  • Coventry City
  • Walsall
  • Birmingham City
  • Wolverhampton

Edgbaston Cricket Ground and the Worcester Warriors home games are amongst our public duties, along with major civic events, such as:

  • the Godiva festival
  • Wolverhampton Marathon
  • the Frankfurt Christmas Market
  • the Tough Guy endurance event.

Our transport crews undertake contract work for the many NHS trusts throughout the region as well as other organisations such as care homes. All the monies raised through our first aid training and contract transport work helps to support our voluntary first-aid provision and youth work.

We have over 60 youth units, providing around 1,100 young people between the ages of five and 18 development opportunities including camping, adventurous activities, social development and first aid training. Our new youth programme has over 100 different badge subjects available, and puts youth participation at the heart of what we do.

Our County HQ is based in the centre of Birmingham and we have training centres across the county. Our fleet of over 39 ambulances includes 4x4 vehicles used in the rough terrain at our many events around the region.