About us

The West Midlands is one of the largest and most active St John Ambulance counties. In 2005 we trained over 30,000 people 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 related health and safety and fire marshal training.

What we do

Our 800 volunteers provide first aid cover at all-but-one of the league football clubs in the West Midlands: Aston Villa, Coventry City, Walsall, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton. We provide cover at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, at major civic events including the Godiva festival, Wolverhampton Marathon, the Radio 1 roadshow, ArtsFest and Tough Guy among others.

In 2005, our volunteers provided 225,000 hours of community service. If we paid them at the national minimum wage rate, it would cost £1.13 million pounds. We treated 4,047 patients.

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 1,000 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 30 ambulances includes 4x4 vehicles and a command and control unit.