St John Ambulance Australia

Active in Australia for over 130 years, St John Ambulance Australia is a self-funding, charitable organisation active in all States and Territories, dedicated to helping people in sickness, distress, suffering or danger. Providing services to a broad scope of the community, St John Ambulance Australia is the country's leading supplier of first aid services and training.

What we do

St John Ambulance Australia is a self-funding charitable organisation active in all Australian States and Territories, dedicated to helping people in sickness, distress, suffering or danger.

Event health and community services

We have been active in Australia for over 130 years, and internationally are part of a wider organisation with a long and honourable history. St John Ambulance Australia provides a myriad of services within the community, from ongoing services for the aged or infirm to first aid services for special events. Here are just some of the things we do.

First Aid training (Over 500,000 first aid certificates last year);
First Aid kits;
First Aid and Health Services at community and public events, and assistance during national disaster relief, through volunteers (16,000 volunteers deliver 1.2 million hours of volunteer service treating over 100,000 people each year.);
A range of community care services for the aged, the infirm, the immobile and lonely, provided by 2,000 volunteers;
Ambulance services in Western Australia and the Northern Territory (3,500 paid and volunteer ambulance officers);
Funding and support for Ophthalmic services at the St John Jerusalem Eye Hospital, in East Timor and in Australian communities;
A national youth development program for more than 4,000 young people aged 8 to 18 years;
Public access defibrillators throughout the Australian community.
First Aid training for school students
First Aid training for learner drivers.
Internationally St John are part of The Order of St John with a long and honourable history.