Community First Aider Universities Student Volunteering Group

Overview

Community First Aider (Cambridge Universities Student Volunteering Group)

Volunteering with St John Ambulance strengthens communities. From youth support and education to wellbeing, events, and fundraising; your time makes a real impact.

At St John Ambulance, we are looking to develop our volunteering offer and become an even more integral part of our communities through delivering community first aid and education.

We need people who have a passion for helping others, care about their communities and want to make a difference, supporting them to become safe and more resilient by sharing your first aid skills and knowledge. As a Community First Aider, you’ll deliver first aid to those in need through local events, as well as provide education to the public so that the ripple effect of First Aid grows.

Through supporting the growth of community partnerships, you will bring people along to our cause, growing our membership and fundraising base and spreading the message that First Aid Saves Lives.

Through volunteering as a Community First Aider, you’ll get a huge sense of satisfaction and pride delivering an essential service. It’s great for you, great for your community and great for our nation, and it requires only a small commitment of your time.

We will make sure you will have access to a proper induction to volunteering with SJA and the training you need for the role you take on. We will also provide you with a supportive environment while you are volunteering with us. Information about our volunteer roles are included in the role descriptions. What you can expect from SJA, and what we expect from those who volunteer with us, is included in the volunteer charter.

This is a recruitment drive for Community First Aiders in Cambridge University Student Volunteering Group. Applicants must be students (undergraduate or postgraduate) at either Cambridge University, or the Cambridge campus of Anglia Ruskin University.

The bulk of the interviews will be conducted over a 2-3 day period in rooms in one of the constituent colleges of Cambridge university, which can be booked for free by members of the CUFAS committee. Several members of the Cambridge Universities Student Volunteering Group are interviewers and so will be able to support with this. The  will also be conducted at the same time, with applicants being provided a 30 minute slot for both the interview and the .

It is expected that this will cover most of the applicants with individual arrangements being made with the few applicants who are unable to attend this event.

Each new CFA would be allocated a buddy, who will be a current CFA within the Cambridge University Student Volunteering Group. This buddy will help guide the new volunteer through the process of training and getting to the point where they will be operational as a CFA.

Closing date for these opportunities is: 11/11/2025

If you’d like to know more about volunteering or would just like to chat to someone who does, get in touch. Please contact our the hiring manager, Benjamin Holmes, via emailing:

To apply for this opportunity please follow the link below: