St John Ambulance Witham

20/08/2026

"St John Ambulance - Save a Life September" free first aid training sessions (3 hours)

As local people have expressed interest in our previous public first aid training sessions, we are offering 2 (separate) more free sessions in early September, delivered by St John Ambulance volunteers.

Both are part of the annual "Save a Life September" campaign and will cover first aid skills including:
- Respond to choking
- Perform CPR if someone is in cardiac arrest
- Treat severe bleeding

Venue address:
- St John Ambulance HQ, next to Spring Lodge Community Centre, Chipping Hill, Witham, CM8 2HE

Event dates and start-to-end times:
1. Wednesday 09/09/2026 1900-2200 (3 hrs)
2. Saturday 12/09/2026 0930-1230 (3 hrs)

- Please aim to arrive ready for the start time for each session. The building will have volunteers in it at least 30 minutes before each session.

Session details:
- "St John Ambulance - Save a Life September" 3 hour session
- Both sessions are part of the annual "Save a Life September" campaign covering first aid skills including:
- Respond to choking
- Perform CPR if someone is in cardiac arrest
- Treat severe bleeding

Other details:
- Delivered by St John Ambulance Witham volunteers.
- No charge. Charity donations are welcome.
- No certificate, due the free nature of the training run by volunteers.
- Each course can take 14 people maximum. Places will need to be booked (see below) and places will be allocated in a "first come, first served" basis.

Course booking:
Complete the online booking form (see link below) to request a place(s) for a specific date.
A volunteers will send you a confirmation reply within 1-4 days.

Link to Microsoft Forms booking form:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ihgCUvcuQP
A confirmation email will be sent 1-4 days after booking, as will any cancellations.

Anyone anyone eager to start learning first aid even earlier, see the link below to online training resources.
https://www.sja.org.uk/first-aid-advice/
First aid is straightforward, easily learned techniques for everyday incidents.
People can use it to provide early care and help make a meaningful difference, including helping before more advanced care arrives.

First aid advice including basic life support methods for CPR, defibrillation, the recovery position, and more.

04/05/2026

On Sunday 3rd May 2026, many families stopped by to "try first aid" themselves at our St John Ambulance Witham volunteers stand during first aid demonstrations at the Family Fun Day, Spring Lodge Community Centre, Powers Hall End, Witham.

First aid is straightforward, easily learned techniques for everyday incidents where people can provide early care and/or take steps that make a meaningful difference before more advanced care is available.

https://www.sja.org.uk/first-aid-advice/

To pass on valuable first aid skills St John Ambulance Witham volunteers are offering another free first aid course in the near future. See the details and course booking form below.

Course date:
- Saturday 13/06/2026 0930-1230 (3 hours)

Note: On the same day between 1330-1530 we will running a separate recruitment session about what St John Ambulance volunteers do, adult and youth, and how interested people can join St John Ambulance.

Course address:
St John Ambulance HQ, next to Spring Lodge Community Centre, Chipping Hill, Witham, CM8 2HE

Course details:
- "First Aid Basics" 3 hour
- Covers initial casualty assessment, unresponsive breathing casualties, non-breathing casualties, bleeding and choking casualties.
- Delivered by St John Ambulance Witham volunteers.
- No charge, although donations are welcome.
- No certificate, due the free nature of the training run by volunteers.
- Each course can take 14 people maximum.

Course booking:
Complete the online form (see link below) to request a place(s) and tell us who would be coming. One of our volunteers will send you a confirmation reply within 1-4 days.

Link to booking form: https://forms.office.com/e/aqNMYkzuny

15/02/2026

12/02/2026

Paediatric First Aid course-SPACES LEFT!!!

Reminder: Our first FREE paediatric first aid course is this Saturday at St John Ambulance HQ, Spring Lodge Witham (CM8 2HE). We have up to 5 places left. If you can make it, please complete the booking form using the link below:

https://forms.office.com/e/2rKApmpiyc

If you book late, the course will run between 09:30 and 15:30 with breaks included.

There is also a weekday course on Thursday 26th February also between 09:30 and 15:30.

06/02/2026

Thank you to everyone for the feedback in relation to the poll we posted earlier relating to “Paediatric First Aid courses”. There are still spaces available for you to be able to book onto this course. Please see below the link for the St John Ambulance Witham Training Community First Aid booking request form.

Everyday First Aid (6 hours)
https://forms.office.com/e/2rKApmpiyc

Please select one of the course dates on the form, and complete the rest about yourself. You should get a confirmation email within the next 1-5 days. Please note that each course can take a maximum of 14 people.

Course dates:

1. Saturday 14th February 0930-1530 (6hrs including breaks

2. Thursday 26th February 0930-1530 (6hrs including breaks)

Course address:

St John Ambulance HQ, next to Spring Lodge Community Centre, Chipping Hill, Witham, CM8 2HE

There is NO charge for applying, although donations would be appreciated.

Recap of earlier post:

During February, we are proposing to run two FREE paediatric first aid courses aimed at parents and grandparents in one day. The hands on training covers first aid for children and infants.

Given the majority of you asked for the full day course, we propose to run 1x weekday and 1x weekend of these 6 hour courses

01/02/2026

Following on from your responses to our proposed poll re: paediatric first aid courses post, please find below a link to the St John Ambulance Witham Training, Community First Aid Booking Request Form below.

"Everyday First Aid 6 hour"
No charge, although donations would be appreciated.

Course address:
St John Ambulance HQ, Next to Spring Lodge Community Centre, Chipping Hill, Witham, CM8 2HE

Course dates:
1. Saturday 14/02/2026 0930-1530 (6 hours including breaks)
2. Thursday 26/02/2026 0930-1530 (6 hours including breaks)

Use the form to select one of the course dates, and complete the rest about yourself. You should receive a confirmation between 1-5 days. Each course can take 14 people maximum.

Link to booking form:
https://forms.office.com/e/2rKApmpiyc

Reminder of original post:
During February, we are proposing to run two FREE paediatric first aid courses aimed at parents and grandparents in one day. The hands on training covers first aid for children and infants.

Given the majority of you asked for the full day course, we propose to run 1x weekday and 1x weekend of these 6 hour courses.

28/01/2026

Following on from your responses to our proposed poll re: paediatric first aid courses post, please find below a link to the St John Ambulance Witham Training, Community First Aid Booking Request Form below.

"Everyday First Aid 6 hour"
No charge, although donations would be appreciated.

Course dates:
1. Saturday 14/02/2026 0930-1530 (6 hours including breaks)
2. Thursday 26/02/2026 0930-1530 (6 hours including breaks)

Use the form to select one of the course dates, and complete the rest about yourself. You should receive a confirmation between 1-5 days. Each course can take 14 people maximum.

Link to booking form:
https://forms.office.com/e/2rKApmpiyc

Reminder:
During February, we are proposing to run two FREE paediatric first aid courses aimed at parents and grandparents in one day. The hands on training covers first aid for children and infants.

Given the majority of you asked for the full day course, we propose to run 1x weekday and 1x weekend of these 6 hour courses.

20/01/2025

First aid. Useful? Worth learning? Confidence building? A skill for life?
And yet, despite your likely answers, not many value it enough to spend time learning it, until they need it. And it can be so easy.

Think about it.
If someone needed help, you'd like to know at least the basics of what to do.
If you needed help, you'd like to know that someone nearby knew what to do.

On Saturday 18/01/2025 volunteers from St John Ambulance Witham (Chris Batson, Bob Hamilton and myself) had a great afternoon training the first group of Valley Green FC Football Club volunteer coaches and managers.
https://www.facebook.com/valleygreenFC/
https://www.instagram.com/valley_green_fc/


We covered elements tailored to their needs, for the young people they would be responsible for. The role of a first aider, managing a scene, danger, primary survey, unconscious casualties breathing and non-breathing, choking, bleeding and shock, soft tissue injuries, fractures etc.

The emphasis throughout was basic theory and memorable practical skills.

We ended with Q&A, feedback on the value of the day, and whether they felt more capable of dealing with such incidents in future.

A key takeaway we agreed is that learning first aid benefits everyone in all strands of life: professional, volunteering, family and strangers.

You never know who you might help one day! Yourself included :).

23/11/2024

TODAYS THE DAY!!!

We are looking forward to seeing you today at 10:30am for our FREE 90min first aid awareness session as part of our Restart a Heart campaign. Below is what we will be looking at in our session:

1) Coping in an emergency- what to do?
2) Recognising a heart attack
3) Learning CPR
4) Using a defibrillator

If you have any queries about other aspects of first aid, we will be very happy to answer them during today’s session.

This is a first come first serve session, but there will be more sessions after this in the coming months so everyone will get the chance to learn these important skills. Will update when the next session is planned.

Venue location:

St John Ambulance HQ
Next to Spring Lodge Community Centre
Chipping Hill
Witham
CM8 2HE

Thank you so much for your positive support in our previous posts. We look forward to seeing you this morning to help you be the difference in someone’s chance of survival in a cardiac arrest.