St John Ambulance Lighting Up!

Bristol City Hall joined hundreds of landmark sites across the country in thanking the volunteers and staff of St John’s Ambulance, the healthcare and first aid charity.  'By lighting up City Hall in green lights we are marking St John’s Day and saying thank you to St John for their enormous response to help the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic,’ explains Mrs Peaches Golding OBE, Lord-Lieutenant for Bristol.  ’During the pandemic, St John volunteers and staff crewed ambulances, helped give vaccinations, trained volunteer drivers on the use of ambulances to transport the sick, delivered blood donations and far more.’  Both the Lord-Lieutenant and Bristol Lord Mayor Cllr Steve Smith were able to inspect an ambulance, seeing where vital life-saving equipment is stored and used during emergencies.  Avon County President Stuart Hadler and St John Ambulance Central District Manager Karen Brooks were joined by a number of St John Ambulance volunteers.  The youngest volunteer present during the lighting up event will be off to university in a few months’ time to study either medicine or nursing.