St John Ambulance is the nation's leading first aid charity, who not only teach life saving skills but also provide medical cover at events throughout the country. Here at the University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett, we have our very own student St John Ambulance unit - you might have seen us in the past at Fruity and Varsity at Headingley Stadium! With over 40 student volunteers, it is just one of more than 50 student units across the country. 

To ease the strain on the NHS in the fight against COVID-19, our student volunteers are going to their local emergency departments and the Nightingale hospitals across the country. Some students are manning our ambulances, with others working behind the scenes to make sure our essential supplies get to where they are needed most. 

We're all volunteers and don't want any payment for our work, we just want to help out where we can. Unfortunately, with events up and down the country being cancelled due to coronavirus, St John Ambulance are without a large source of their income. This income would usually be spent on medical resources, medications, ambulance maintenance and accommodation for volunteers to name a few. This is why we are hoping to support St John Ambulance so that they can continue to support the NHS in one of their biggest deployments yet. 

This is where we hope you can help: there are thousands of students and staff at Leeds, so we ask that you consider giving what you can to support us. Even if it is just the cost of your morning coffee we would be so grateful for your support. 

We hope that we can all come together and raise some money for the amazing work by St John Ambulance and our students.