St John Ambulance Australia Cadets

St. John Ambulance Australia Youth
Formation9 December 1925[1]
TypeVolunteer youth organisation
PurposeFirst aid and youth development
HeadquartersCanberra, Australia
Membership
4,000
Chief Cadet Officer
Dr Felix Ho ASM MStJ
National Youth Manager
Belinda Ding
Parent organization
St John Ambulance Australia
WebsiteWebsite

The St John Ambulance Australian Youth is an organisation of St John Ambulance Australia that aims to teach and develop young people first aid and other skills with a spirit of community service. The movement has more than 3,500 youth members, aged between 12 and 18 across Australia.[2]

Youth divisions operate in every state and territory in Australia, with the exception of Queensland and Western Australia. St John Ambulance Western Australia announced in March 2013 that the current cadet program would be abolished in that state, including the disbandment of all cadet divisions, to make way for a cadetship program for persons aged between 16 and 18 years old.[3] And in 2017 St John Ambulance Queensland announced that their cadet program would be closed down and a first aid in schools program would replace it.

  1. ^ Barry Price (Editor). St John Ambulance Australia Operations Branch:Cadet Manual 3rd Edition. January 2008, p. 4-5.
  2. ^ "Youth". St John Ambulance Australia. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  3. ^ "New era for St John student program". St John Ambulance Western Australia. Retrieved 20 March 2013.