Volunteering at St.John's Ambulance/Irish Red Cross/Order of Malta as a minor

jeonahr

Does anyone have any information on the skills and experience you need to have to volunteer at any of these organisations? Or if you can just volunteer without prior experience/skills which they can teach.
I'm 16 if that helps.

sjb25

jeonahr wrote: »

Does anyone have any information on the skills and experience you need to have to volunteer at any of these organisations? Or if you can just volunteer without prior experience/skills which they can teach.
I'm 16 if that helps.

You can join with no experience I did when I was your age did my first ever first aid course when I was 16 with the Redcross I'd never done anything like it did loads of courses with them I'm now a paramedic with the national ambulance service
Have a look over here or ask for local orgs
http://touch.boards.ie/forum/1385

leheaven

I joined when I was 14, we had a class every week teaching us the skills we needed, we also took part in competitions against other groups training and it was great craic. Great way to boost confidence and it was always handy when I'd get babysitting jobs etc because you can show your certified in first aid training.

infogiver

Order of Malta is a fantastic organisation. Just rock up to your local branch and ask about becoming a cadet.
There's a great club atmosphere while learning an extremely important skill set.