The 2023 London Marathon was the 43rd edition of the annual running event in London. It took place on 23rd April and was the third race of the World Marathon Majors 2023. Our English member was joined by two of their German colleagues. Read the report by Isabella Portenlänger and Gregor Gutbrod.
St John Ambulance in England regularly provides first aid at significant sporting events. On 22nd April, the team of our English member was joined by Martin Stepan from Austria for the football match Wigan Athletic vs Millwall at the DW stadium in Manchester.
On 17th & 18th April 2023, the MED1stMR consortium came together for a General Assembly at the facilities of SERMAS – Salud 112 in Madrid. All participants were warmly welcomed at the Hospital de Emergencias Enfermera Isabel Zendal and had the opportunity to spend two inspiring and forward-thinking days.
With the aim to finish drafting the First Aid Manual for Young People, the JOIN Clinical Working Group met in Berlin. Delegates from Cyprus, England, Germany and the JOIN Board came together in the German capital.
From 24th to 25th March, the JOIN Working Group for PR, Marketing and Communication met in Berlin. Johanniter Germany hosted representatives from Austria, England, Switzerland, the JOIN Board and the JOIN Office at their premises.
From 22nd to 23rd March, representatives from Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Sweden and Switzerland were hosted by our German member in its office in Berlin.
On 23rd March, the JOIN Board came together in the German capital for a regular meeting. Participants were our Chairman, Mark Broughton (St John Ambulance), our Vice-Chairman Christian Velten-Jameson (Association des Œuvres de Saint-Jean), Christian Meyer-Landrut (Johanniter Germany) and Johannes Bucher (Johanniter Austria). Lidwien van der Reep (Johanniter Nederland) attended the meeting via zoom.
On 6th February 2023, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 hit Turkey and Syria, followed by numerous strong aftershocks, last with magnitude 6.3 on 20th February.
Current reports put the number of dead at more than 48,200 and the number of injured at more than 118,000 (as of 21st February).
From 3rd to 8th February, Arseni Loika from St John Ambulance travelled from England to Vienna to participated in the Volunteer Swap. Here is what he reports
In the last week of December, Johanniter in Allgäu welcomed six volunteers from Austria and one English volunteer who joined in the provision of first aid for the Ski Jump World Cup in Oberstdorf