The Volunteer Swap is an intercultural and international exchange programme for all volunteers of JOIN member organisations. It emphasises the value of volunteering for society and enables its participants to gain new experiences within the international JOIN family.
Johanniter International member organisations invite volunteers from other countries to support them doing their job. In exchange, the volunteers are usually provided with food and accommodation and enabled to experience that they are part of the international Johanniter/ St John family. Thus, the Swap reflects and promotes one of the main priorities of Johanniter International.
On the weekend of the 5th to the 7th May, eigh volunteers from St John Ambulance and a group og volunteers from Joannici Poland attended Tag der Johanniter and entered the first aid competition as guest teams.
The 2023 London Marathon was the 43rd edition of the annual running event in London. The marathon took place on 23rd April and was the third race of the World Marathon Majors 2023.
St John Ambulance had hundreds of volunteers on standby throughout the track to support the runners with any first aid needs, and some of its own fundraisers were running for St John Ambulance.
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.
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
