St John Ambulance SA Inc. Annual Report 2019-2020

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St John Ambulance Australia SA Inc Annual Report 2019/20

2019/20: HOW WE HELPED

VOLUNTEER HOURS

EDUCATION & PRODUCTS

COMMUNITIES HELPED

St John SA is the quiet achiever that year- on-year continues to positively impact the lives of countless South Australians through its multifaceted community services. From delivering first aid training and products to providing first aid services at events across the state, social inclusion programs through Community Care and a Youth Development program, St John SA’s impact is diverse and far-reaching. Beyond these unwavering community offerings, we play an important role in the State Emergency Management Plan, supporting other emergency services in a first aid capacity. This was called upon more than ever in the last financial year during the devastating 2019/20 summer bushfires and subsequently, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. We are proud of the way our organisation has risen to the challenge of supporting our community in these difficult times. All of our volunteers, in both first aid and Community Care roles, have demonstrated their skill, care and compassion in their community work that has so richly benefited tens of thousands of South Australians. Read on to discover St John SA’s community impact in 2019/20.

75,747 FIRST AID EVENT DUTY HOURS 1 24,566 TRAINING HOURS 1 15,524 COMMUNITY CARE HOURS 2,643 HERITAGE CONSERVATION HOURS

19,575 PATIENTS TREATED 2,093 EVENTS & EMERGENCIES ATTENDED

39,744 PUBLIC TRAINING CERTIFICATES 231,160 PUBLIC TRAINING HOURS

OUR PEOPLE

EVENT HEALTH SERVICES VOLUNTEERS 653 CADETS AND JUNIORS 468

371 COMMUNITY CARE CLIENTS

$2,658,603 FIRST AID KITS & EQUIPMENT IN SA HOMES, WORKPLACES & CARS

4,740 SCHOOL CHILDREN FIRST AID TRAINED

COMMUNITY CARE VOLUNTEERS 327 128 STAFF (81.5 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT) HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUNTEERS 32

VALUE OF VOLUNTEERING HOURS 2

$

$4,524,116 EVENT HEALTH SERVICES 3

$700,155 COMMUNITY CARE PROGRAMS $119,199 HISTORY & HERITAGE CONSERVATION

1 Hours based on internal reporting year 1 December 2018-30 November 2019. 2 The updated volunteer dollar replacement hourly rate figure for 2019/20 is $45.10 per hour and was provided by Volunteering SA/NT. The basis of this calculation is taken from the biannual Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) average weekly earnings figures for Australia. This methodology follows Associate Professor, Dr Lisel O’Dwyer’s (previously Prof Duncan Ironmonger) approach to calculating a dollar value figure for volunteering, and is one of the calculations that forms the overall value of

$5,343,470 TOTAL VALUE OF VOLUNTEERING HOURS

volunteering figure. 3 Duty and training.