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On this page you will find some of the interesting and fun activities that St. John Ambulance takes part in.
Upcoming Events
Our Divisions meet as follows;
First Aid & Nursing Divisional Meetings:
Birzebbugia - Wednesdays 7:00pm
Paola/Tarxien - Fridays 7:30pm
Valletta - Thursdays 7:30pm
For more information:
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The Rescue Corps:
Meet on Saturday afternoons at Ft. Madliena.
For more information:
or
Training Branch:
Click here for a map to be able to find us
To become a volunteer with St. John Ambulance.
Recent Events
Six vehicles were added to the fleet of our Ambulance Section on 15 February 2014
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| Treatment Centre |
St John Surrey - Visitation by the Order of St John
8 to 9 October 2010
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| Franco and Vicky with the Daborn Family |
Franco J Piccinino CEO and Victoria Vincenti HQ Staff Officer, participated in the events during the
Visitation by the Order of St. John to St John Surrey County. The Order visits a different County every year.
The last Visitation to Surrey occurred 49 years ago. A special thank you to the Chairman of St John Surrey's for the
invitation.
While in Surrey, Franco and Vicky visited Surrey County Headquarters and a Cadet meeting at Guildford Division.
Meetings were held with Mr. Anthony Mallard, Deputy Chief Commander (NHQ), the Chairman, Commannder, Commissioiner,
CEO and other Officers and Members of St. John Surrey.
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St John Ambulance Mediterranean
Regional Meeting
This year's Mediterranean Regional Meeting
was held at the Corinthia Palace in Attard on 22 and 23 July 2010.
The meeting was chaired by Prof Villis
Marshall the Sub Prior of the Order of St John and assisted by Ms Tahnee Wade and Ms Pippa Hoyland from the International
Office of the Order of St John in London.
Representatives from St John Ambulance
Cyprus, Gibraltar, Ireland and Malta attended the meeting. Mr. Brian Hackman represented the Priory of England
and Major John Griffiths, representated St John Ambulance Surrey.
The delegates paid a courtsey call on the Acting President of Malta, Dr. Anton Tabone at the Presidental Palace
in Valletta.
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Strategic Planning Workshop
A Strategic Planning Workshop was held
on 24 and 25 July 2010 at the Corinthia Palace in Attard.
The workshop was conduct by Ms Pippa Hoyland
and assisted by Ms Tahnee Wade from the International Office of the Order of St John based in London.
St John Ambulance Malta was represented
by members from Headquarters, the Training Branch, First Aid & Nursing and the St John Rescue Corps.
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Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the St. John Association - Malta was held on Tuesday, 22nd June 2010 starting at
1900 hours. The meeting was chaired by our Chiarman Chief Justice Emeritus Professor J.J. Cremona.
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The First Aid & Nursing Section of St. John
Ambulance - Malta celebrated its 100 years aniversary in 2009. In September 1908, The Brigaide (now know as First
Aid & Nursing) was started with Malta's first Division: The Valletta Division. A number of events were
organized to commerate this special occasion.
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The Most Venerable Order of St. John held its Annual Grand
Council in Malta during 4 to 8 May 2009.
This was the first time in history that a Grand Council
meeting will held in an Association and not in one of the eight St. John Priories.
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St. John Ambulance - Malta celebrated its 125
years anniversary in 2007. In 1882, The Teaching Association (now known as the Training Branch) was set up in Malta
making Malta, the first country outside of the United Kingdom to establish St John Ambulance.
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to 7 January 2007 - Malta was honered with a visit by Mr Anthony
Chignell, Order Hospitaller and the Deputy Lord Prior, Captain Norman Lloyd-Edwards:
The Order Hospital in Jerusalem will be celebrating its 125 year anniversary next year. To help commemorate this event; an ICON will travel all over
the "St John World". The
two esteemed guests carried the Icon through Malta along its journey which will pass through all of the St John world and
finish in Jerusalem.
ORDER’S SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
SERVICE IN MALTA
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| Rear-Admiral Andrew Gough - Secretary General of the Order |
The Secretary-General of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem,
Rear-Admiral Andrew Bankes Gough, praised the hard work and commitment of the hundreds of volunteers who provide their services
to the St John Association in Malta, during a three-day
visit to Malta.
During his three-day working visit, the Secretary-General of the Order of St John, held meetings and discussions
with the key staff members of the Order and its foundations in Malta, and had the opportunity to meet
Officers and Volunteers of the St John Ambulance.
The Secretary-General also chaired a meeting of the St John Council in Valletta, where he discussed
policy issues and international matters with the Chairman and Members of the St John Council.
The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem is more commonly known as the Order of St John and
is a royal order of chivalry of which Queen Elizabeth II is the Sovereign Head.
The Order of St John is represented in Malta by the St John Council, which has its seat
in Valletta, and is headed by Chairman Chief Justice Emeritus Professor J J Cremona. The
St John Council is the highest entity of the Order in Malta, and forms part of the St John
Association – Malta GC, which also incorporates the St John Ambulance Headquarters, St John Ambulance Training Branch,
St John Ambulance (First Aid and Nursing) and the St John Rescue Corps.
Rear-Admiral Andrew Gough joined the
Order of St John as Secretary General in November 2003, with both a military and business background. During 35 years in the Royal Navy, Rear-Admiral Gough commanded a helicopter squadron, a mine-hunter, 3
frigates and a squadron of NATO warships. He retired from the Royal Navy in 2000 and was appointed a Companion of the Order
of the Bath by Queen Elizabeth II.
He then had a successful short business career as one
of the founders of Forces Group, providing specialised insurance solutions to the UK Armed Forces, and has been the Managing
Director of two of the group’s companies.
Senior officials who were invited to discussions with Rear-Admiral Gough included the Chairman St John Council,
the two Vice-Chairmen and members of the Council and Headquarters Staff
During his visit to the Valletta national St John headquarters, Rear-Admiral Gough also attended a presentation on the history of the St John
Ambulance in Malta which was delivered by the Staff Officer for Press and Public Relations Chevalier Aaron
G P de Giorgio.
During his presentation, Chevalier Aaron de Giorgio treaded on the highlights
of the Ambulance presence in Malta for the past 124 years. This year is particularly
significant as the St John Ambulance (First Aid and Nursing) will soon commemorate 100 years of service to the nation, whilst
the St John Rescue Corps is in its twenty-first year of service. The St John Ambulance Training Branch will next year commemorate
its 125th year of active service to the nation, and was the first branch of the St John Ambulance Association to
be established outside of Great Britain.
In his short address to
all present, the Secretary-General expressed his admiration and praised and commended the dedication, service and hard-work
of many thousands of volunteers who have served the Order and Malta over so many years. Rear-Admiral Gough encouraged those at the service of the Order and its corps in Malta to carry on with their sterling work.
Rear-Admiral Gough also presented Brigadier Carmel Vassallo with the insignia and diploma
promoting him to the rank of Commander (Brother) within the Order of St John. He
concluded by saying that the service the Association in Malta is providing harks back to the tradition of the Knights Hospitaller of St John in
Jerusalem.
The Hospitallers were a military and religious Order founded in Jerusalem before the First Crusade in 1099, dedicated
to caring for “Our Lords the Sick and Our Lords the Poor” and to the defence of Christendom. Their successors today are the recognised Orders of St John - the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order
of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (SMOM), the Balley Brandenburg des Ritterlichen Ordens Sankt Johannis vom Spital
zu Jerusalem (Der Johanniterorden) in Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden, and their associated bodies in Finland, Switzerland,
Hungary and France, together with the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.
Today, the Order of St John is an international entity with some 30,000 members worldwide. St John Ambulance has a global membership of nearly 300,000 in forty one countries. Its activities include first aid provision and training, ambulance, community care, mountain, cliff and
other rescue services. The Order has Priories in England, Scotland, Wales, South
Africa, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and the United States of America, two Commanderies in Northern Ireland and Western
Australia, and thirty three national St John Associations in Commonwealth countries and territories and an associated body
in Ireland.
Written by
Chevalier Aaron G P de Giorgio
Staff Officer, Press and Public Relations
St John Ambulance –
Malta GC
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TWINNING BETWEEN MALTA AND SURREY
Friday, 31st March 2006
The first contact between Surrey
and Malta was made soon after Malta
published its web site in August 2004. At that time Mr. James Daborn of Surrey made contact with St.
John Malta through the web site and
Mr. Daborn, who is a frequent visitor to Malta, quickly made
friends with St. John Members in Malta.
In November 2004, Malta
hosted the Mediterranean Conference, in which Mr. Ralph Brown, Surrey’s Commercial Manager attended
to give a presentation on Training. In April 2005, Mr David Roberts – Deputy
Commercial Manager for Surrey, travelled to Malta
and conducted an AED Trainer’s Course. The friendships continued to grow and Mr. Franco J. Piccinino, Malta’s
CEO / Secretary of Training and Ms Victoria Vincenti - Deputy Secretary of Courses visited Surrey in
June of 2005. The idea of Twinning was raised by Major John Griffiths - Surrey’s Commissioner
and Mr. Piccinino took the idea with him back to Malta. After the matter was discussed in several meetings the approval was given.
On Friday, 31st March 2006, Malta and
Surrey County – UK
signed a Twinning Agreement. Eleven Senior Managers from Surrey went to Malta
for the occasion including Mr. Anthony Mallard - Commander, Major John Griffiths – Commissioner and Mr. Bob Hutton -
CEO. After the ceremony a second hand Peugeot Talbot
ambulance was donated to Malta. The ambulance had left
Surrey on 25th March and was driven over land to Malta
by Mr. James Daborn - Surrey’s County Transport Officer and Mr. Paul Swift a NCO from Surrey’s
Weybridge Division where the ambulance had served. Malta’s
Transport Officer, Mr Lawrence Debono made the necessary arrangements with customs for the ambulance to be released in time
for the handover.
While in Malta,
the Surrey Team was taken on a tour of St. John Heritage Sites by Brigadier Claude Gaffiero (Rtd.) - Second Vice Chairman
of St. John Council – Malta. They also visited Fort Madalena; HQ of Malta’s St. John
Rescue Corps and were guided around the fort by Mr. Andrew Pizzuto – Staff Officer Rescue Corps. Members of the Surrey
Team were also given the chance to abseil under the supervision of Mr. Chris Borg Cardona - Superintendent of the Charlie
Division of the Rescue Corps. The visit ended with a dinner where gifts where exchanged.
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| Profs JJ Cremona - Chairman St John Council Malta and Mr. Anthony Mallard - Commander St John Surrey |
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| The Twinning Charter. |
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| Officers from St John Ambulance Surrey who came to Malta for Twinning and Ambulance hand over. |
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| Profs JJ Cremona -Malta Council Chairman presenting a gift to Mr. Anthony Mallard - Surrey Commander |
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| Major John Griffiths - Surrey handing keys of amblance to Profs JJ Cremona - Chairman St John Malta |
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| Profs JJ Cremona - Chairman St John Council hands keys to Mrs. Gemma Sirrol - Commissioner F.A.&N. |
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| The Ambulance donated to St. John Malta by St. John Surrey. |
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| The Ambulance is blessed by Fr. Deguara. |
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