Staffordshire University opens its doors for St John Ambulance to train hundreds of volunteers as part of the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme
We are extremely proud to welcome St John Ambulance onto campus to deliver this vital training. It is important we all do what we can to help combat COVID-19 and the vaccination volunteers who have stepped forward are truly inspirational
The Ashley building at the Stoke-on-Trent campus is being used as a training centre at weekends throughout February.
St John Ambulance has ambitious plans to train more than 30,000 vaccination volunteers by the spring and the first teams of trained volunteers have already begun administering the vaccine across the country.
The facilities have been offered free of charge in this latest step taken by Staffordshire University to support the national COVID-19 effort.
The St John Ambulance vaccination volunteer training follows the opening of a ‘Swabbing Centre’, in conjunction with Stoke-on-Trent City Council, at the LRV on Leek Road which is offering lateral flow rapid testing for those who do not have COVID-19 symptoms.
Professor Liz Barnes CBE DL, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive at Staffordshire University, said: “We are extremely proud to welcome St John Ambulance onto campus to deliver this vital training. It is important we all do what we can to help combat COVID-19 and the vaccination volunteers who have stepped forward are truly inspirational.
“Throughout the pandemic we have seen this with our own students and staff who have volunteered on the NHS frontline, supported COVID testing, donated PPE and raised funds.
“We can all play a part – around one in three people with COVID-19 has no symptoms and so I would encourage the local community to make use of our on-campus Swabbing Centre and book a test.”
To book a lateral flow test at LRV visit https://www.stoke.gov.uk/bookacovid19test.