YAS CFR, Richmond Community First Responders

05/12/2025

I want to thank all Volunteer Community First Responders in Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust and all nhs.uk Volunteers.

Lee
CFR Team Leader
North Yorkshire &
The Yorkshire Dales

01/12/2025

Welcome to another 7, new North Yorkshire Volunteer Community First Responders with Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust .

Covering The Dales, Leyburn, Bedale, Northallerton and Catterick.

This course was made greater by a good friend and Ex senior Fire Officer, who is following in his Sons footsteps being on course and now supporting his community.

28/11/2025

We're hiring Ambulance Support Workers in North and East Yorkshire.

We are looking for people who are confident, caring, compassionate and hard-working; you will be as passionate as we are about making a positive difference to the people of Yorkshire.

An Ambulance Support Worker responds to emergency calls alongside a paramedic, helping them to provide patients with potentially life-saving care and, where needed, getting patients to hospital.

Apply: https://www.yas.nhs.uk/join-our-team/current-vacancies/ #!/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/East_North_Yorkshire/Yorkshire_Ambulance_Service_NHS_Trust/Ambulance_Support_Worker/Ambulance_Support_Worker-v7622815?_ts=172

26/11/2025

Best pre sales Ever for Brass for YAS.

3 weeks 3 days to go!!!

Get your tickets before they are all gone!

lofthouse2000brass@gmail.com

Lofthouse 2000 Brass for YAS concerts have been a fantastic success over the last few years raising several thousand pounds to support both our friends at Yorkshire Ambulance Service Charity along with supporting the overheads of running a brass band. This years Christmas Concert is on the 20th Dece...

25/11/2025

25/11/2025

🌧️ If it ain’t raining, it ain’t training! 🌧️
Real-life emergencies don’t happen in classrooms, they happen anywhere. That’s why our newest North Community First Responders (CFRs) are out in the field, learning to save lives where it matters most. Anywhere!
Soon, these amazing volunteers will be supporting YOUR community.

Could that be YOU?
✅ Just 20 hours a month
✅ No waiting by the phone, carry on with life!
✅ If the call comes, you respond under normal driving conditions and make a difference.

Schemes currently running in:
Bedale • Brompton on Swale • Carperby • Catterick Garrison • Gilling West • Hutton Rugby • Leyburn • Middleton Tyas • Northallerton • RAF Leeming • 2 Dales (Reeth) • Richmond • Stokesley
…and we’re expanding!

We want CFR bags in Hawes, Scorton, and Masham—and maybe YOUR village next!
All we need is two interested people to start the conversation.
💚 Ready to help save lives in your community?
Drop us a message today and find out how YOU can become a Community First Responder.
https://www.yas.nhs.uk/.../community-first-responders/
YAS CFR Forum

11/11/2025

Christmas is coming ...... Ho Ho Ho

Brass for YAS is back and tickets for our Christmas Spectacular on 20th December are now available from our online shop! The band will be playing a full set with …

04/11/2025

Its a good job I have a Face for Radio!!!

Thanks to Robbie Burns of BFBS Radio Catterick https://www.bfbs.com/ for inviting me in to talk about Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Volunteer Community First Responders.

29/10/2025

🐑 More Sheep Than People…
But That’s Why We Need You! 🚑
Join Yorkshire Ambulance Service as a Volunteer Community First Responder in North Yorkshire & The Yorkshire Dales
North Yorkshire is the largest geographical area in Yorkshire, Vast, Beautiful, and Remote.
But despite its size, it has one of the lowest volunteer counts in our department.
That’s not because people don’t care, it’s because it’s harder to reach them.
In fact, the sheep-to-human ratio here is higher than anywhere else in Yorkshire!
🐑👤 Yet, our volunteers in this region consistently deliver some of the highest hours of service across the county. Their dedication is unmatched, however, to support every community, especially in the most rural corners, we need to double our volunteer Community First Responder numbers.
Next month, I’ll be running the largest CFR training course since I joined YAS in 2022.
While other areas regularly host large courses, this is a big moment for North Yorkshire — and we want YOU to be part of it.
💚 Do you have 20 hours a month available to be on Call?
If you live in North Yorkshire or The Yorkshire Dales and want to make a real difference in your community, this is your chance to:
• 🚨 Respond to emergency calls, many times before an ambulance arrives
• 🫶 Provide life-saving care and reassurance
• 🏞 Support your neighbours in some of Yorkshire’s most remote areas
📍 No medical experience needed — just a willingness to Learn (4 Day Course) – Help - Respond.
Apply today and become a vital part of the YAS family.
Together, we can make sure no community is left behind — no matter how far out they are.
https://www.yas.nhs.uk/.../community-first-responders/
Please feel free to Share this poster, Print and Display and Support your Ambulance Service.

02/10/2025

It's Christmas

Please help this year, be the best yet for our charity.

Any help spreading the word of the event, displaying this poster, in shops or on your social media, finding companies to place an ad in the programme or supply raffle prizes, would also be a big help.

Ads are
1/4 page £40
1/2 Page £60
Full Page £100

as well as the space in the programme they will get mentioned on the bands social media.

Tickets are selling already, so if you want to come don't miss out. if you cant come, please just share away.

https://lofthouse2000brassband.sumupstore.com/product/brass-for-yas-xmas-2025-concert

Many thanks

Lee Whitworth
CDT North

Lofthouse 2000 Brass for YAS concerts have been a fantastic success over the last few years raising several thousand pounds to support both our friends at Yorkshire Ambulance Service Charity along with supporting the overheads of running a brass band. This years Christmas Concert is on the 20th Dece...