Southwater Community Responders

31/01/2026

Earlier this month Southwater Community Responders ran an awareness session on how to use a defibrillator and administer CPR for staff and volunteers from Southwater Parish Council and Southwater Community Police Office

22/12/2025

Wishing a wonderful and healthy Christmas to our amazing supporters and friends from all at Southwater Responders.

30/10/2025

Huge thank you to all at the Southwater Art Club who have raised a fantastic £500 for the Southwater Responders. 👏👏👏

03/05/2025

SECamb are now advertising for volunteers to join CFR teams in Sussex. There is a link to the advert i below and it intended to be open until 11th May but might close earlier if there is a high level of response.

Interviews will be held at the end of May and the 4 day training programme is scheduled for September.

CFRs are volunteer members of their community who are trained to respond to emergency calls in conjunction with SECAMB. As they respond in the local areas where they live and work they may be able to attend the scene of an emergency within just a few minutes to offer life-saving help.

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has a vision to ‘support our staff to provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities’. We are rated ‘Good’ for care by the Care Quality Commission and while the other areas und...

18/12/2024

Wishing everyone a very happy and healthy Christmas and New Year!

09/07/2024

We are hiring!! If you want more information and a no-obligation chat post below or send us a direct message.

A full formal role description and link to the application form is here: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9278-24-0204?keyword=community%20first%20responder&language=en

The closing date is 21st July but applications may close early if there is a high volume of response.

01/04/2024

The latest annual cardiac arrest report from South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (covering March 2022 - April 2023) shows that thanks to the public, control room staff, volunteers, ambulance crews, blue-light partners and hospital teams, 271 people were alive 30 days after their cardiac arrest.

Would you know what to do? See below for details:

Our latest annual cardiac arrest report (covering March 2022 - April 2023) shows that thanks to the public, control room staff, volunteers, ambulance crews, blue-light partners and hospital teams, 271 people were alive 30 days after their cardiac arrest. 💔⏩💚

Read more here: https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/annual-cardiac-arrest-report/

Bystander CPR and the use of a defibrillator are both key to improving survivor rates. Would you know what to do?
Book a life-saving course near you today or spend 15 mins on the British Heart Foundation's RevivR app -https://bit.ly/4abxOlN

26/03/2024

Over the 2023 Easter weekend, our 111 service received 1,317 calls regarding prescriptions. 📞

This Easter, we're asking that you do your bit and order and collect any prescriptions ahead of time so that you are prepared for the bank holiday weekend. 🐣

For more information, please contact your local GP practice.

23/03/2024

It's back! Nick and all the Responders say, "Thank you to Balal & Chris at the Hen & Chicken for sorting out the relocation of the defibrillator cabinet. It is all back up and running again and SECAmb have been informed."

13/03/2024

One or two of our eagle-eyed residents have spotted some work going on at the Hen and Chicken, meaning the defibrillator is temporarily out of action. Never fear: it is just being moved to a different part of the building – nearer the front - because of the new path they have put in. They are just waiting for an electrician to do the installation. It is marked as out of service on The Circuit (a national database of all the public access defibs in the UK) so the ambulance service are aware.
Thank you to all our good neighbours who are keeping an eye on our precious defibrillators. :-)

22/02/2024

Can't get an emergency GP appointment?
Did you know there are seven common conditions that your pharmacist can now provide some prescription medicines for, if necessary, without you seeing your GP first?
Think pharmacy first.