YAS CFR, North Yorkshire and The Dales

05/05/2026

March’s volunteer hours blew my mind… and somehow April has surpassed them! 👏

Can we beat last year’s incredible support for Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, where Community First Responders across Yorkshire completed 228,400 volunteer hours, with 101,523 of those hours contributed by the North Area.

Over the past four years, recruitment in the North has been slow. However, over the last year this has really moved forward. North Yorkshire and The Yorkshire Dales are now supported by 79 Volunteer Community First Responders, with five more due to be interviewed this week.

Could you commit to a minimum of 20 hours a month, being at the end of the phone on call to help your community in an emergency?

If the answer is yes, why not take a look at becoming a Volunteer Community First Responder.

🚨 Please note: Recruitment is currently on hold in central Northallerton and Stokesley.

✅ All other areas are open, including and everything in between, Great Ayton, Arkengarthdale, Masham, RAF Leeming, and all surrounding villages.

Come and help us save lives within YOUR community ❤️

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03/05/2026

Set up and ready for our next North Yorkshire and The Yorkshire Dales intake of Volunteer Community First Responders.

Massive thanks to
The support of North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service Colburn Station for the use of their venue, supporting Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

27/04/2026

We have had lots of people request the link to apply please note this link closes on the 30th April, if you haven't applied by then you will need to request a new Link for Mays TRAC.

If you have any questions about being a CFR feel free to messages us via this page.

22/04/2026

It is an honour to be the CFR Team Leader for North Yorkshire and The Yorkshire Dales.

This month so far is over 2000 volunteer hours, but look at our year so far!!

Blown away and very proud of Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust Volunteer Community First Responders

19/04/2026

14/04/2026

Our latest CFR Course has finished and we now have another 4 Volunteer Community First Responders ready to support their communities.

Thanks to Team Leader Linda who supported Day 4 and all active CFRs who support new CFR training, especially Jamie's from Stokesley Scheme who supported multiple days of this course.

12/04/2026

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01/04/2026

Aprils recruitment is OPEN

Community First Responders (CFRs) are volunteers who are trained to provide support to patients in the vital first few minutes of an emergency until our ambulance crew arrives.

Collectively, our CFR volunteers attend an average of 1,500 patients every month!

Would you like to change people’s lives, including your own? Volunteer with us!

Visit the link in the comments. ⬇️

30/03/2026

Want to know more about volunteer opportunities with Yorkshire Ambulance Service? Take a look on our new website dedicated to volunteers.

27/03/2026

3 Days left to apply This month.

15/03/2026

Day 1 of March's course, thanks to Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service for the use of their training venue.

Its amazing how moving out of the classroom, to a different room can change so much, yet this is valuable training ensuring CFRs are confident to respond with in their communities.

Ensuring they consolidated all they had learnt on Day1 of their 4 Day CFR course.

North is always hard to recruit due to grass, sheep and fields upon fields, these last few months we have had a steady flow of new volunteers. Sadly, this month has seen a lull.

Do you have 20 hours you could be on call ready to respond if needed?

Could you support your communities in their hours of need?

We will give you a 4Day, course (over weekends)

On Line eLearning package.

dedicated Team Leader to look after you.

https://forms.office.com/r/6A96PbhpfY