As a member of St John Ambulance I am helping to promote SJA and our "save a life september campaign". This is the 4th year it has been run wiith various activities taking place - from first ai demonstrations in shopping centers to the nationwide guerrilla style bandaging stunt.
I have taken part in the bandaging stunt to try and raise awareness of SJA in my area. My taking part consisted of Bandaging a Lamp post outside my house (on a main road):
and Bandaging the railings down by the beach with Whitehaven Light house in the distance:
Whilst I in the process of bandaging the statue a man passing by asked me what I was doing - so I told him "bandaging a statue". He then asked me why with a very puzzled look. I explianed to him that St John Ambulance are doing their Save a Life September campaign again and they have asked unit members all over the UK to place bandages an stickers on things like lamp posts, post boxes and statues in and around their town to raise awareness. He smiled (probably thinking i'm a total loony) and said he didn't know that Whitehaven had a St John Ambulance Unit. He walked off and kept looking back me!
So it has worked, it has made my unit more aware to at least 1 person. There were a few other people who walked past but didn't say anything, and I did notice after I had left they had gone to look at the bandage. I really wanted to place 1 in the center of town somewhere but being a Saturday and market day it's really busy so I wasn't brave enough to do it.
I really hope that the campaign helps raise awareness of SJA across the UK.
