Service Organisations

What is a Community First Responder (CFR)?

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 are able to attend the scene of an emergency within a few minutes, and often before the emergency service arrives. They are able to offer life-saving first aid further increasing the patient’s chances of survival.

SECAmb currently has more than 400 CFRs spread across Kent, Surrey and Sussex and north east Hampshire. Our CFRs attend roughly 20,000 emergency calls per year of which were categorised more than 10,000 are categorised as life-threatening including more than 1,000 of which are cardiac/respiratory arrest calls.

Could you be a Community First Responder?

Applications are received online, through the NHS Jobs site. Please keep checking this page to see when the next advertisement is open, or alternatively you can create your own role search on NHS jobs https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/ to receive an email notification.

We hold selection interviews and the screening process comprises a Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS), professional references and health clearance. We provide all the training that you will need, covering the Community First Responder scope of practice, but it’s also important that every year you undertake our online modules including infection prevention and control, safeguarding adults and children and information governance. It’s a challenging but very rewarding role and we’re there to support you at every step of this journey.

What is the RMTEA?

The Rural & Market Towns Economic Alliance (RMTEA) is a new business-led partnership bringing together the rural and market towns of Billingshurst, Pulborough, Storrington, Steyning and Henfield.

Its purpose is to strengthen collaboration, champion shared economic priorities, and support sustainable, long-term growth across the south of Horsham District.

The RMTEA will bring together businesses, community partners and local authorities to help shape a stronger, more resilient rural economy.

Objectives:

Make our village centre more attractive to our potential customers, and increase the foot-fall for all businesses.

Build recognition of Storrington as a destination worth visiting: turn through traffic into customers, and attract new visitors.

To promote and sustain Storrington as a vibrant setting in which residents, traders and visitors achieve a positive experience.

Storrington Community Speedwatch is a partnership between the Police, Parish and County Councils and local volunteers. Our purpose is to monitor traffic speeds and to encourage drivers to drive responsibly and safely.

If you are a resident over 18 and would like to help us make Storrington a safer, quieter and less polluted place to live, e-mail your name and phone number to:
storrcsw18@yahoo.com