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A decision made (23 October 2009) regarding: Community Safety Fund - Award of Grant - St. John Ambulance.

Decision Reference: MD-T-2009-0096
Decision Summary Title :	Community Safety Fund – Award Of Grant – St John Ambulance		Date of Decision Summary:	16 October 2009
Decision Summary Author:	Head of DVS & Inspector of Motor Traffic		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Community Safety Fund – Award Of Grant – St John Ambulance		Date of Written Report:	16 October 2009
Written Report Author:	Head of DVS & Inspector of Motor Traffic		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Community Safety Fund – Award Of Grant – St John Ambulance
Decision(s): The Minister approved a grant of £16,984 to St John Ambulance to purchase an inflatable first aid tent, equipment and trailer.
Reason(s) for Decision: To support an important voluntary first aid service.
Resource Implications: Following approval of this grant, £101,480 remains in the Fund.
Action required: Sum to be disbursed to the relevant organisation.
Signature:		Position:
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Community Safety Fund - Award of Grant - St. John Ambulance

TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES

COMMUNITY SAFETY FUND – AWARD OF GRANT

Purpose of the Report

To consider a recent application for a grant from the Community Safety Fund.

Background

Arrangements for considering applications for and awarding grants from the Community Safety Fund, for small but important initiatives, have previously been approved under MD-T-2007-0058, MD-T-2007-0112 and MD-T-2009-0069.

The criteria approved for considering applications and awarding grants are:-

The proposal should be beneficial to the community at large;
For one off items of expenditure directly related to community safety;
Island based;
For proposals that would significantly enhance or raise awareness on community safety and for which there is no or insufficient public funding;
A maximum interim award of £20,000 per project.

Discussion

A further application has been received for a grant from the Community Safety Fund, as outlined below.

Organisation	Amount Requested	Purpose
St John Ambulance	£16,984	Inflatable First Aid Tent, Equipment and Trailer

St John Ambulance attends many large events where it needs to establish a large first aid post. Normally this is set up in a marquee hired for each event. The marquee is not divided internally, causing problems with patient privacy and often there is insufficient light nor does the marquee stand out to show the public where the first aid post is located. Purchasing an inflatable tent and equipment would provide better facilities at emergency incidents when St John Ambulance supports the States Ambulance Service in accordance with a recently agreed memorandum of understanding.

St John Ambulance having this equipment would benefit the community in a number of other ways, including:-

Saving organisers of events erecting a marquee for St John Ambulance to use as a first aid post.
St John Ambulance would be self contained and have all of its requirements within the trailer available for early response to incidents and events.
The inflatable will be more visible and easily recognisable to the public giving them access to first aid services quicker, while raising the profile of St John Ambulance at these events.
A safer working environment for volunteers and patients.
Use by Emergency Services at major incidents.

In 2008, St John Ambulance attended at 155 public duties, gave over 27,000 volunteer hours and treated 242 patients of which 90 were transferred to Hospital. St John Ambulance does not receive States funding.

The application meets the criteria and sufficient funds remain available in the Community Safety Fund.

Recommendation

The Minister is recommended to award a grant of £16,984 to St John Ambulance to purchase an inflatable first aid tent, equipment and trailer.

Reason(s) for Decision

To support an important voluntary first aid service.

Action Required

Subject to the Minister approving the grant, the sum to be disbursed to the relevant organisation.

Written by:	Head of Driver and Vehicle Standards

Approved by:	Director of Transport