Crieff Community First Responders

23/03/2026

Good Afternoon all,

Our trained First Responders are just around the corner from getting out in the local community of Crieff!

As we are a charity we rely solely on community funding, grants, donations and the help of volunteers in order to operate. If you would like to support us is any way with volunteering please send us a message or email [email protected]. If you would like to make a donation our just giving page can now be found via the link below.

https://checkout.justgiving.com/c/3780720

We are truly grateful for your continued support and look forward to supporting Crieff as a community 😊

Anything you can give will make a huge difference!

21/02/2026

A huge milestone for the Crieff Community First Responders today! 🎉

The Scottish Ambulance Service have officially started training for our community responders, it will not be long now before you see us out and about in the community!

Our responders are joined by others from Aberfeldy, Arbroath and Brechin for training this weekend. A huge thank you to them all for volunteering their free time in order to keep their community safe 😊

05/12/2025

Hello all 👋

We're looking to hold our first meeting/training night in January for our community first responders in January. This is more to get familiar with each other before the official SAS training weekends with Neil Hardy. This meeting will be for those that have had a PVG/disclosure check carried out only.

Please let me know which of the following dates works for you:
Tuesday 20th of January
Wednesday 21st of January
Thursday 22nd if January

The meeting should be held at the Crieff Community Hospital day unit (availability dependant) at the usual time of 6.30pm - 7.30pm.

SAS training weekends:

Neil has suggested the following weekends for the official training:
21st and 22nd of February
28th of February and the 1st of March

Please get in touch if these dates do not work for you, there is a possibility for training in Blairgowrie at the end of March if required.

Any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch!

Look forward to hearing from you all,
Abigail

25/11/2025

Afternoon all,

A reminder that there is a meeting tonight for those who have applied to be a community first responder. This meeting will be for Neil to check ID for your PVG application.

Time and location:

Time: 18.30
Date: 25/11/2025
Location: Day unit room, Crieff Cottage Hospital

I look forward to seeing you there 😊

09/11/2025

**For the attention of community first responder applicants**

Following in from my precious post, I have managed to book the day unit in the cottage hospital on the 25th of November. This will be a meeting with Neil from SAS carry out a group ID check and is exclusively for those who applied to become a community first responder.

Details are as follows:

Location: day unit - crieff cottage hospital
Time: 6.30pm
Date: Tuesday the 25th of November

Please remember to bring along photo ID (passport or drving license) for Neil to check.

Look forward to seeing you then!

26/10/2025

Hello all,

For those that attended our meeting and filled out an application form to become a community first responder, Neil has asked if we are able to organise a date to carry out a group ID check in order to try and get a PVG done by Christmas.

This will mean all meeting as a group on the same night, I'll post possible dates below:

Friday the 14th of November
Wednesday the 25th of November
Thursday the 26th of November

We will look to meet in the Crieff Cottage Hospital at 18.30 on the selected date.

If you are unable to make any of the dates please give me a message or comment below.

Many thanks,
Abigail

07/10/2025

Thank you to everyone who came along tonight, it was great to meet you all in person!

If anyone was unable to attend and is still interested in getting involved please feel free to reach out 😊

07/10/2025

Good afternoon all,

a reminder that there is a meeting for the Crieff Community First Responders tonight. It will be great to meet those who can make it face-to-face!

Details for the meeting are as follows:

Date and Time:
6.30pm - 7.30pm
7th of October 2025

Location:
Day Unit
Crieff Cottage Hospital

We look forward to seeing you there 😊

03/10/2025

Hello All,

Crieff Cottage Hospital have a free space for us to carry out future meetings and training.

We have booked the space for next week to get a face to face meeting for those that have applied or are interested in becoming a community first responder. Neil Hardy from SAS will join us to answer any possible questions you may have at this time.

Details of the meeting are as follows:

Date and Time:
Tuesday the 7th of October
6.30pm - 7.30pm (we may not require the hour)

Location:
Day unit in the Crieff Cottage Hospital

We look forward to meeting some of you there 😊

02/10/2025

Good morning all,

Does anyone know of a local hall/venue in Crieff that would be willing to provide a free training space/meeting space for our responders? This would be on a monthly basis once we are operational.

Thank you in advance for any suggestions 😊