Recognising Humanity

The Order of St John is British Royal Order of Chivalry, with the reigning Sovereign of the United Kingdom as its Sovereign Head.

At the same time, it is a major international charity with over 400,000 volunteers and staff operating in over 40 countries and territories around the world.

Some other major charities are also charter corporations and have various internal ways of recognising distinguished work, but none of them has an honours system similar to that of the Order of St John.

The primary purpose of the Order’s honours and awards system is:

to recognise the contribution which a person has made to achieving the objects or the Order;
and to provide an encouragement for members of St John and others to further their endeavours.

See below the four honour system for recognising distinguished work:

Membership of the Order

Service Medals

Life Saving Medal

Organ Donor Award

Latest

Storm Freddy returns to Malawi

All of us across the St John world were incredibly saddened to learn of the devastation that Cyclone Freddy has caused along its path – A message from our Lord Prior Prof Mark Compton
St John Ambulance take over the emergency service in Alderney

St John Ambulance and Rescue Service (SJARS) in Guernsey was appointed in October 2022 by the States of Alderney to take operational responsibility for the ambulance service in Alderney from the start of April 2023.
"Women are extremely capable, ambitious, experienced, and ready to serve and lead"

To mark International Women’s Day, on Wednesday 8 March 2023, we sat down with Sally Hasler, Dame of the Order of St John and Chair of the St John International Women’s Network.
Timor-Leste communities will receive first aid training.

St John Tasmania is to provide first aid training and basic pre-hospital health care support to disadvantaged communities on the island of Atauro in Timor-Leste.