HERE
TO
HELP:
Interview with Fiona from
the Red Cross
By Joanna, Maciek and Jurgita from
ESOL 2
J: Can you tell us about any previous
emergency you helped with?
F: Yes, I recently helped an old man who
fell on the pavement; he landed smack
down on his face. He broke his nose and
his glasses had cut his face. We needed
to get an ambulance for him. His wife
was there and she was all distressed so
like we were saying earlier, we had to
keep her calm making sure that she was
all right. Somebody phoned for the
ambulance for me. The ambulance
appeared and they took him off. His
nose was broken, but he had a really
good recovery and it was nice just to be
there for him. It is not always life saving,
sometimes it’s - little things that people
need help with.
J: How do you become a Red Cross
worker?
On
Wednesday 5th of February a
trainer from the Red Cross came to
speak to ESOL 2 and 3 and give them
some training on how to help people in
an emergency. Those who attended
the training sessions received a
certificate. Joanna Kuc, Maciej Kuc
and Jurgita Jasmontiene
Interviewed Fiona about her experiences
J: Why do you volunteer with Red
Cross?
F: I started to volunteer because I had
time to spare and I wanted to do
something. Now I do this because I love
it.
J: What do you like the best about
your work?
F: I love coming out and meeting people.
Meeting people like you today is great.
F: You give us a ring or go on e-mail to
us and tell us that you are interested.
We will bring you in. We will have an
interview with you, and find out what part
of Red Cross will be best for you. We do
a lot of things everyday first aid, event
first aid which is when people go f.e: on
football matches or concerts, we go to
people’s homes to look after them on
them own: We do all sorts of different
things, and we would find out which of
our roles will match best with your skills
or see what new skills you would like to
learn to work in with what we have got to
offer.
J: Do you have
qualifications?
to
have
any
F: No qualifications are required. If you
want to be an event first aider we will
train you up to the level you will need to