What is a Community First Responder (CFR)?

CFRs volunteer with the ambulance service and aim to reach 999 emergencies in their local community in the vital few minutes before the ambulance crew arrives. Their role ranges from initiating life-saving CPR, to delivering oxygen, to reassuring and comforting a patient when they need it most.

What makes Leeds Student Community First Responders (LSCFR) different?

The role of a student CFR has been purpose-built around the schedule of those studying at university. Our criteria for responders is modified, and also all the benefits of being part of a uni university society are included!

We volunteer in pairs, connecting you with a variety of your people from across the university.

We also have a great social calendar, catering to drinkers and non-drinkers alike, and we also run exciting hands-on events to brush up on your medical skills and learn new things; in the past we have teamed up with the Police, Mountain Rescue, and Emergency Medicine doctors.

We are one of the most flexible volunteering opportunities you will come across, and joining LSCFR is a great way to use some of your spare time at uni to meet new people, have fun, and also give back to the community at the same time. Great for some pre-hospital medicine experience too!