The cadet programme plays a huge role in developing the next generations of health professionals, volunteers and lifesavers. Last year, more than 2,000 young Cadets provided 55,000 hours of lifesaving first aid and care alongside adult St John volunteers. 

Mollie is a volunteer at St John’s Dorchester Cadet unit and has already passed courses, including cadet leader and three subjects for the Grand Prior Award, the highest award available to St John cadets. She supports younger cadets during first aid scenarios to help them gain this essential knowledge and has also supported Badgers in their sessions.  

Outside St John, Mollie enjoys watching musical theatre, including Hamilton and Six, and is also into studio photography, taking images that show individualism in a person and how everyone is different in their own way. 

Mollie said: “Being selected as St John’s regional cadet of the year for the south west genuinely means the world to me. I am very passionate about St John, and I view the organisation as my second home and my second family. St John has brought me from a place where I was quiet and shy to a place where I feel like I belong and can be myself. I would love to show cadets how this charity can change you and make you find your place in life, just as I did. I’m very proud to be here and I look forward to the year to come”. 

“My aims for the next 12 months are to strengthen communication within the districts and regions, so Cadets and even Badgers know about the wider community involved with St John.” 

Adam Darley, Headteacher, said “Everyone at The Purbeck School would like to congratulate her for such an impressive performance and I look forward to seeing the positive impact she can make. Mollie has shown determination, wide-ranging knowledge and exceptional ability throughout this selection event and thoroughly deserves her title as regional cadet of the year. Well done.”