Jill
Appearances
The Planet Reigate Podcast
55: Stories from Run Reigate runners as they crossed the finish line, the big Redhill Arts Takeover week… and more
Yeah.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
55: Stories from Run Reigate runners as they crossed the finish line, the big Redhill Arts Takeover week… and more
We've been training since May for this. Alice is only 13, so she's done an amazing job today. And kept me going as well. We helped each other through that. The last hill, definitely. It's really steep. That last hill is, yeah, it's like nothing else. We come from Mercedon, yeah.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
55: Stories from Run Reigate runners as they crossed the finish line, the big Redhill Arts Takeover week… and more
I did it in 2021, but it was Alice's first time.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
55: Stories from Run Reigate runners as they crossed the finish line, the big Redhill Arts Takeover week… and more
Yeah, we're hoping to do the 10k at some point. It's amazing. She was talking about this at the beginning of the race and she's still talking about it at the end. So, yeah, no, that's always a good sign.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
My name's Jill Twombly and I'm St John Ambulance, which I've enjoyed doing. I mean, it's not like work, you know, you've got to do it, but it's my hobby, as I can say.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
It's 60 years this year.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
Well, I started off as a president of Redhill Cadets, the then cadet officer of the county for the nursing cadets, the girls, because the girls and the boys were separated then. She said to me, when are you going to come and help me out by doing the county? And I said, yes, I will at the right time. And in those days, we did a lot of training with the police in Redhill again.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
And she said, I'll take you around the county visiting all the young people. And then she did this and then she said, I'm retiring next week. I was in it. Didn't have a choice. But it's been fun. No, it's lovely. It's a lovely organisation. And then I became a deputy commissioner for youth. And then what did I do next? Gosh, such a long time ago. I became a deputy commissioner for the county.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
And the commissioner was commuting between Yorkshire and here for his work. And I thought, well, I'm really not doing anything. So I said, please, can I go back and look after the youth? because he gave me a job. And I took over from him when he'd done his six years. It's a lovely organisation. The people are lovely. I've loved it. I love meeting the people. That's me. I'm a people person.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
So you get to know them, you visit them, and you become friends with them.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
Yes, particularly we help the ambulance side and the older cadets are working in hospitals, you know, for the weekend.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
I find that it's a certain type of person. They're a very caring sort of person and love being around people. And also they have to work hard because getting your first aid certificate isn't a matter of just reading a book and saying, I've done it. They have to be tested. The young people are doing more and more work.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
of the type of work that the adults are doing on duty mind you they are trained for it so and then most of those will go on to nursing or medicine it's lovely seeing them come back and they're they're a doctor or something and when we do the derby you get a lot of doctors will come back and help us and they're ex-cadets so you know which is lovely
The Planet Reigate Podcast
45: Awards for 700+ years of local volunteering… and more
I love these occasions, actually, because just the number of people here. It's nice to see some Redhill and Hawley, Reigate and Banstead.