End of the Financial Year on a high

The Bull Inn and Restaurant at Woolpit, Bury St Edmunds have recently donated £200 after a succesful period of Quiz nights and raffles, our thanks to the licencee and all the patrons popular pub. This final addition to the accunts for 2006/07 brings the total contributions to the scheme to £13,764.55.
The Responder Manager is extremely grateful to those faithful members of the scheme that continually help out at these events and further publicise the Charity in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
Thank you all.

Royal Antediluvian Order of the Buffaloes

Various lodges of the RAOB have provided generous support in 2007, pictured here is Frank Mason of the Bury St Edmunds Lodge presenting a training AED to ther Honington team. The Gipping Lodge also provided financial supoport to ensure our equipment is maintained.
The Honington team would like to thank the RAOB for their continuing support to the scheme.

Thanks to Charlotte

On Sunday the 6th May 2007 Kings Lynn streets came to a stand-still for a few hours during the morning whilst the Annual 10km Great East Anglian Run took place. With the weather being slightly overcast, ideal for runners, the masses moved into Kings Lynn to cheer and support the 1800 or so runners taking part in this annual event. For one such entrant, 16 year old Charlotte Clarke (Student from KES School) this was her first run and she had decided to use it to raise funds for Marham First Response Team.
For Charlotte, she had a special reason for raising funds for Marham First Response as several years previous her younger sister Jessica fell ill at home, a '999' call was made and the team from Marham were dispatched by ambulance control to attend. In arriving several minutes before an ambulance arrived they were able to obtain a history of what had happened, obtained a full set of ob's and more importantly calm and reassure Jessica and her family.
Charlottes effort is all the more remarkable as she does carry and in emergencies have to use an Inhaler, she also suffers from heart palpitations and under the advice from the hospital she also has to watch her blood sugars. Despite this Charlottes determination saw her run the 10km in a time of 50 minutes and in the process raising in excess of £400:00.
Marham First Response would like to collectively thank Charlotte & her family for the support in this remarkable fund-raising effort. The funds will go to replace vital life saving equipment that the team carry whilst voluntarily operating in and around the county of West Norfolk.

Honington Thrift Shop Contributes Again

The Thrift shop at RAF Honington has again donated a further £1000 to the charity.  The team would like to thank the Officer In Charge and the team that provide this important community facility for their continuing support for the Honington team.  On average the ladies in the shop help to raise £1500 per year toward important equipment that allows the team to provide support to the local Ambulance Service.

Latest fundraising (Feb 07)

Early 2007 has seen an outstanding start to the fundraising efforts of the scheme in the East of England, supporters have provided us with a total of £4357.98.  This has been the result of some hard work by the fundraising representatives over the last few months organising events throughout East Anglia or even Iraq.
 

On Thursday 22 Feb 07 members of the the Honington team went to the Tesco supermarket in Bury St Edmunds and successfully raised £631 whilst also publicising the charity to the local community.  As well as the generous donation from the Round Table detailed below, the Honington Track day in Sep 2006 has finally netted a donation of £1846.53.  Naomi Smith, a Honington Responder recently returned from operational duty in Iraq, used a Karaoke Event in theatre to raise a total of 224.54, apparently bullying personnel to sing.  Finally, since the new year £250 was received from Myers Communications as a result of some charity advertising on a Motorcycle Forum Website by one of the Honington team.

Marham have recently completed a fundraising event at Roy's of Dereham to also publicise the Charity in Norfolk.  This helped to raise a total of £877.12 along with some charity boxes strategically located around the local area.

We are continually astonished by the level of support that we receive from the local communities of Suffolk and Norfolk.

Round Table, Bury St Edmunds

The Round Table organisation offers opportunities to extend a persona interest in a relaxed and fun atmosphere, meeting new friends and taking part in new and interesting activities.
The table at Bury St Edmunds is a relatively small group of local gentlemen dedicated to increasing the profile of the Round Table whilst having fun and helping their local community.

Every year the Round Table of Bury St Edmunds organises the spectacular fireworks display held in the Abbey Gardens.  The work of this dedicated team provides the local people with a magnificent display in the splendid location of the Cathedral and it's gardens, whilst also raising funds for the local community causes and charities.

On Wednesday 17 Jan 07, the CRM and his deputy were invited to a pleasant evening in the company of the Round Table members at a presentation event in their BSE meeting hall. Along with several other worthy charities from the area the team were presented with a cheque for £500. This is the second such donation in the time that the team has been operational and the support of organisations from our community, such as the Round Table, is always greatly appreciated.

Latest fundraising (Dec 06)

During this financial year (YE 31 May 07) the scheme in the East of England has continued to help raise funds for extra equipment, to sustain the Charity headquarters and new schemes.
Honington have raised £3751.26 at different events including the supermarket collection below, Culford School held a non-uniform day raising a total of £330, a great effort which is much appreciated.

On Friday 15 Dec 06 the Honington team went to the Sainsbury's supermarket in Bury St Edmunds in order to publicise the support provided to the East of England Ambulance Service and try to raise additional funds for the Charity. With the great support of the customers of Sainsbury's the team managed to collect a total of £767.04, we would like to thank the customers and staff for their support and allowing us to use their facilities.

Marham have continued to receive support from around the Station and local area with a total of £1235.35, the Marham village bowls club and Downham Market Young Farmers have donated a total of £1185.35, some of which will be used to purchase a Laerdal Suction Unit used to suction the airway of unconscious casualties.

Both teams have also had pledges from both RAF Stations as a result of Track Days held for the local community, using the runway and peri-tracks to provide a race circuit.

Mayor of Kings Lynn

RAF Marham's First Response team has been presented with a new First Response vehicle by West Norfolk Mayor Councillor Trevor Manley. Mr Manley chose the team as his official charity during his mayoral year, which ends next month. So far, nearly £20,000 has been raised towards buying and equipping the vehicle. Councillor Manley hopes this year's Mayor's Ball, on Friday 5 May 2006 will boost the total by another £2,000.

About £16,500 has been used to purchase a Honda CRV Sport through the East Anglian Ambulance Trust. Councillor Manley said the same type of vehicle was used by the Trust's paramedics.

The balance of the money raised will be spent on converting the car and fitting extras including flashing blue lights, specialist medical equipment and satellite navigation.

Councillor Manley said funds had been raised in a variety of ways, including a craft fair, race night and fashion show. A Gilbert and Sullivan evening was organised in Hunstanton and the Downham Swing Orchestra, led by Cy Payne, held a concert.

Adrian Flux Insurance supported the appeal through a "cash for quotes" scheme which raised nearly £1,500. Each insurance quote requested using a dedicated line earned £5 for the charity.

A Nelson Country sponsored walk by Lynn Ramblers' Association was supported by about 75 people. The walk was organised by Mr Allan Jones and raised more than £4,000.

Councillor Manley said: "I would like to thank my fundraising committee for all their hard work and the people of West Norfolk for being so generous."

RAF Marham First Response is manned by trained volunteers and provides essential cover for ambulance stations throughout Norfolk. Helpers may also be called out to treat patients until an ambulance arrives.

RAF Honington Charities Committee

The charities committee has supported the Honington team on a number of occasions, assisting in the purchase of the vehicle Satellite Navigation system, a replacement Automated External Defibrillator and recently a sphygmomanometer used for the measurement of Blood Pressure (BP)..

>El Alemein Flt, Training Wing, RAF Honington

Every Trainee Gunner course passing through RAF Honington must carry out some form of community service or Charity fundraising during the course.  El Alemein Flt travelled to RAF Marham in order to do a sponsored Tornado Pull, in the process the trainees managed to coerce family, friends, colleagues and instructors to part with in excess of £1200 which was used to purchase a newly programmed Automated External Defibrillator.

RAF Honington Thrift Shop

he RAF Honington Thrift shop is actively raising funds for the central charity, on average they provide a support of £1500 per year.

British Heart Foundation

The aim of the British Heart Foundation is to play a leading role in the fight against disease of the heart and circulation so that it is no longer a major cause of disability and premature death.

The BHF is the largest independent funder of heart research in the UK. They play an important role in funding education, reaching the public and health professionals.

And they provide life-saving cardiac equipment and support for rehabilitation and patient care. The Bhf provided the initial defibrillators supplied in order to start the scheme.  The foundation are actively encouraging the placement of defibrillators public areas, such as shopping centres, airports and raileway stations.