Anglia Lift Off Issue 40 Autumn 2015

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Issue 40 Autumn 2015

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Contents Golfer’s grateful thanks

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New Trustee appointed

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Duke of Cambridge joins team

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Training flying doctors

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Missions flown

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Tea @ 1500

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Your fundraising

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Events to support

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Generous Golden couple

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New lottery scratchcard

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Tough challenge launched

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Airlift prompts 100 mile cycle

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Making a will

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Contact Us

Your regional fundraiser: North Cambridgeshire/West Norfolk – Chris Donaldson 94 Culley Court, Orton Southgate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE2 6WA 01733 367208 / christopher.donaldson@eaaa.org.uk South Cambridgeshire – Barbara McGee Melbourn Science Park, Cambridge Road, Melbourn, SG8 6EE 01763 262697 / barbara.mcgee@eaaa.org.uk Suffolk – Nigel Donkin Whitehouse Distribution Centre, Whitehouse Road, Ipswich IP1 5NX 01473 745007 / nigel.donkin@eaaa.org.uk Norfolk – Holly Lambert Hangar E, Gambling Close, Norwich Airport, Norwich NR6 6EG 01603 489406 / holly.lambert@eaaa.org.uk Bedfordshire – Kay Marter Unit 1 Water End Barns, Eversholt, Nr Woburn, Bedfordshire, MK17 9EA 01525 718517 / kay.marter@eaaa.org.uk General enquiries: 0845 066 9999 Website: eaaa.org.uk Email: info@eaaa.org.uk Lottery: lottery@eaaa.org.uk

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Welcome Our charity teams across East Anglia have been very busy this summer attending a wide range of events organised by supporters and groups in aid of EAAA. We have seen people running, cycling, swimming enjoying tea parties, hosting stalls and jumping out of aircraft to raise funds for this lifesaving cause. And behind the scenes I am very pleased to report on behalf of our Trustees that we have appointed a new member to our Board.

Major General Sir William Cubitt joins as Chairman-elect and in due course will lead the charity through its next stage of development. More about his appointment is on page 6.

This summer saw an unusual focus on the charity when HRH The Duke of Cambridge joined our team of pilots.

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Cover picture: The Duke of Cambridge joins EAAA (see page 8)

Like all our highly-skilled pilots who work with us through our helicopter provider, Bond Air Services, The Duke of Cambridge is with us to perform a vital role that enables our lifesaving service to operate. We understand that there will be more public interest about our service as a result but we hope that the people of East Anglia will always allow him and our other crew members respect and space to do their job at an emergency.

Of course this is usually what we have seen from our supporters in the last 15 years when the helicopters are called out.

A number of our supporters have already been in touch with us asking if we can pass on messages to The Duke of Cambridge. Unfortunately we are unable to do this through any of our charity staff or offices and respectfully ask that such requests are not put to our staff please.

Meanwhile, our fundraising effort remains as critical as ever. Our teams across the four counties are working hard to ensure

Our teams across the four counties are working hard to ensure that we have the resources to remain at the forefront of helicopter emergency medical service provision.

that we have the resources to remain at the forefront of helicopter emergency medical service provision.

We have a lot of exciting events in the weeks ahead and if you received this magazine in the post you’ll find details of some closer to you inside the address sheet. We are very grateful to those who ordered Christmas cards from the last issue – these are still available, details on page 15. We also had a wonderful response to our summer draw and the winners are listed on page 7.

Your support and interest in our work has meant thousands of people in this region have received the help they needed at a most critical time. Thank you for taking the time to read this issue. Together, we save lives.

Patrick Peal Chief Executive

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Golfer Glyn’s airlift from tournament Golf enthusiast Glyn Bishop says he owes his life to his team mates and the clinicians who treated him after he collapsed while playing in a tournament at Gorleston in Norfolk last November.

Glyn was in a team of four from his club, Rookery Park, which is close to his Lowestoft home, taking part in an alliance competition against other local clubs. They were at the 18th hole and hopeful of a prize. But as they considered the next shot Glyn suddenly collapsed in cardiac arrest.

He said: “I don’t remember anything about the day – not even being given a lift to the course in a friend’s new car which I was really looking forward to.

I was very lucky in many ways though – first of all one of the team had been in the fire service so he knew first aid and was able to immediately take control and organise people to raise the alarm.

“Secondly two ambulances arrived within minutes, both were only less than a mile away when the call came through and of course the air ambulance was able to fly me to hospital in Norwich for specialist treatment.”

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At the course Glyn was given five shocks from a defibrillator and adrenaline to get his heart beating again. EAAA doctor Marcel Rigaud and critical care paramedic Neil Flowers were able to continue treatment in the helicopter.

Glyn was in hospital for just over two weeks, during which time he had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator fitted which can help regulate the heart’s rhythm. After a couple of initial minor setbacks Glyn has made a good recovery and is now playing golf again.

This summer he took part in an annual charity tournament held by Halesworth Golf Club. The event raised more than £14,500. The organisers of this event have supported EAAA for a number of years and while Glyn had a closer connection to the charity than many participants, we are very grateful to all

“The care I received from everyone from the ambulance crews, air ambulance and the hospital was phenomenal.”

who supported and contributed to this year’s competition.

Meanwhile, Glyn has also been reunited with the medics who helped save his life. He met members of the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) who had treated him on the golf course and later visited Norwich Airport to meet the EAAA team too.

Glyn said: “The care I received from everyone from the ambulance crews, air ambulance and the hospital was phenomenal. They are incredible and dedicated professionals and it was a very humbling experience to meet them. It was so nice to be able to shake their hands and thank them.”

A partnership with England Golf has seen EEAST install defibrillators at a number of golf clubs in our region.

Halesworth is one of those to receive one, along with Bungay and Waveney Valley whose members were taking part in the same competition when Glyn was taken ill. In total 10 clubs in Cambridgeshire, nine in Bedfordshire and seven each in Norfolk and Suffolk have installed defibrillators as part of the scheme. EEAST said that the placement of defibrillators at golf clubs will be particularly beneficial because of the high volume of people that use them and their rural locations. Staff at the participating clubs have also been given training to use them.

Glyn with Neil Flowers, Dr Marcel Rigaud and Captain Neil Waller at Norwich Airport

The scene at Gorleston when Glyn collapsed – our regular yellow Anglia One helicopter was undergoing routine maintenance

Glyn back at the golf course with some of those who helped save his life

The team behind the Halesworth EAAA Golf Day who helped raise over £14,500

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NEWS

Chairman-Elect joins EAAA board Major-General Sir William Cubitt has joined the EAAA Board of Trustees as Chairman-Elect. It is anticipated that he will succeed Andrew Egerton-Smith who founded the charity and has chaired the Board since then, at the Trustees meeting at the end of this year.

“I am sure supporters will join me in welcoming Sir William to the charity.”

EAAA Chief Executive Patrick Peal said: “The Trustees oversaw a wide-ranging and very thorough process led by the charity’s new Nominations Committee chaired by Mrs Penelope Walkinshaw. The process took in advice and support from stakeholders across the four counties and considered many outstanding candidates.

“I am sure supporters will join me in welcoming Sir William to the charity.”

Sir William (pictured above, right) took over the management of his family’s Estate near North Walsham, Norfolk, after retiring from the Army in 2011. He was a senior officer who served with great distinction culminating in his command of the London District.

The North Norfolk estate has been in the Cubitt family’s ownership for more than 200 years. Conservation is given a high priority on the estate and Sir William is currently Chairman of the Norfolk branch of the Country Land and Business Association.

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Sir William meeting EAAA supporters at the Royal Norfolk Show

Summer draw winners We had a fantastic response to our 15th Anniversary prize draw this summer.

Total ticket sales exceeded the amount raised in the previous year’s summer draw by around £20,000.

Social media highlights Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for regular postings about news, events and pictures. Find us on Facebook as East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity and on Twitter as @EastAngliAirAmb.

The winners were: £3,000 – Mr D. Boler, Thetford; £1,000 – Mrs J. Green, Bury St Edmunds; £500 – Mr R. Coxford, Aylsham.

There were 15 prizes of £50 which were won by: P. Meadows, Mrs M. Rushmore, Mrs M. Alcock, Mrs C. Kimmins, Mrs J. Davis, all in Norfolk; Mr P. Knight, Mrs M. Way, Mr J. Barnes, Mrs C. Jago, all in Cambridgeshire; Mrs J. Burns, Mrs M. Harries, both in Suffolk; Mrs B. Skipper, Bedfordshire; Mr A. Hodges, Buckinghamshire; Mr P. Cowan, Northamptonshire and Mrs D. Allerton, Essex.

Our thanks to everyone who bought tickets.

Download our App It’s now possible to download ‘Anglia Lift Off’ as an App and save us money in printing and postage costs.

The App is available via the App store or Google Play and is free. It contains links to additional material about some of the features in the magazine.

You can also find ‘Anglia Lift Off’ available to read on the EAAA website, which will also save us money. Please let us know if you opt to receive future magazines in this way by emailing lottery@eaaa.org.uk and include your name and address and EAAA lottery membership number if possible.

We also have Facebook and Twitter pages for each of the four counties we cover and regularly share their content and we’re on YouTube and Pinterest too. Here’s what people have been talking about recently: Ian Edmunds I can only give praise to the EAAA. They have attended my workplace twice now.

We should feel so honoured to have such a wonderful service that is not really thought about that much. @CarolW_Dizzy Thank you for your care today for my son at Newmarket. He is recovering in hospital.

Thank you.

Lee Blanchflower Had an awesome afternoon shooting at East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity. Could not have wanted better weather from a photography perspective. @sykes_eleanor Norfolk paramedics and Air Ambulance.You saved my precious friend today. Thank you.

Brumstead Fireworks Details hopefully published in the next fortnight of our 2015 Fireworks Display in aid of fundraising for East Anglian Air Ambulance. @AttleboroughAN We made a MASSIVE £2,500 on Saturday!

All in aid of two great charities @TheBHF and @EastAngliAirAmb Thank you to everyone who came along.

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Cover Story:

First day for EAAA’s newest pilot The Duke of Cambridge, the newest recruit to our team of pilots, has started flying HEMS (helicopter emergency medical services) missions.

Pilot William Wales, as he is known in the team, began his first shift as a pilot at 07:00 on a wet Monday morning this summer. His first task was to prepare the aircraft for the day ahead as pilots do each day. Working with the team, he carried out a meticulous check of the helicopter, which included examining the engines, rotors, body work, and all the pipes and hosing to make sure that there were no leaks and that nothing was amiss. He then helped take the aircraft out onto the apron ready for the day’s work ahead, while the clinical crew loaded up the medical kit and equipment.

Captain Dave Kelly with Pilot William Wales

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Next, he joined the crew’s briefing to hear about the day’s weather conditions and other relevant information. This ensured the whole crew was cleared for HEMS duties and ready to be tasked to missions throughout East Anglia.

During his first week he flew five missions throughout the East of England with the crew.

Given the particular interest in our newest recruit, the media were invited in to see Pilot Wales reporting for duty on his first day, and the EAAA communications team were at Cambridge Airport bright and early to look after the invited media guests.

Pilot Wales told journalists that he was fantastically exited to be at EAAA on his first day: “It’s been a long time coming, it’s been many exams, and training to get here and I’m hugely excited to be joining a very professional bunch of guys and girls doing a unique, complex job with the air ambulance.”

He added: “It’s a follow-on from where I was with the military search and rescue, with many of the same sorts of skills, so it was a natural progression.”

Like all of our pilots, The Duke works for Bond Air Services while flying for EAAA. He will be based at Cambridge Airport, as part of a crew including specialist doctors, critical-care paramedics and pilots providing emergency medical services across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

EAAA is very grateful to the staff at Cambridge Airport, Marshalls of Cambridge, Bond Air Services and Price Bailey in Cambridge all of whom provided invaluable assistance to our team on the day.

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Delivering Excellence The doctors on board our helicopters work with EAAA for periods of a year as part of their ongoing training, during which they are supervised by a number of senior consultants who are also employed by EAAA. These consultants are highly experienced within their field and many have worked with EAAA as flying doctors themselves for some time.

One of the consultants who has had a long association with EAAA is Dr Pam Chrispin. Pam was a consultant in anaesthesia and critical care for 15 years and worked as a volunteer doctor for EAAA between 2006 and 2013 before formally becoming one of our HEMS consultants. Pam said: “The consultants are very experienced at working in a pre-hospital environment.

Paramedics are, of course, used to this but doctors are not, so they need to learn to operate in an unfamiliar environment - for instance we have to be self-sufficient with equipment compared to a hospital where there is always extra kit readily available.”

As a former Medical Director of the East of England Ambulance Service and currently Chairman of Suffolk Accident Rescue Service, a volunteer medical responder scheme, Pam is very well qualified to advise clinicians at the

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scene of an emergency. She explained how her role works: “I usually find our registrars have good knowledge and technical skills when they start but need help to ‘manage’ a scene or make decisions about the best place to take the patient, for instance to the nearest hospital or a specialist unit, and whether to go by air or road. We aim to reduce time on scene as much as possible and get patients into hospital safely and quickly, this is an art that

Sometimes you need to get a bit bossy and this was one of those times.

is learned by watching experienced people do it and also by doing it yourself whilst being supported and coached.”

“As an example I was supervising a trainee at a road traffic incident and they wanted to perform lots of interventions on scene. I could see that the patient was losing a lot of blood and that we could not completely control the bleeding, so it was important that we got them to hospital as quickly as possible, only doing lifesaving interventions en-route and ensuring everyone on scene understood how time-critical this was.”

Pam added: “Sometimes you need to get a bit bossy and this was one of those times. Fortunately I have been around long enough for people to know I don’t do that unless it really matters!”

The clinical crew always review the incidents they attend, looking at anything that could have been done better and what was done exceptionally well. It means doctors like Pam give continuous feedback and are passing on the fantastic standard of clinical care to the next generation of EAAA doctors.

But as Pam points out, local knowledge goes a long way. She was closely involved in the setting up of the Major Trauma Network in the East of England and is Medical Director at the West Suffolk Hospital, so is well known in clinical circles. However on arrival at one particular incident a trainee EAAA doctor was surprised at quite how well-known their supervisor is. Pam said: “I knew the paramedics on scene, the policewoman who attended the incident, the passing motorists who happened to be retired doctors and even the patient!”

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Recent Missions Read about our missions and view the mission map at eaaa.org.uk These pages show a snapshot of the incidents we attend.

Taken a picture of Anglia One or Anglia Two? We could feature it here – send it to liftoff@eaaa.org.uk

Facts and figures since our last issue

This photo of Anglia Two at Mundesley Beach at dusk was kindly sent to us by Helen Storer. The crew were called to a man in his seventies who had suffered a fall. Assisted by the Coastguard the medics treated the patient at the scene before flying him to hospital.

The church at Winterton-on-Sea has one of the highest towers in Norfolk and Anglia One landed close by when called to a road accident. A teenage boy was airlifted to hospital with leg injuries.

Between April and June we were tasked to a total of

454 missions,

but with longer daylight hours only

17 of them involved flying at night.

Of the 319 casualties we treated 138 received care from the crew of Anglia One and 181 from Anglia Two. Of these 64 were then airlifted to hospital. During this period more patients

(95) required our assistance

after a road accident than any other type of emergency.

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A man who suffered serious injuries in an agricultural incident in rural Suffolk was treated by the Anglia One crew before being flown to hospital in Chelmsford for specialist care.

A teenage motocross rider was flown to hospital in Bury St Edmunds after he came off his bike at a track in Suffolk.

Anglia One landed on the beach at Great Yarmouth when called to treat a man who had been involved in a road traffic collision. The police provided transfer to the scene where the casualty was attended by our crew and went to hospital by road.

The night time crew of Anglia Two attended an incident at Luton Airport in which a woman had been seriously injured. The helicopter landed outside one of the main hangars at the airport and the casualty was treated for head injuries before being flown to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.

A child who had suffered a fall was attended by the crew of Anglia One after the helicopter landed on a school playing field. She was treated for an arm injury before being taken to hospital by road.

Anglia Two was tasked to a road accident in Bedfordshire in which a man in his forties had suffered head and abdominal injuries. After treatment at the scene the man was flown to Addenbrooke’s hospital in a stable condition.

The crew of Anglia Two treated a woman cyclist for head and abdominal injuries after she had been involved in a collision with a van in Peterborough.

The medics then travelled in the land ambulance to continue treatment en-route to hospital.

This image of Anglia Two against the London skyline was captured by Captain Chris Sherriff after a cyclist had been airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries.

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the summer we have Anniversary Throughout been inviting supporters to hold a tea party to celebrate Tea @ 1500 fundraising our 15th anniversary. And you’ve

responded with some wonderful ideas on our Tea @ 15:00 theme. If you haven’t yet sent us pictures of your tea party we’d love to include them in the next ‘Anglia Lift Off’. If you’d like to hold a tea party please contact your local fundraising office (see page 2) or if you’ve already held one send us your pictures at liftoff@eaaa.org.uk.

Long-term EAAA supporter and volunteer Shirley Emmerson from Cambridge had a fantastic selection of home-made cakes on offer for her tea party. The delicious spread, together with the sale of EAAA merchandise raised more than £360.

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Our Norfolk fundraising staff hosted Tea @ 15:00 events on both days of this year’s Royal Norfolk Show. We were delighted to meet so many of our supporters and are grateful to other exhibitors Norse, Quinto Crane, Anglia Farmers and Poultec who also used their presence at the show to help us too.

The ladies of St Botolph’s Church in Peterborough raised more than £250 with their Tea @ 15:00 for church-goers and friends.

Tea-mendous effort Tea, cakes and a raffle helped raise £220 at the Woolpack in Stanground, Peterborough.

Tea @ 15:00 was combined with a D Day commemoration at the Fleet and Anchor Social club near Ely, resulting in over £450.

Haverhill Lions club raised £215 at their tea party Supporter Janet Aves from Cambridge donated over £220 from a coffee morning.

EAAA volunteer Christine Robinson, from Peterborough raised over £65 at her tea party.

Christmas is coming If you plan to host a Tea @ 15:00 party soon it may be possible to arrange for you to sell EAAA merchandise at the event, including our Christmas cards, a selection of which are pictured below.

We have already had more than 550 advance orders for cards since sending out our brochure with the last issue of ‘Anglia Lift Off’ and we’re very grateful to everyone who has supported us in this way. It’s still not too late to buy your cards though – a pack of 10 cards costs £3.50. Details of how to purchase can be obtained from our fundraising teams (see page 2).

The Cards For Good Causes shops will also be selling our cards again this year. These shops can be found across the region in places such as libraries, Tourist Information Centres and Churches.

Visit their website at www.cardsforcharity.co.uk to find your nearest shop.

Want to buy these cards?

Contact your local fundraising team (see page 2)

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Fundraising events enable our two air ambulance crews to continue saving lives. If you’d like to get involved please visit www.eaaa.org.uk or contact your local office, see page 2.

Opera in the Park Culford School, near Bury St Edmunds, was the stunning location for nearly 600 guests to enjoy an Opera in the Park event which raised almost £1,400 for EAAA. The internationally acclaimed London Festival Opera performed excerpts from Bizet’s Carmen.

Tony’s Vespa challenge

Moving gift

In May, supporter Tony Green completed a 1,000 mile round-trip of the UK, by Vespa scooter starting in his home town, Peterborough, riding over the border up into Scotland, across into Wales and back to Peterborough.

His aim was to safely finish his challenge in less than 24 hours, which he achieved despite the weather being against him for much of the ride, with strong winds and rain. He’s raised the amazing total of almost £3,400 for EAAA and is already thinking up another challenge.

Removal company Abels, based in Brandon, Suffolk, made a generous donation of £640 to EAAA following a compensation payment from their bank. The company felt that donating to charity was the most appropriate thing to do and we’re very grateful to them for choosing their air ambulance charity.

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Thank you ...

Anglia One flew in to meet supporters at the Norfolk Polo Festival this summer. Four thousand spectators attended the two day event which also included an Argentinian BBQ and a charity auction that raised £4,000 for EAAA. (Picture by Michael Lyons)

Drift night

Picture by Lewis Collard

Fans of drift racing (where a rear wheel drive car slides sideways) converged on the Norfolk Arena in King’s Lynn this summer for a charity night. The event with a raffle and barbecue raised over £2,000.

Our wonderful ORL fundraisers in West Suffolk held a barn sale which raised more than £3,300, bringing the total from this group – who all live in Old Rectory Lane - to over £21,000.

A Strawberry Fair at Waldringfield, near Woodbridge, donated over £800.

Christopher Kilroy DL, from Bedford, organised a hog roast charity day and auction raising £14,000.

Several local businesses have chosen EAAA as their charity of the year including Frimstone based near Downham Market and Kersey Freight in Suffolk who recently raised over £1,300 at the Hadleigh Show.

Theresa Davies in Bedfordshire held a charity ball in memory of her husband Tim, resulting in a donation of more than £3,500.

Thomson Goes Strictly The Luton-based Thomson Airways staff have recently donated £5,000 raised at a glamourous ‘Thomson Goes Strictly’ event. The evening was well supported and professional dancers were on hand to assist.

The company has been raising funds for EAAA since 2012 in memory of a colleague.

An open garden event at Ring Farm, near Huntingdon, which included jazz and alpacas generated £3,000 for EAAA and Magpas.

Pupils and staff at Attleborough Academy raised £3,000 for EAAA and the British Heart Foundation in memory of teacher David Bartram.

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Events September

Planning a fundraising event?

Call your local fundraising team (see page 2) for support and find a list of events at www.eaaa.org.uk/events

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in the Park Luton

We’re hosting a family fun day in Wardown Park which will include a visit from our helicopter, emergencies permitting. There will be a chance to look at the aircraft and meet the crew. We’ll have a lot of fun activities as well as a range of stalls and plenty of refreshments too. It takes place between 10am and 4pm.

October 12&13 EAAA Gift Fair

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Kesgrave, Suffolk

Last year this fantastic event raised £6,000 for EAAA and we are delighted to have been chosen as this year’s charity too. The stunning Hangar at Milsoms Kesgrave Hall is the venue and the first day is a special ‘by invitation’ preview event. On the Tuesday the fair is open to all from 9.30am to 4pm with tickets priced at £4. Expect a range of exclusive gifts, many of which are not available on the high street.

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Paws with a Cause, Charity Dog Walk

Suffolk Glemham Hall near Woodbridge is kindly hosting this event for us and our ambassador Jack (pictured) will be there to ‘lead’ the way. Jack won a public vote to be the event’s mascot and his picture was generously donated by event sponsor Mark Palmer Photography in Framlingham. Visit our website for details of how to register and raise sponsorship.

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Fayre

Knights Hill Hotel, King’s Lynn Pick up some unique gifts and EAAA Christmas cards from approximately 40 stalls at this day-long event. A donation is required for admission and there will be music and refreshments as well as a fundraising tombola and raffle. For more info, or to enquire about booking a stall please contact our Peteborough office (see page 2) or visit the events section of our website.

Charity Passenger Ride Experience

Norfolk Experience the thrill of the race circuit as a passenger in a car of your dreams.

Between 8am and 4pm there’s a chance to be driven around the Snetterton track in a Classic, Race or Super car. Children’s rides will also be available. The event raises funds for EAAA. Admission is £10 per person (under 12s free) with rides at additional cost. See www.charityse.co.uk for more details.

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Make a Difference VOLUNTEER FOCUS:

Trevor and Bridget Crow Trevor and Bridget Crow from Milton near Cambridge are two of Fundraising Manager Barbara McGee’s most versatile volunteers. They travel across the area to pick up collecting tins from shops, pubs and other locations and attend a variety of events on behalf of the charity.

At their recent Golden Wedding Anniversary celebrations they asked for gifts to EAAA instead of for themselves and raised more than £1,000. Barbara said: “Trevor and Bridget do so much for the charity and this generous gesture at their anniversary was so kind. I can’t thank them enough for all that they do.”

Why did you get involved with EAAA? When we retired we moved to Milton and on a trip to the supermarket we saw Barbara – who we’d known when she was a child, but hadn’t seen for a couple of years – doing a collection for EAAA. We knew that she worked for the charity but it was lovely to see her and catch up and as we had time to give we decided to sign up as volunteers.

Volunteers Trevor and Bridget Crow who celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary this summer

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What do you do?

We do all sorts of things to help the fundraising team based in the Melbourn office, including sometimes helping in the office. Mainly though we look after collection boxes, which involves emptying them and banking the money when they are

Trevor and Bridget do so much for the charity and this generous gesture at their anniversary was so kind. I can’t thank them enough for all that they do.

full and replacing them with another one. We’ve been all over South Cambridgeshire to do that but now have a regular list of about 50 or so that we’re responsible for. We also go to events and run the charity’s stall including some that we’ve now been going to for quite a few years such as the Royston and District Motorcycle Club’s annual show. This year’s event raised £4,000.

What makes it rewarding?

We meet a lot of people at events who have had direct experience with the air ambulance, with themselves or a friend or family member receiving care. A man came up to us at an event and told us about a riding accident involving his wife. He said: “Without you she wouldn’t be here.” There’s another man who comes to the motorbike show and always brings the crash helmet of his friend who, sadly, couldn’t be saved.

He always makes a generous donation in his memory.

Would you recommend it to others?

We certainly would recommend it to others. Our friend Judy has sometimes helped us at events and she is seriously thinking about doing more. We like to be busy and have a purpose and we get to meet some lovely people as well as attending some great events.

We even found the caterer for our Golden Wedding party through EAAA after attending an event and thinking that the food there was delicious and that we’d like to serve our guests something similar.

Can you help?

We are delighted to have been chosen as the charity of the year for Sainsbury’s in Thetford.

We now need some new volunteers in the area to help us make the most of this opportunity.

Can you spare some time to help us organise events, attend collections and bag packing, and speak with staff to encourage their support.

If you can offer some spare time for this or would like to help in your own area please email volunteer@eaaa.org.uk or contact your local fundraising office (see page 2).

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Lottery Lottery jackpot winners since our last edition For full details each week of the EAAA lottery winners and the current accumulator prize please visit our website www.eaaa.org.uk. The results are published there first and as soon as possible after the draw is made. They remain available on the site for approximately one month. In the last quarter the £1,000 jackpot has been won by: May 01 Mrs F. Meegan Ely, Cambs May 08 Mrs C. Haystead Ipswich May 15 Mrs M. Rollinson Bedingham, Norfolk May 22 Mrs S. Surridge Riseley, Beds May 29 Mrs M. Porter Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk Jun 05

Mr & Mrs Goodchild North Walsham, Norfolk

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Mr D. Armiger Wells-next-the-Sea

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Mr C. Davis Felixstowe

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Mr T. Lawrence King’s Lynn

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Mr & Mrs Edwards Cambridge

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Mrs E. Hedley Wroxham, Norfolk

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Mr G. Freeman Great Yarmouth

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Mr P. Hopson Felixstowe

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Mrs P. Russell Luton

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The Accumulator Prize Since our last issue the accumulator prize has been won three times. On May 29 Mrs P. Mayhew in Framlingham, Suffolk, won £2,500 then on June 19 Mr E. Hullah from Ely won £1,500 and on July 31 Mrs T. Angling from Worlington, Suffolk, won £3,000.

Each week a total of £500 is added to the prize pot – up to a maximum of £25,000. When the prize is won the accumulator starts again the following week at £500. Details of how much it has reached each week and whether it has been won or not are posted in the Lottery section of our website.

15th Anniversary draw A full list of winners from our summer draw can be found on page 7. We are very grateful to everyone who supported this year’s raffle which is one of our main fundraising efforts of the year. The winners of the first and second prizes of £3,000 and £1,000 were kind enough to send us a further donation from their winnings. Mr Boler wrote that it ‘was a lovely surprise’ and his donation was ‘in recognition of the excellent work you do’ while Mrs Green said she ‘couldn’t believe it’ when her winning cheque arrived.

Launch of new scratchcard game Playing our lottery helps raise vital funds for EAAA’s lifesaving service. Now there’s another way to play and further opportunities to win a prize. We’ve launched a new scratchcard game, which offers a top prize of £1,000. There are additional prizes of £100, £50, £25, £10, £5, £2 and £1 – with cards costing £1 each.

Could you be a scratchcard agent for us at your workplace or among your friends at a pub/club or even at a big social gathering? We can issue tickets on a sale or return basis for such a venture.

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Alternatively you can buy scratchcards directly from us for yourself or to give as gifts to friends or even as wedding favours. The minimum amount we can sell is 10.

Each card has two games on it. Cards may not be sold to or by people under the age of 16. To find out more about this exciting new fundraiser please give our lottery office a call on 01603 489400 or email us at lottery@eaaa.org.uk

Why not tell a friend about our Lottery?

Visit www.eaaa.org.uk or call 01603 489400

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Lottery Thank you!

The East Anglian Air Ambulance charity is enormously appreciative of the support from our loyal lottery players. Your weekly contribution really does make a difference and has helped to generate millions for the charity since it started. Without your continued support, it would be very difficult for us to maintain the service we currently provide.

However, please don’t forget to let us know if you move house, we send our winning cheques through the post each week so it’s vital that we have an up to date address for our players.

If you would like to help us save money by reading the magazine on our website or via an app please visit the ‘Anglia Lift Off’ page on our website where you’ll find full details of how to do so.

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About our lottery Supporting the East Anglian Air Ambulance lottery is one of the easiest and most sustainable ways to keep us flying and saving lives. There are 18 main cash prizes including a jackpot of £1,000 which is won every week. We also have an accumulator prize which rises by £500 per week.

The maximum it can reach is £25,000 and we have had several of our supporters win significant sums.

Everyone who plays the lottery is automatically entered into the accumulator draw.

How does it work?

Once we receive your completed membership application we enter your details onto our lottery system.

You’ll be sent a letter and membership card with details of your lucky number. Each Friday the winners are randomly selected from all current paying members.

How much does it cost?

Each ‘chance’ in our lottery costs £1 and you can have more than one ‘chance’ each week if you wish.

How do I claim my prize?

There is no need to make a claim as we automatically send out all the winners’ cheques by 1st class post on Friday afternoons. A list of winners can be found on our website www.eaaa.org.uk.

How do I join?

Choose one of these three simple ways to take part in our lottery:

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Fill in a form

Complete this application form, cut it out and send it back to us at the address printed at the bottom of the page. If you are paying by cheque, don’t forget to send that too.

2 Online Sign up on our website. Visit www.eaaa.org.uk/shop and click on Lottery for a safe and secure way to purchase.

3 By phone If you would prefer to speak to someone or are buying membership as a gift for someone else then please give our lottery team a call on 01603 489400 and they will be happy to help.

If you are reading this edition of ‘Anglia Lift Off’ because you are already a member of our lottery then when you have finished it, why not pass it on to someone else who might like to find out more about supporting our work in this way?

All players must be over the age of 16.

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Please return your completed membership application form (with cheque made payable to Friends of East Anglian Air Ambulance) to: Friends of East Anglian Air Ambulance, Hangar E, Norwich Airport, Gambling Close, Norwich NR6 6EG Members must be aged 16 years or over, please tick this box to confirm Each chance costs £1 per week. All the data we hold is gathered and managed in strict accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). We will not disclose any information supplied by you to any third party. We may contact you occasionally with information about other aspects of our work. If you would prefer not to receive these mailings please tick this box

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EAAA challenge events Every year EAAA organises its own challenge events as well as offering official fundraising places in a number of others. Of course in addition to this there are many people who choose to fundraise for us with their own challenges – see over the page for some of these. But if you’d like to get involved in one of our challenges you’ll find all the details you’ll need here.

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Our first ever Obstacle race ‘Only The Brave’ is taking place in the spring and promises to be a fantastic - and muddy – challenge. The date has been set for Sunday March 20 in the stunning setting of the Elveden Estate near Thetford.

Details of how to take part and raise vital funds for EAAA can be found at the event website www.onlythebraveraces.co.uk.

There will be discounted ‘early-bird’ entry and we can give you tips on how to raise sponsorship and build fitness.

Teams can be made up of groups of friends or work colleagues.

The race will offer a five mile course and for the really brave there’s a 10 mile route as well. Both will involve team work, overcoming your fears and of course more mud than you can possibly imagine as you negotiate all the challenging obstacles.

There are also a number of sponsorship opportunities for different elements of the event available to suit large or small companies. We are expecting huge interest so if you would like to be in at the start of this inaugural event please contact Holly Lambert in our Norwich fundraising office (see page 2).

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Ride for your lives Cyclists helped raise more than £2,000 at our annual Ride for Your Lives event in the north west of our region.

Organisers of the Lap of Anglia Damien and Sally supported Ride for Your Lives

EAAA’s Chris Donaldson (L) thanks Martin Goodliffe of Orton Hall Hotel and Spa for their sponsorship

Next year we want to expand it and include runners and walkers as well as cyclists.

After three years of being staged at Grafham Water, the fundraiser was held this year at Ferry Meadows Country Park in Peterborough and more than 60 cyclists, some on unusual vintage bikes, took part despite the rain. Joining them were the organisers of another cycling challenge in aid of EAAA, Damien and Sally from Lap of Anglia.

This challenge was to ride a 15km route to mark the charity’s 15th anniversary.

Generous sponsorship came from the Orton Hall Hotel and Spa as well as Rutland Cycling who donated a bike as a main raffle prize.

Fundraising Manager Chris Donaldson was delighted to see another successful year for the Ride and said: “Next year we want to expand it and include runners and walkers as well as cyclists. This means it will need a new name, and I’d been keen to hear any suggestions.”

Virgin Money London Marathon Nearly a quarter of a million people applied for places in next April’s event and when the ballot results are sent out in October a large number will be disappointed. But EAAA will be making guaranteed marathon places available for supporters who want to take on the challenge of running 26.2 miles and will raise a minimum of £2,000.

Fundraising Manager Holly Lambert who ran this year’s London Marathon will be looking after our marathon team and would like to hear from anyone who would like to run in the 2016 event for EAAA (contact details on page 2). If you are successful in the ballot and would also like to consider raising money for EAAA we would be delighted to offer you fundraising support.

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Extreme Fundraising If you are taking part in an exciting challenge such as a parachute jump, trek, or cycle ride to support EAAA, please get in touch. We’ll give plenty of guidance to help you reach your fundraising target. Don’t forget to set up an online giving page and take advantage of social media too. Contact details for your area fundraising office are on page 2.

Suffolk coast run

A team of seven runners completed a run of more than 100km (60 miles) along the Suffolk Coast Path from Lowestoft to Ipswich in just two days this summer.

Between them Nick Collinson, Danny Reeve, Marc Delea, Michael Wilks, Gope Walker, Steve Palfrey and Perry Taylor raised more than £1,700.

Savills staff skydive

Thinking of doing an extreme fundraiser?

Visit www.eaaa.org.uk or call 0845 066 9999

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Estate agency Savills has chosen to support EAAA for three years and earlier this year 10 employees undertook a parachute jump to raise money for the charity. As well as personal sponsorship, the Cambridge branch of Savills matched their first £150 and in total they raised nearly £2,300.

Extreme Thanks…

...Icknield Road Cycling Club in Ampthill, Bedfordshire generously supported EAAA with their second Sportive in May. Nearly 300 people took part covering 15, 45 or 70 miles, raising a fantastic £4,000.

Carrow Road send off for referees

A group of Norfolk football referees and colleagues got on their bikes to raise funds for EAAA by cycling 100 miles around the county starting from the Norwich City ground at Carrow Road. The challenge was the idea of Peter Venables after his wife Chrissie was injured in a car accident and airlifted two years ago. Peter has raised nearly £3,000 and other participants also raised significant sums.

...Five EAAA colleagues took part in the British 10k race in London in July.

The team known as the ‘rotorblade runners’ have between them raised nearly £1,000. Their sponsorship page at www.justgiving.com/Rotorblade-runners is still open.

We’re looking for runners to sign up to the Perkins Great Eastern Run in October and raise money for EAAA. Visit www.eaaa.org.uk for more information.

Cadets step out

Bedford Air Cadets have chosen EAAA as their charity for 2015. One of their recent fundraising efforts was a sponsored walk in Kent. Of the 18 cadets who took part, half took on the challenging 26 mile route while the rest completed 16 miles.

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Remembering EAAA in your will can make a real difference to someone at their most urgent time of need. A gift in a will isn’t a visible donation in the way that a bucket collection or an online sponsorship page is, but it is one of our most important areas of fundraising. The care given to one in four of the people our medical teams treat is funded entirely through a legacy gift.

Making a will, regardless of your age or circumstances, can often seem a daunting process – but it needn’t be. It’s very easy to find advice about making a will online including on our website – www.eaaa.org.uk under the Support Us link. We have a guide to making and updating a will that can be downloaded and offers lots of help and tips. Seeking the assistance of a legal advisor is also strongly recommended when making a will.

In a recent survey of people over the age of 60, which was carried out for a consortium of charities, one in six respondents said they had already made provision for a charity donation in their will. But almost twice as many said they hadn’t made a will yet.

From time to time, charities and the legal profession work together to encourage people to check that their will is up to date and reflects their current wishes.

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The care given to one in four of the people our medical teams treat is funded entirely through a legacy gift.

This is especially important when there’s a change such as a marriage or new arrival in the family. They might advertise a ‘Wills Week’ where a donation from the fee paid goes to charity.

At EAAA we work closely with Heritage Will Writers who are based in Norwich and cover all of our region. The company has generously supported us for a number of years by advertising in ‘Anglia Lift Off’. More recently we have also been chosen as their charity of the year. Kathy Long from Heritage Wills said: “We are proud to support EAAA and the valuable lifesaving work that it does. As our charity of the year one of the things that sometimes happens when we are working with the executors of a will is that a small late dividend may come through once the estate has been administered. This might not be cost effective for the beneficiaries and in such circumstances we’ll ask if they would like us to donate it to EAAA.”

I’d like information on how to leave a legacy I’d like to receive details about corporate sponsorship

I’d like to know more about becoming a volunteer

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If you’d like to know more about making or changing your will and how a small legacy can make a huge difference to the lives of our patients please contact our Legacy Officer Sarah Wilson on 01603 269320 or by email: sarah.wilson@eaaa.org.uk.

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