Anglia Lift Off Issue 47 Summer 2017

LiftOff Anglia

Issue 47 Summer 2017

FAREWELL FLIGHT FOR EAAA FOUNDER GERRY AIRLIFTED Alex recovers after fall Page 4

Playing EAAA Lottery for 7 months buys a child-sized

blood pressure cuff

RACE DAY Camels raise cash Page 7

PAW-FECT Join our charity dog walk Page 9

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Together we save lives

Registered charity in England and Wales number 1083876

Welcome

Anglia

LiftOff ISSUE 47 SUMMER 2017

Contents Fall leads to airlift

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Fun in the sun

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Forthcoming events

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Meet Mike

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Lottery news

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Protecting your privacy

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Win a spa break

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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/ West Suffolk – Barbara McGee Melbourn Science Park, Cambridge Road, Melbourn SG8 6EE 01763 262697 / barbara.mcgee@eaaa.org.uk Bedfordshire Please note the Bedfordshire fundraising team’s address and telephone number is now the same as the Melbourn office’s above. email: area6@eaaa.org.uk Suffolk – Sophie Mathew 9 Alpha Business Park, White House Road, Ipswich IP1 5LT 01473 745007 / sophie.mathew@eaaa.org.uk Norfolk – Holly Lambert Hangar E, Gambling Close, Norwich Airport, Norwich NR6 6EG 01603 489406 / holly.lambert@eaaa.org.uk General enquiries: Website: Email: Lottery:

03332 725 957 www.eaaa.org.uk info@eaaa.org.uk lottery@eaaa.org.uk

Charity number:

1083876

Editor: Design: Print:

Clare Phillips liftoff@eaaa.org.uk barberjackson.com barnwellprint.co.uk

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Thank you if you responded to our supporter survey last issue.

This is a smaller than usual magazine as we look at the results of that survey and plan how best to produce future editions, while still keeping you informed.

We’ve sent out our Christmas catalogue with this issue and please do place your order early if you support us in this way, as popular cards sell out quickly. If you’ve received this in the post you’ll also find a competition form on the mailing sheet to win a spa break – our grateful thanks to Ufford Park who have donated this prize. Second prize is a GoPro Hero Session and accessories.

Pictured on the front cover is one of the founders of our service, Gerry Hermer, as he joined colleagues to mark his retirement as our aviation consultant. His company Sterling Aviation provided our first East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) helicopters, which initially he and

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his colleagues piloted. During his career he won many awards including the Air Force Cross for a courageous rescue mission while serving with the RAF. He was a driving force behind the setting up of the charity and has overseen all of our aviation achievements to date.

Finally the wonderful legacy gift, by the late Richard Allen, of a Ferrari Nembo Spyder was sold at auction for more than half a million pounds.

This could fund a new hangar at Cambridge meaning we can extend our operating hours and save more lives with the remainder supporting our emergency medical service.

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Legacies really are a gift of life and if you would like to know how a gift in your Will could make a real difference please do get in touch.

Thank you for supporting EAAA, together we save lives.

Joanna Dew Director of Fundraising

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Alex’s airlift after freak fall When Alex Long from Attleborough in Norfolk began restoring an 88 Flak anti-aircraft gun from the Second World War he was only too well aware, as a military history enthusiast, of the damage it had been designed to do. What he wasn’t expecting though was to receive multiple injuries himself in a freak accident.

Last summer, Alex, who was then 23, was sitting astride the gun barrel cleaning the mechanism when a ratchet strap, holding the springs in place suddenly broke under the tension, catapulting him high into the air.

Alex landed on concrete around 25 feet away from the gun, having hit his head on another vehicle in the fall. He was knocked out and as he came round his first instinct was to try to stand up but his colleagues told him to stay where he was, which proved to be vital to his recovery.

A First Responder arrived quickly, soon followed by ambulance service paramedics who started to treat Alex.

Realising the possibility of a serious spinal injury, and the difficulties involved with moving him they called for help from EAAA. Anglia One pilots Frank Slatter and Rich Anderson landed on rough land close by. On board were

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Dr Zoe Smeed, Dr Jeremy Mauger and critical-care paramedic Rod Wells. The crew completed a full assessment and administered strong pain relief as Alex drifted in and out of consciousness. He was flown to the Major Trauma Centre at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge for urgent assessment.

Alex can’t remember much about the journey, but was aware of being loaded onto the helicopter, and that someone was sitting next to him throughout the flight. The EAAA crew used ultrasound equipment during the transfer to check Alex’s lungs hadn’t collapsed. The flight from East Harling in Norfolk took just 20 minutes.

“Without the intervention of EAAA it’s likely that I’d be in a wheelchair now. I’m so grateful for the help they gave me that day.”

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With family members mum Debbie, fiancée Victoria, brother Matt and sister Rebecca at the hospital, Alex underwent spinal surgery to repair damage to his vertebrae, during which rods and screws were inserted into his spinal column to hold the fractured vertebrae in position.

Beside the damage to his spine, Alex had suffered a bleed on the brain, a fractured skull, a broken collar bone, a sprained ankle and the loss of one of his front teeth.

He has nothing but praise for those who attended him and said: “Without the intervention of EAAA it’s likely that I’d be in a wheelchair now. I’m so grateful for the help they gave me that day.”

He’s now looking forward to getting back to a long term restoration project of his own 1944 Dodge truck.

Alex was in hospital for two weeks then allowed home wearing a neck brace for the next seven to eight weeks. With the support of Victoria and his family, he has made good progress.

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Chapelfield Shopping Centre in Norwich hosted The Night Shift Challenge for 163 Girl Guides and 44 leaders who learnt various skills including CPR and first aid, map reading and what to do in an emergency. Over £2,000 was raised by the girls sleeping over in this unique venue.

picture credit - The Diocese of Norwich

r e m m Su Fun The 2017 Archdeacon’s Charge fun run was held at Wolterton Hall near Aylsham and was opened

by Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. Hundreds of participants enjoyed the grounds, country craft fair and games. It was started by the Venerable John Ashe, Archdeacon of Lynn after his wife was attended by EAAA after a road accident and has raised nearly £25,000 since it began.

EAAA’s annual mud obstacle race Only The Brave was held over two days at Elveden with 1,500 people taking part raising over £150,000. Former patient Tim Papworth from Norfolk, who participated with his wife Emma, was the highest individual fundraiser with an incredible £6,750.

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MEDICS ESCORTED 203 PATIENTS BY ROAD

Thank you ...

It’s impossible to feature every fundraising event at this busy time of year but we’re grateful to all who help make them possible. Some notable recent events include: King’s Lynn Priory Rotary Club’s EAAAster Egg trail at Sandringham which entertained more than 800 families and raised over £4,500.

Rugby Group Benevolent Fund donated £11,000 through their support of charities operating near the cement plants once run by the company, in this case Cemex Barrington in Cambridgeshire.

Shaun Whiter and Lee O’Brien raised nearly £4,000 for us and Friends of Ipswich Town FC by cycling 150 miles in the Tour de Suffolk.

Knight’s Hill Hotel, King’s Lynn, hosted our Spring Swing Ball for 140 guests which raised £3,500. Special thanks to sponsors The Big Prawn Co., Greenyard Frozen UK and Jack Richards and Son. The Annual St George’s Day Rally, organised by the North Norfolk Classic Vehicle Club raised an incredible £6,600, bringing their total from this yearly event to over £26,600.

Kevin Parsons, National Association of Stable Staff, and Gary Humphreys, Godolphin Stables, were both runners up of the Rory MacDonald Community Award at the Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards 2017. Both chose EAAA as the charity to receive £2,000 from each of them.

EAAA was privileged to be Musketeer Events’ chosen charity at the Burnham Market and Houghton Hall International Horse Trials. The fundraising highlight saw 18 riders take on the professional horse trials riders in a camel race for a special souvenir trophy. Around £10,000 was raised at the two events.

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August

26+27 Beer Festival [Sat+Sun]

Worlington Cricket Club, Suffolk For two afternoons of the Bank Holiday weekend this West Suffolk club will be fundraising for EAAA with a beer tent, barbecue and live music.

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September

Emergency Services Open Day

Ferry Meadows Country Park, Peterborough Meet the EAAA team and (missions permitting) see the helicopter as well as many of our emergency services colleagues plus lots of other activities.

The Ferry Meadows railway will be donating all fares on the day to EAAA.

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

Events 14-30 The Cambridge

[Thurs-Sat]

Roar

Cambridge During the final two weeks of the month the charity festival Cambridge Roar has several fundraising events including a Sporting Heroes dinner, comedy night, fashion show, wedding fayre and the Grand Finale Fire and Ice Ball. All take place at Quy Mill Hotel and Spa in Cambridge.

Visit thecambridgeroar.co.uk for details.

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107 WERE CARDIAC ARREST PATIENTS

October 21

[Saturday]

Glow in the Park

East of England Showground, Peterborough

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[Sunday]

Paws with a Cause

Glemham Hall, Suffolk Join us for our third annual sponsored dog walk and other canine fun activities.

We are looking to set up a volunteer committee to help organise this event – if you can help please contact our Suffolk fundraising team (see page 2).

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November EAAArly Christmas Gift Fayre

Knight’s Hill Hotel, King’s Lynn Over 40 stalls offering a wide range of gift items.

Entry by £3 donation on the door and includes a free hot drink.

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Glow in the Park is the ultimate night time neon 5km fun event. Electrifying light shows and energising beats will carry you around the course as you get your glow on in the Foam Zone and powder up in the UV Paint Blast Zone. Open to all abilities and all ages – Glow in the Park is your time to shine. Register via our website.

December

Winter in the Woods

Kelling Heath Holiday Park Winter in the Woods will be back this year at Kelling Heath Holiday Park in North Norfolk, watch our website for dates. This family event is the perfect way to visit Father Christmas while helping support EAAA.

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Lottery Canvassers OUR

Mike Bolton sser EAAA Canva

The lottery is really important to us raising an incredible sum, almost half our income, while offering players the chance to find out more about the work we do and how we spend your donations. And there’s the chance of winning a cash prize as well. The odds in our lottery are 5,111 to one – a bit better than National Lottery which is 54,000,000 to one!

Canvasser Mike Bolton explained that it’s not a 9-5 job and the hours can sometimes be long. On a lunch time round in Norwich,

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Our lottery canvassers are out on the streets of East Anglia nearly every day doing a fantastic job.

Many of our wonderful lottery players signed up thanks to one of the team who knocked on the door and asked if you would like to support EAAA. it was easy to see that this job is certainly not for the faint-hearted, the teams are on their feet all day, in all weathers, having sometimes travelled great distances in order to cover all of East Anglia. Sometimes not everybody is happy to speak to them, but Mike said: “You just have to let that go over your head, respect people’s decisions and move onto the next house, and hopefully have a good old chat with someone who does want to speak to you and find out more about the air ambulance.”

ANGLIA TWO’S TEAM HELPED 239 PEOPLE

Mike added: “It’s a nice feeling knowing that the people you have spoken to have ended up raising thousands of pounds a year for a really great charity.”

If you see Mike and his colleagues out canvassing in your street or in a local shopping precinct, please give them a friendly wave and say hello.

Many charities and businesses use canvassers to help build support or to sell products, and for EAAA this is a really effective way to recruit lottery players.

It’s a nice feeling knowing that the people you have spoken to have ended up raising thousands of pounds a year for a really great charity

Our lottery canvassers are distinctive in their red jackets or shirts and yellow hi-viz jackets displaying our logo, and will ask if you would like to sign up to play our lottery. If you choose to play the lottery and help EAAA they will take a few details from you and ask for your bank details using a secure tablet device.

They are not permitted to take cash on the doorstep – if you want to make a donation, please go online or phone us.

Our canvassers, who carry an identity badge with their name, photo and our logo, work on behalf of either Tower Lotteries or Burden & Burden, our partner companies. If unsure, please call us (see page 2) to confirm that the canvasser is from EAAA. Outside office hours, you can check our website where we have a regularly updated list of canvassers including their pictures.

Tower Lotteries, in partnership with EAAA, are currently looking to recruit self-employed canvassers throughout the region. If you’d like to find out more about supporting your local Air Ambulance in a career helping to recruit lottery players, please contact Cliff Egan at Tower on 07868 564563.

…USING BOTH HELICOPTER AND RAPID RESPONSE VEHICLE

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Lottery Spring Draw winners Thank you to everyone who helped raise more than £151,000 in our spring raffle. The top prize of £3,000 went to a winner in Suffolk with the £1,000 and £500 prizes being won in Norfolk. Our super seller prize of £100 was won in Suffolk and we also sent 10 runners-up prizes of £50 each.

Meanwhile our summer raffle has also been well supported and will be drawn on July 21. Details of winning numbers will be published on our website as soon as possible after this date.

Lottery winners For details each week of the EAAA lottery winners and the current accumulator prize please visit our website – www.eaaa.org.uk Our accumulator prize which increases by £500 each week, has been won only once in the first five months of this year. On May 12 Mrs T. in Suffolk won £9,500 and made a generous donation to EAAA from the prize. You can see how much the accumulator is at currently by visiting the lottery section of our website.

As a lottery player your weekly contribution is saving lives and really makes a difference for people in their hour of need.

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COMPARED TO SPRING 2016

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. 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 make a claim as we automatically send out all the winners’ cheques by 1st class post on Friday afternoons. A list of winning numbers can be found on our website www.eaaa.org.uk

THIS YEAR MISSIONS INCREASED BY 42%

How do I join?

Three easy ways:

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Fill in a form

Fill in the application form on page 15 and send it back to us at the address printed on it. If you are paying by cheque, don’t forget to send that too.

2 Online Sign up online. Visit www.eaaa.org.uk and visit the Lottery section for a safe and secure way to purchase.

3 By phone You can join over the phone and should use this method if buying membership as a gift for someone else. Just call our lottery team on 01603 489400 and they will be happy to help.

All players must be over the age of 16.

Why not tell a friend about our Lottery?

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

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from the CEO

EAAA already adheres to the highest fundraising standards, but as regulations increase, partly in response to unsolicited marketing from unethical companies, we must ensure that we are maintaining these standards and keeping up to date with changes.

In light of this, new regulations from the European Union (which will be adopted by the UK government regardless of Brexit) mean that we need your permission to stay in contact. Staying in contact with you is important for us and for you, so that we can keep you up to date with the latest news, missions, events, fundraising and other activities. EAAA is your charity, and we are able to save lives thanks to your support; however, we respect your right to privacy, and should you no longer wish to hear from us or

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I am proud to work for a charity that values every person who works for or on behalf of it, but I am also immensely proud of our incredible supporters, without whom we wouldn’t be able to do what we do. It is for this reason that it is tremendously important for us as a charity to fundraise ethically and sustainably, and respect the trust you place in us with every penny donated. prefer to limit our contact with you, we will do as you wish.

This is why we are now asking you to let us know your contact preferences, and what you do and don’t want to hear about from us. To make this easy for you we have included a quick questionnaire on this issue’s mailing sheet so you can tell us exactly what you would like to hear from us. Pop it back in the post with your competition entry (see back cover) too!. You can also view our Privacy Policy online too, explaining how we use your data and that we never share or sell personal details. Alternatively you can phone us on 03450 669 999 or send an email to feedback@eaaa.org.uk.

Together we save lives, so please stay in touch, because we can’t do it without you.

AND 30% MORE PATIENTS WERE HELPED

Lottery Membership application New Member Details (Please fill in your contact and payment details) Name

Date of birth

Address

Postcode

Tel

Email For cheque

payment:

No. of chances per week

For direct debit payments:

(Please fill in this form)

Please return your completed membership application form (with cheque made payable to Friends of East Anglian Air Ambulance) to:

The Lottery Office, 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

No. of weeks (min 13)

Total amount due £

Instruction to your Bank or Building Society to pay by Direct Debit

Service User Number

Name and full postal address of your Bank or Building Society To: The Manager

422746 Bank/Building Society

Address Postcode Name(s) of Account Holder(s) Branch Sort Code Bank/Building Society Account No.

Instruction to your Bank or Building Society Please pay East Anglian Air Ambulance Direct Debits from the account detailed in this Instruction subject to the safeguards assured by the Direct Debit Guarantee. I understand that this Instruction may remain with East Anglian Air Ambulance and, if so, details will be passed electronically to my Bank/Building Society.

Signature(s)

Each chance costs £1 per Date week. All the data we hold is gathered and managed in strict accordance with the Banks and Building Societies may not accept Direct Debit Data Protection Act (1998).

Instructions for some types of account.

We will not disclose any information supplied by The sum of £ Minimum payment of £4.34 per chance per month) you to any third party. We would like to occasionally Monthly (£4.34) Quarterly (£13) Half-yearly (£26) Yearly (£52) contact you with information First payment on / / and thereafter until further notice. about other aspects of our work. Please tick if we may The Small Print This lottery is promoted by the Friends of East Anglian Air Ambulance Trading do this by in support of the East Anglian Air Ambulance registered charity number 1083876. Responsible person email phone post S. Demetriou, EAAA, Hangar E, Gambling Close Norwich NR6 6EG. Tickets cost £1 and the draw is held every Friday. Licenced by the Gambling Commission www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk

IT’S ALL THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT

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Spot the difference and win a fabulous spa break for two at Ufford Park!

Thanks to the generosity of our friends at Ufford Park, we are delighted to offer the chance for you to win a spa break for two, along with a second prize of a GoPro ‘Hero Session’ camera and accessories worth £200, kindly donated by GoPro. We are also giving away a free place in Glow in the Park (see page 9) and a prize of £50 of high street vouchers.

This photo has five differences to the one printed on the address sheet that came with your Anglia Lift Off. Circle the differences on the address sheet and return it to us at FREEPOST EAAA, making sure you have ticked that you want to enter the prize draw.

Our top prize is a one night Spa break for two people to include dinner, bed and breakfast. Guests will have access to the Health Club & Thermal Suite Spa, including a 30-minute treatment each. The prize is based on two people sharing a classic double/twin room and can be used on either a Thursday or Sunday night (depending upon availability).

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Terms & Conditions: No purchase necessary. Only one prize will be allocated per individual, winners will be selected at random from the correct entries submitted in the spot the difference competition. The competition is open to UK recipients of Anglia Lift Off, excluding staff and family of East Anglian Air Ambulance and other parties administratively involved in this competition. Prize draw closes at midday on Friday 4 August 2017. No entries will be accepted after this date. The draw will be held on Monday 7 August 2017. The winner will be notified by telephone and/or email within one week of the draw. The prizes are: 1st a spa break for two at Ufford Park; winners will need to book their treatment time at least 4-6 weeks of their arrival date to avoid any potential disappointment and must pay for their own travel to and from Ufford Park. The spa break prize must be used within 12 months of the winners being announced; 2nd prize is a place in Glow in the Park on 21 October 2017; and 3rd prize, a £50 high street voucher. No cash or other alternatives will be offered. The judge’s decision is final; no correspondence will be entered into other than arranging delivery of prize information.

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