Anglia lift off issue 43 summer 2016

LiftOff Anglia

Issue 43 Summer 2016

PUTTING THE FUN IN FUNDRAISING

SARAH’S RESCUE Bride-to-be airlifted from crash Page 4

NEW AIRCRAFT Anglia One H145 launch Page 6

We need you today You may need us tomorrow Donate £5 Text Heli to 70500 Charity No. 1083876

RUNNING TOTAL Supporters go the distance Page 28

Anglia

LiftOff ISSUE 43 SUMMER 2016

Contents Bride-to-be’s airlift

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New helicopter arrives

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Our missions

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New treatment to be carried

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Brave, tough and muddy

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Runners raise thousands

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Egg-cellent day at Sandringham 16 Dates for your diary

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Volunteer Michael’s ‘sterling’ work 20 Latest lottery news

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Safety scheme raises cash

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Cyclists give support

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How to help

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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 – 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 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 It’s been an incredibly busy few months here at EAAA and none of it would have been possible without your support.

Since our last issue of Anglia Lift Off we have held our first ever obstacle course event, Only The Brave, which was a huge success and an enormously fun day. You can read all about it on page 12. Another gruelling challenge was the Virgin Money London Marathon, where a number of the participants raised money for us, including of course one of our pilots Dave Kelly. We’re very grateful to everyone who supported us through both of these challenging activities.

As summer progresses our fundraising staff and volunteers will be working hard at events across our region. You might bump into our team at a local show or fete or see them at something

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Cover picture: Only The Brave at Elveden by Richard Jarmy (see page 12)

that’s a specific fundraiser such as the wonderful Norfolk Polo Festival taking place over the weekend of June 18 and 19, or on the Sunday of the same weekend our motorbike ride out across Suffolk, Ride2Remember, with a supporting festival alongside it.

Meanwhile in Bedfordshire, Helifest takes place on July 23 with some great live music. You can find more details about our fundraising events on page 18 or visit our website for many more.

We held the launch of our new Anglia One aircraft, the H145, at Norwich in March. A report about it features on page 6 and it means that the clinicians working from Norwich now have more space and equipment on board to help patients, matching the Anglia Two aircraft that we introduced at Cambridge last year. To have two state of the art helicopters like this means that our crews will be able to bring the very best clinical care to patients in their hour of need. It’s been made possible thanks to your generosity and the decision by the Chancellor to use the LIBOR fines imposed on banks for the ‘blue-light’ emergency services.

If you have received this issue of Anglia Lift Off in the post then you will have found within it a copy of our Christmas brochure. As I write, the early summer sunshine is pouring through my window and it almost feels wrong to be thinking about snowmen, robins and winter scenes at this time of year. However, we are always overwhelmed by the number of supporters who like to place their Christmas card orders in plenty of time –

To have two state of the art helicopters like this means that our crews will be able to bring the very best clinical care to patients in their hour of need

and indeed if you want to make sure the card of your choice is in stock then we do advise ordering as early as possible as we expect some supplies to sell out.

Finally, I’d just like to draw your attention to a request we’ve made on the address sheet accompanying Anglia Lift Off in the post. If you’d like to receive regular news about EAAA, including events in your area that may be of interest then please visit our website and follow the links to sign up to the newsletter. You can also now receive an email when a new issue of Anglia Lift Off is available to read on our website too. If you no longer wish to receive a paper copy please contact us at lottery@eaaa.org.uk including your name and address and we’ll email you instead when the next magazine is available.

Thank you for taking the time to read about our work. Together, we save lives.

Joanna Dew Director of Fundraising

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Sarah looks forward to walking down the aisle As bride-to-be Sarah Welsh prepares to start married life with her fiancé Tim this summer, she’s aware that following a post-Christmas car accident near her home in rural Suffolk her big day could have been looking very different indeed.

It was the Tuesday after Christmas and Sarah, Tim, son Jacob (three) and six month old daughter Grace were setting off on a shopping trip to buy an early wedding present from Sarah’s grandfather.

But on a winding road in the countryside near their village their car left the road and hit a bank, leaving Sarah seriously hurt. Luckily Tim and Jacob got out of the car with baby Grace, who was completely uninjured, but Sarah was trapped by her right leg and it had swollen to more than three times its usual size.

The fire service had planned to cut the roof off the car to free Sarah, but weren’t able to do so. By now EAAA’s Anglia Two aircraft had arrived with doctors Peter Temesvari, Neil Berry and critical-care paramedic Andy Downes on board. Sarah said: “When I heard they had called the air ambulance I realised that things must be pretty

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serious. The medical staff were lovely and so kind. I didn’t really know much about the air ambulance before – and I didn’t know it was funded by charity.

“Because they couldn’t cut me out of the car they decided to lift me out so one of the doctors held my leg and the fire crew gently pulled me out of the car. The clinicians put me on a spinal board and wrapped me in a foil blanket because it was so cold – I felt like I had been wrapped up like the Christmas turkey!”

By now Sarah’s parents and Tim’s mum Annie were on the scene to help look after the children. Sarah is terrified of flying so had asked if she could be taken to hospital by road, but waiting for an ambulance would have cost valuable time, when she needed

The air ambulance crew kept me calm and said there was room in the helicopter for my mum to come with me.

urgent treatment. She said: “The air ambulance crew kept me calm and said there was room in the helicopter for my mum to come with me, so I agreed to be airlifted. In the end it felt as if the helicopter just went up and down again – we got to the West Suffolk Hospital in four minutes. It would have been much longer by road.”

At the hospital Sarah was soon taken into theatre for an operation on her badly broken leg. She needed a metal rod inserted between her knee and her hip to correct her broken femur. After five days in hospital Sarah was able to go home to her grandfather’s house where she had a downstairs bedroom and bathroom and additional family support.

After three months of physiotherapy during which time Sarah was able to stop needing crutches, the family returned home together and can continue their marriage plans. The wedding celebrations have had to change a little, due to financial constraints while Sarah has been unable to return to work, but most of the day is going ahead as planned.

And Sarah will be putting her injuries behind her when she walks back up the aisle on Tim’s arm – not because she needs help to walk any more, but to celebrate as they start a new chapter as husband and wife.

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NEWS New Anglia One launched

Special guests and EAAA staff attended a welcome event at Norwich Airport for the latest addition to our aircraft fleet. In March the new H145 helicopter G-RESU went into service under the callsign Anglia One. The new helicopter carries enough fuel to fly for over two hours, with a range of 300 nautical miles (335 miles) and provides EAAA with the capability of carrying two flight crew, three clinicians and a patient, not to mention a wide range of lifesaving equipment and devices. It also has greater cabin space and allows more to be done to help the patient during the transfer process.

The Bishop of Norwich, the Right Reverend Graham James, attended the launch and wished the aircraft and its crew well for its life in operation over East Anglia. He was able to meet and spend time speaking with members

of the clinical crew who will fly on Anglia One. EAAA Chief Executive Patrick Peal said: “We are indebted to the people of East Anglia for their support and encouragement which has seen us grow from a one helicopter, one day a week operation in 2000 to two state of the art helicopters with a doctor and criticalcare paramedic crew available every day of the year from 7am to 1.30am.”

And EAAA Chairman Sir William Cubitt added: “The new H145 is the next major step in our journey for continuous improvement of pre-hospital emergency medical care across East Anglia.”

The Charity now has two H145 helicopters in service, Anglia One based at Norwich Airport and Anglia Two (launched in April 2015) based at Cambridge Airport.

EAAA features in TV documentary Did you spot the EAAA teams featured in Sky 1’s documentary series Air Ambulance ER? The six week series was shown on Monday nights at 9pm during April and May. Produced by Tern TV, this astonishing documentary captured the incredible lifesaving work our doctors, paramedics and pilots achieve every day, bringing pre-hospital emergency medical treatment to patients across East Anglia.

Director of Fundraising Jo Dew said: “Air Ambulance ER was an opportunity for our generous supporters to see what we do and how we turn their donations into lifesaving missions.”

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Social media highlights

Chairman appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk EAAA Chairman Major General Sir William Cubitt KCVO CBE has been appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk for 2016/17.

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. We also have Facebook and Twitter pages for each of the four counties we cover, regularly sharing their content and we’re on YouTube and Pinterest too. Here’s what people have been talking about recently: Frankie Hockham On June 25 13 mad motorcyclists will be riding over 500 miles in one day to raise money for East Anglian Air Ambulance www.facebook.com/500mEnduranceRide

The office of High Sheriff is the oldest Royal appointment, dating back to Saxon times when the Shire Reeve would maintain law and order in a county and collect and return taxes due to the Crown.

The role today involves supporting the Crown and the judiciary as well supporting and promoting the voluntary sector within the county.

@maruzen52 Thank you @EastAngliAirAmb. Just won £100 in their weekly lottery.

Never expected to win. Just wanted to support EAAA. Natalie Chisholm About to get ready for the Loki 5km & obstacle course, hoping to do you proud!!

Wish the team from Multiyork luck @HertsEssexObser #Stortford pensioner on the mend after dislocating hip pays tribute to @EastAngliAirAmb Toby Wilson Could be a midlife crisis or could be raising money for a worthy cause - you choose.

10 brave souls from adgendamedia. com including me are jumping out of a plane to raise money for East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity. It goes without saying that I have not done this before; jumped out of a plane at 13,000 feet or asked for charity. Please give generously. @charitynathan15 Thank you to everyone for their support today at @TSA_TownCouncil St George’s #togetherwesavelives @EastAngliAirAmb

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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 Between January and March we were called to a total of missions and more than of these involved flying after dark. Our crews treated patients with attended by Anglia One and by Anglia Two. The number of patients airlifted to hospital was and the vast majority of the other patients were accompanied in the land ambulance by the air ambulance clinicians. During this quarter we attended more road collisions than any other type of emergency.

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Supporter Matthew Bell sent us this photograph of our new Anglia One aircraft on the helipad at the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk. The crew of Doctors Jeremy Mauger and Zoe Smeed, together with Critical-Care Paramedic (CCP) Rod Wells was called to transfer a woman in her forties from the hospital to Addenbrooke’s in Cambridge for specialist treatment. The crew administered pain relief and monitored the patient on the way to hospital.

Anglia One A man in his forties was treated by the crew of Anglia Two after a fall from a horse near Newmarket. The helicopter was able to land very close to the patient after other horses had been moved from the scene. He was then transferred to hospital by road.

A young boy who had suffered burns in an incident in Norwich was treated at the scene by the crew of Anglia One. He was then flown to a specialist burns unit in Chelmsford in a journey of less than 40 minutes.

By road it would have been considerably longer.

A footballer who suffered a serious injury during a match in Norfolk was treated by the crew of Anglia One, which landed on the pitch close to the casualty. The man, in his twenties, was flown to hospital.

Six people were involved in a road collision between a car and a lorry in South Norfolk. Dr Vicky Smith from Anglia One’s crew assisted the ambulance service team at the scene with a number of them, while her fellow crew members Dr Zoe Smeed and CCP Neil Flowers attended to the most seriously injured casualty before accompanying him to hospital by road.

A passing motorist assisted the crew of Anglia Two after they landed a short distance from a patient who needed advanced life-support following a cardiac arrest. The clinicians ran to the patient and the car driver assisted by bringing equipment from the aircraft.

The man, in his fifties, was airlifted to hospital in Norwich.

Anglia Two landed close to the beach at Felixstowe to treat a man who had been injured at work nearby. After treatment at the scene the medical crew travelled with the patient to hospital by ambulance.

The crew of Anglia Two negotiated poor weather conditions to reach a man in Bedfordshire who had fallen from a building. The casualty was given enhanced emergency care at the scene by the clinical team who then travelled with him to hospital by road to continue treatment.

The clinicians aboard Anglia Two were scrambled to meet a land ambulance that was en-route to the Luton and Dunstable hospital with a seriously ill patient on board. The crew joined the ambulance staff and were able to give enhanced A&E level care to the patient as the vehicle continued to the hospital.

A toddler was taken ill at home on the North Norfolk Coast. Anglia One was the first medical resource on the scene and the little girl was airlifted to hospital in Norwich for further treatment.

Anglia Two is pictured here against the London skyline after a motorcyclist, who had been involved in a collision in Hertfordshire, was flown to the Royal London Hospital.

The photograph was taken by pilot Captain Chris Sherriff while the clinicians Dr Adam Chesters and CCP Tim Daniels attended to the casualty.

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Delivering Excellence

New pre-hospital treatment for patients with a head injury EAAA’s clinicians aboard both aircraft will be able to use a new treatment this summer, which, when administered at the scene of an incident or before reaching hospital, could play a critical role in the recovery of some patients with serious head injuries.

It will be especially important in the treatment of those casualties who our crews know or believe may already be taking warfarin.

The treatment, Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (PCC), which has the trade name Beriplex, reverses the effects of warfarin – a drug which is usually taken by people to stop blood clotting.

Warfarin is most commonly prescribed for people who have had a thrombosis or some heart conditions. It works by slowing down the body’s production of Vitamin K which will increase the time it takes for blood to clot.

Dr Adam Chesters has been researching the benefits that using Beriplex will bring. He said: “This was used first

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by London’s Air Ambulance and subsequently by our colleagues at Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust, where I have been fortunate enough to have been involved in that work. I think it will make a huge difference in the treatment of some of East Anglia’s most seriously injured patients.”

PCC is derived from human plasma from blood donors. It’s likely to be used by the air ambulance teams fairly infrequently and one of the reasons for using Beriplex is that it has a longer shelf life than similar products, which

will make it more cost effective for the charity. Because it is a blood product it has to have full traceability and its use is subject to very strict governance.

EAAA’s Head of Clinical Operations Andy Downes said: “Our crews will be given specific training in the use of this intervention and of course it will be closely monitored. Where it is likely to be used, it’s possible that the patient may be unconscious and unable to tell us if they are taking warfarin. In such circumstances a test will be carried out on the clotting tendency of their blood to establish the International Normalised Ration or INR. If the INR is abnormal and the patient is confirmed as or suspected to be taking warfarin then Beriplex Andy Downes, ns io at er may be used.”

Op l Head of Clinica The kit that will be carried on the aircraft, including the INR testing machine, has been chosen because of its light weight and suitability for use in the pre-hospital environments that EAAA may be called to.

Beriplex is most likely to be used with a patient who has bleeding on or around the brain. The swift and appropriate treatment at the scene of the incident will give the patient the best possible chance of making a good recovery.

It may also be used when patients who are taking warfarin have severe bleeding elsewhere.

I think it will make a huge difference in the treatment of some of East Anglia’s most seriously injured patients.

Dr Chesters added: “This intervention may only be used a handful of times every year, but for the patients who need it, it will be a level of critical care that they should not have to wait for until they arrive at the hospital.

“We work on the basis that we are bringing the emergency room to the roadside or scene of the incident and as the technology and equipment advances enough for us as a rapid response team to carry and use in pre-hospital care then more lives will be saved.”

Dr Adam Chesters

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Cover Story

Only The Brave Mud, ditches and challenging obstacles all contributed to EAAA’s first ever obstacle course race challenge event – Only The Brave. It was held at the Elveden Estate near Thetford in March with participants completing either a five mile or 10 mile course.

More than 1,300 people from all over the region took part and the event has raised over £100,000 for the charity.

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A crew team, made up of Anglia Two’s staff based at Cambridge airport took part in the event. Doctors Neil Berry, Vicky Smith and Drew Welch joined Captain Dave Kelly and Captain Andy Wray together with critical-care paramedic Rob Riches to take on the 10 mile challenge. The team finished sixth overall with a time of 1:38 hours.

A number of former EAAA patients took part in the event I’m so proud of everyone including Mark who took part in the Warren, who suffered a kite-surfing accident race and thank all in the summer of those who worked so 2012. Mark met up with Dr Neil Berry on hard to make it happen the day, who was the doctor who attended his accident. There were also a large number of corporate teams competing, including an EAAA Charity team with Chief Executive, Patrick Peal among them.

EAAA Fundraising Manager, Holly Lambert said: “It was such a wonderful day and everyone seemed to really enjoy the course. But most importantly we have raised a huge amount of money to help keep this lifesaving charity flying. I’m so proud of everyone who took part in the race and thank all those who worked so hard to make it happen on the day, as well as the corporate sponsors who were so generous.”

With thanks to Richard Jarmy for the pictures on these pages and the cover, www.richardjarmy.co.uk

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Virgin Money London Marathon Runners taking part in this year’s Virgin Money London Marathon in aid of EAAA have helped to raise almost £20,000 so far. This year we had five runners who had a place from the charity, known as a Gold Bond and several more who generously used their own ballot place to raise money.

EAAA Senior Pilot Captain Dave Kelly (pictured) who is based at Cambridge Airport not only completed the marathon but did so having worked a night shift the night before and was at work in Gloucestershire with the company that provides our aircraft, the day after the marathon. Dave finished the event in six hours and has so far raised more than £2,500 for the charity.

Gold Bond runner Richard Mead from Cambridge completed the marathon in 5’21. He’s raised nearly £2,800 for EAAA. Writing on his sponsorship page Richard said: “I am ridiculously overwhelmed by all the support you’ve all shown me. It inspired me to get around when giving up would have felt like a very nice option at some points.”

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Despite having had some injury worries in the weeks leading up to the marathon Tom Durrell from Norwich completed it in 4’06. Tom (30) also had an EAAA place and has so far raised £2,000.

Pilates instructor Katy Walker (25), from Old Buckenham, Norfolk, was running the marathon for the second year in succession and finished in a time of 4’48. Katy has so far raised more than £2,000.

Our final EAAA place went to Georgia Cole (23) from Bedford who was taking part in her first marathon and crossed the finish line in 6’53. At the time of publishing Georgia was close to her £2,000 fundraising target.

Norfolk-based runners Flip Foulds and Mel Fewtrell were both using their ballot places to raise money in memory of their friend Tom Gentle. Flip had suffered a knee injury in the weeks leading up to the event but completed it in a time of 5’04. She said: “I was unsure whether I would make the start line let alone get round but I did somehow and I was even on target for under four hours until mile 20 so very happy.” Flip has raised over £2,000.

Mel, who completed the race in 4’22 has raised nearly £1,400.

First-time marathoner Annie Smith (21) from Potton in Bedfordshire was delighted to complete the event in 3’57, raising close to £1,000 in doing so. Annie said it was an amazing day and she loved every minute of it, adding: “When those miles get tough you remember why you’re doing it, truly remarkable experience, would I do it again? 100%” Michelle Richards (32) from Thetford has surpassed her original hope to raise £500 for the charity by achieving almost £2,000 in sponsorship. Writing on her fundraising page, Michelle, who completed it in a time of 4’36 said: “Definitely the hardest thing physically I’ve ever done so really pleased to have completed it! Thank you for everyone’s kind donations.”

Lewis Dellar-Witt who finished in 4’11 has raised over £1,000 for EAAA as well as supporting RNLI. He said: The crowds in London were incredible, the noise, the cheering, the encouragement and the constant supply of jelly babies. Running the London Marathon was one hell of an experience, and at times it certainly was hell, but none the less an experience I will never forget.”

When those miles get tough you remember why you’re doing it, truly remarkable experience

Others who were supporting EAAA included Norfolk-based Lucy Todd who finished in 5’32 and raised nearly £800 and Steve Nichols who has raised over £1,500 after finishing in 4’29.

Fundraiser Diane Smith completed in 5’50 and Joe Gowing in 4’18.

Georgie Armstrong, who also used her marathon place to support the charity has raised over £1,000. Thanks also to Marilyn McCormack, Stephen Anderson, Carol Coleman, Matt Pritchard and Emma Thomson.

If you’ve been inspired by our London marathon runners, we have Gold Bond places available for the 2017 race.

Please visit our website for more details or email vlmevents@eaaa.org.uk for an application form. Conditions apply and successful applicants will be notified in the autumn.

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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).

Supporter Paul Wilson has devised a novel fundraising idea to keep children entertained in the school summer holidays. He’s put together a treasure trail around Norwich and is pictured here with his grandson Jude testing the clues. Paul anticipates it will take youngsters around one or two hours to complete – on their own, with friends or helped by adults.

Donations in order to receive the questions can be made at www.justgiving.com/paul-wilson93.

The Histon Beaver Scouts in Cambridgeshire have been fundraising as part of their Community Impact Badge. They held cake sales and collections and were sponsored for bike rides, silences and swims. In total they have raised more than £750. We’d also like to thank the 3rd Bradwell Brownies who raised £250 as they earnt their Hostess Badge.

Although the weather wasn’t the kindest, our first Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Saturday was a huge success with more than 700 children taking part. Our Easter Egg tombola, kindly supported by Morrisons of King’s Lynn was also a sell-out. Our thanks go to King’s Lynn Priory Rotary Club who initiated the event and our hosts the Sandringham Estate as well as everyone who supported us.

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Riders who’ve fallen off in the hunting field across the region have been helping to contribute to our funds by paying a ‘fine’ for each fall. The North Norfolk Harriers (pictured) raised £245, inspired by one of their members who we attended when she took a nasty fall two years ago. The Essex and Suffolk Hunt’s ‘Tumblers Club’ donated £235 and the Hunt gave another generous donation of over £1,100 bringing the amount they have raised in recent years for EAAA to more than £10,000.

Thurlow Point to Point have also raised £500.

The wonderful volunteers at Bullock Fair Charity Shop in Harleston, Norfolk, visited us to see the new Anglia One aircraft recently.

In the last 12 years this incredible charity shop has raised almost £730,000 for EAAA. Peterborough Minster Rotary Club held its annual golf day for EAAA at Elton Furze Club. The event has raised thousands for the charity in recent years. Cherie Cawood, who leads the organising team, supports the charity after her daughter was attended by the air ambulance. The main sponsors this year were Vartan Ravenscroft, a Stockbroking and Investment management company based in Peterborough and Guernsey.

The event was followed by a dinner and prizegiving.

Thank you ...

The Charity Beer and Bygones Festival in Herringswell, near Newmarket raised just under £1,000.

Pupils at Benjamin Britten High School in Lowestoft held a week of fundraising in aid of EAAA and raised over £430.

The Rotary Club of Cambridge South have recently given a donation of £2,800 to enable EAAA to buy a vital piece of diagnostic equipment. The money was raised by organising car parking for Christmas shoppers last year.

Former patient Sandy Sutherland and his band The Martells held another charity gig at Kesgrave near Ipswich. The evening raised over £2,500 and brings the total from these events to over £21,600.

The East Anglian Working Newfoundlands have recently given more than £2,300.

An EAAA Cocktail Party at Oast Lounge in St Neots generated over £900.

Chelmsford Motor Sport hold an annual charity rally and recently donated over £600 taking their total to over £11,000.

The Norfolk Scooter Collective donated near £800 from their Easter Egg Run. In the last year alone EAAA supporters have given £40,000 by asking for donations instead of gifts on special birthdays or anniversaries. We can provide collection boxes, balloons and information about the charity for your party guests to help fundraise at your celebration.

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Events 25+26 [Sat&Sun]

June

World Record Attempt Curvemotion, Bury St Edmunds

If you have ever wanted to have a go at breaking a world record then Curvemotion is the place to be this weekend.

Why not try the most star jumps in a minute, or perhaps go for the baked bean eating record? This EAAA fundraiser will also see two mass participation record attempts. On Saturday they will be attempting to break the record for the longest roller skating conga line and on Sunday they will attempt the most people dressed as a dog record. So if you want to be the best and you want to beat the rest make sure you have the dedication to come to Curvemotion this weekend.

Picture Courtesy of Matthew Usher/Archant

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July Helifest Oakley, Bedfordshire

We’ve teamed up with our fantastic supporters at Oakley Motorcycle Club to host a music festival with entertainment for all the family. There will be a DJ and six live acts including tributes to U2 and Billy Idol. Enjoy fairground rides and food and drink as the entertainment continues through the afternoon and into the evening. For tickets please contact our Bedfordshire team (see page 2) or buy online at Eventbrite.co.uk.

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Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment Open Day Thetford

During the summer visit to Bodney Camp near Thetford the Regiment holds its annual Open Day, displaying its equestrian skills including show-jumping and ‘skillat-arms’ competitions. Entertainment is provided with music from the Bands of Life Guards and the Blues and Royals; including a performance by The Household Cavalry Musical Ride. There are a variety of amusements, carriage rides, food stands and displays all in aid of fantastic charities, including EAAA.

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Sandringham Flower Show Norfolk

We return to the Sandringham Flower Show again this year, having been fortunate enough to have been on the Royal Route at last year’s event to welcome their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall to the EAAA stand. This year the Sandringham Royal Warrant Holders Association is generously supporting EAAA and we will be one of the beneficiaries from their huge raffle. They kindly supported us previously in 2006 and Honorary Secretary Ray Luck said: “We are proud to lend our support to this very worthy charity who bring aid to so many throughout the region.”

EAAA will also be there with our regular stand and epic bottle tombola, along with merchandise and charity information.

Planning a fundraising event?

September

EAAA Sapphire [Saturday] Ball

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Cambridge Join our Cambridgeshire fundraising team for this glittering event at The Cambridge Belfry in Cambourne. Arrive at 7pm and enjoy a three course meal with coffee and sweet treats then dance into the night to our fantastic live band Woo and the Fuel. Take home a memento of the evening from our photo booth. Tickets are just £45 per person and can be purchased from our South Cambridgeshire fundraising office (contact details on page 2).

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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Make a Difference VOLUNTEER FOCUS:

MICHAEL WHITE In the relatively short time that Michael White, from Bottisham, near Cambridge, has been volunteering with EAAA, our South Cambridgeshire Fundraising Manager Barbara McGee says he’s become invaluable to her team.

She said: “Although Michael started by helping out at events, he’s taken on a much greater role looking after collection boxes and being involved with our recent Any Currency Any Age campaign. He is such an asset to us and I’m incredibly grateful for all the time and effort he puts in.”

Michael, who is retired, also volunteers with Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service as a Community Champion giving fire safety talks to children and other groups. Following a fire at his own home before he came to Cambridgeshire, he had been a retained fire fighter in Wiltshire as well as having a career in marketing and finance.

How did you get involved with EAAA? My wife and a friend had supported the charity for a number of years and I was looking for something to do when I retired. I wanted to put something back into the community and, after the death of one of our sons, I contacted the South Cambridgeshire team and asked what I could do to help. Alistair had been very charity minded and active in the community so I thought I should also ‘step up to the plate’.

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What do you do?

Initially I helped out at events, especially those at Duxford as I was in the RAF for a while and have a love of flying. I enjoy raising awareness about EAAA and selling merchandise to the crowds there. I also look after the collection boxes across this area. I find places for new boxes and replace them when they are full, counting and banking the contents. Having spent time working within the banking system, I have been talking to various bank managers to encourage them to site collection boxes for Any Currency Any Age in their branches. So far quite a number have accepted and are doing well.

What makes it rewarding for you?

Meeting people who have been helped by the air ambulance clinicians definitely brings home the value of the service. I recently attended a quiz night organised by the Red Lion at Swaffham Prior - they have a family connection with a patient. Also I’ve been watching Air Ambulance ER on television which has given such an insight into why we need to keep supporting this important charity. Watching the clinicians they’ve featured, such as Dr Pam Chrispin and her colleagues, is inspiring.

Where will it take you next?

I want to extend the Any Currency Any Age campaign by siting collection boxes in more bank branches. For the last couple of years we have organised fundraising barbecues for the charity at a local school, so I hope we’ll be able to continue with these. I’ve also had an idea about potentially raising awareness in the Newmarket area, which is only at the very early stages, so these as well as the other events and activities, should keep me busy for a quite a while.

Watch a Volunteer video on our website Visit www.eaaa.org.uk/ support-us/volunteer

Meeting people who have been helped by the air ambulance clinicians definitely brings home the value of the service

Can you help?

If you can offer some spare time and would like to find out more about helping us please email volunteer@eaaa.org.uk or contact your local fundraising office (see page 2).

We are currently looking for more people to help us as volunteers in West Suffolk. If you can spare some time to attend events on behalf of the charity or help with collections we would be delighted to hear from you.

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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. During the last quarter, the £1,000 jackpot has been won by: Feb 05 Mrs J. Bartholomew Harwich, Essex Feb 12 Mr P. Nye

Ipswich

Feb 19 Mrs S. Beales

Wisbech, Cambs

Feb 26 Mrs P. Whybrow

Bedford

Mar 04 Mrs M. Cooper

Watton, Norfolk

Mar 11 Mr R. Barham

Ipswich

Mar 18 Mr R. Steel

King’s Lynn

Mar 24 Mrs E. Ward

Luton

Apr 01 Mr T. Stanmore

Thetford, Norfolk

Apr 08 V. Gray

Lowestoft

Apr 15 Mrs M. Parnwell

Warboys, Cambs

Apr 22 Mr H. Tough

Aylsham, Norfolk

Apr 29 Mr P. Mounsey

Wisbech, Cambs

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The Accumulator Prize Since our last issue the accumulator prize has been won just once. On March 18 the prize stood at £4,000 when it was won

by Mr P. Everson in Norwich. Between then and the end of April we had had no further winners. You can see how much the accumulator is at currently by visiting the lottery section of our website.

Summer raffle draw We recently sent out tickets for our Summer Raffle draw. There is a top prize of £3,000 as well as number of other cash prizes to be won. The proceeds from this help our lifesaving work to continue so we are very grateful to everyone who supports us whether they buy one ticket or a whole book.

Please don’t forget to return the counterfoils and payments by 11 July.

The draw will be made a week later. If you’d like more tickets either for yourself or to sell to family and friends please just give us a call on 01603 489400 and our lottery team will be happy to help you.

Our Lottery canvassers One of the ways in which we invite people to sign up and play our lottery is through a team of canvassers who work out and about in their communities, sometimes in shops or door to door. They cover the core four counties served by our helicopters, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

The canvassers, some of whom are pictured here, usually work Monday to Friday between the hours of 10am and 8pm. Occasionally they may also work at a weekend. All of them carry identification and they are pictured on our website too. However if you are unsure whether someone calling and claiming to be from our charity is genuine please get in touch with us by phoning 01603 489400.

The canvassers never collect cash and they are only able to sign up lottery membership, so regrettably they are not able to take any other donation for the charity. Anyone who does sign up to the lottery will be asked to pay by direct debit or cheque.

We realise that while many people appreciate the opportunity to sign up to our lottery in this way it is not for everyone and our lottery canvassers will never use any inappropriate fundraising approaches.

If you are reading this magazine because you joined our lottery via our canvassing team, thank you for doing so and we wish you luck as a player with 19 chances to win a prize each week.

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 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.

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

Postcode

Tel

Email Date of Birth For cheque No. of chances per week payment: Total amount due £

No. of weeks (min 13)

Please tick if you are happy for EAAA to email you about news, events and other fundraising activities

For direct debit payments: (Please fill in the form below)

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)

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.

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)

Date Banks and Building Societies may not accept Direct Debit Instructions for some types of account.

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.

The sum of £ Monthly (£4.34) First payment on

(Minimum payment of £4.34 per chance per month)

Quarterly (£13) /

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Half-yearly (£26)

Yearly (£52)

and thereafter until further notice.

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 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. Please tick if you do NOT want to hear from us by post by phone.

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We are very grateful to the many local businesses who support EAAA in a variety of ways. Corporate support is vital to our lifesaving work and if you’d like to help us by sponsoring an event, raising awareness through our Proud to Support initiative or making a donation please contact our fundraising team who will be happy to advise and help.

Contact details are on page 2 and our website.

Workers’ safety leads to donation Staff at an ASDA distribution centre in Bedford have helped raise over £1,700 for EAAA thanks to on-site safety and a fundraising event for Workers’ Memorial Day. The depot was celebrating achieving more than 100 RIDDOR Free days – or days in which there had been no reportable injuries, diseases or dangerous occurrences.

site for staff working at the depot. Staff took part in a table tennis tournament and an unattractive picnic area was given a makeover to become a pleasant lunchtime spot for colleagues to enjoy.

They also organised cake sales and a barbecue and at a special celebration event EAAA fundraisers attended to give a talk and accept the generous donation.

At the start of this year the GMB union put forward ideas to mark Workers’ Memorial Day and improve part of the

Suffolk firm’s total continues to grow Scotia UK plc which has a base at Stowmarket in Suffolk has recently made its latest donation of £1,000 taking the total the company has given EAAA to more than £33,000.

The technology company gives a donation from each sale of a unique product called smots™, which is used in an operating theatre or simulation centre to enable clinicians to demonstrate procedures to fellow professionals anywhere in the world.

Scotia’s Chief Executive Gordon McLoughlin said: “We’ve sold a lot of boxes and we’re very proud to be able to help in this way. I’d say to all EAAA’s commercial contacts just to think about how, even in a very small way, they could think about doing something similar? It doesn’t take much and it really can turn into something quite substantial.”

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Tokens turned to cash The Cambridge Building Society and Cambridge News joined forces once again during February and March for their Cash for the Community campaign. Tokens are printed in the paper and readers then send them in on behalf of various charities, who receive a percentage of £10,000 depending on how many tokens are received. We’d like to thank everyone who sent in tokens on behalf of EAAA. The 3,176 tokens received were converted to a donation of just over £1,800.

Corporate Thanks…

The following companies have all recently made generous donations to EAAA...

Transport Planning Associates made us their charity of the year and raised over £300.

Long term supporters G’s Fresh have added another donation of over £600 to their total, which now exceeds £65,000.

Packaging firm Sealed Air in St Neots have given more than £450.

Thermal Engineering Ltd in Royston held a raffle and raised £265.

Project Seven in Long Melford held various different events leading to a donation of £900.

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Savills skydivers Savills in Cambridge have chosen to support EAAA for the last three years and have raised close to £10,000.

Among their recent activities was a skydive in which around 10 of the staff took part. They have also had dress down days, a tuck shop and sponsored events.

The Norfolk Motor Group has generously supplied a car to the Wroxham and Bure Valley Rotary Club, to be raffled in aid of several local charities including EAAA. A ticket can be obtained by making a donation of £2.

The car is a brand new Kia Rio SR7 (pictured) and the draw will be made on Sunday November 20 at Castle Mall in Norwich. Tickets are available from the Norfolk Motor Group in Mile Cross Lane, Norwich as well as Abbotts Estate Agents in Wroxham until November 19. You’ll also be able to get tickets at our stand at the Royal Norfolk Show in Norwich on June 29 and 30.

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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.

Tom remembered

Friends and colleagues of a man injured in a sailing accident, from which he didn’t recover have taken part in a twopart marathon challenge in his memory.

Ten staff from TRO in Norwich undertook to cycle from London to Paris or run in the Paris Marathon – with a number of them doing both challenges.

Hughes Challenge

They were raising money in memory of Tom Gentle who had been involved in a similar challenge with colleagues in 2015. More than £6,300 was raised and will be split between two causes that Tom had supported.

Meanwhile also cycling from London to Paris this summer in aid of EAAA will be one of our flying doctors Pam Chrispin.

The EAAA London to Paris bike ride takes place from July 20-24 and will involve around 300 miles of cycling. Support Pam by visiting: www.justgiving.com/PamChrispin

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Four members of staff from Hughes Electrical (pictured) are hitting the road this summer hoping to raise over £5,000 for EAAA. The gallant quartet will cover more than 500 miles in just five days, visiting 35 Hughes stores across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Lincolnshire, Norfolk & Suffolk! The epic journey was due to start in Spalding on June 6 and finish in King’s Lynn on June 10.

The ride was the brainchild of Nigel Jeavons and David Youngs who work in Hughes’ Hunstanton and Wisbech stores respectively. They are joined by Aaron Beck from King’s Lynn and area manager Malcolm Tuff.

David said: “We are all keen amateur cyclists but 30-40 miles is usually our limit. So we have each undertaken our own training regimes to build up to the 100 miles a day required. As our journey will be covering five counties we

thought the East Anglian Air Ambulance would be a worthy charity to support.

“While we have set a £5,000 target we hope to raise more and are looking to businesses and individuals across the region to sponsor our journey. However much or little the sponsorship is, it all counts and the money will be going to an organisation that saves lives 365 days a year.”

Cycling thanks

A number of cycling challenges have been held during the spring and early summer, helping to raise hundreds of pounds for EAAA. At the end of May a team of cyclists (pictured) from Linx Global in St Ives were due to cycle from their office to the company’s headquarters in Paris.

We’re grateful to Duo Velo, a coaching company for road cyclists, who are supporting EAAA. With their help we held a challenge at Queensgate in Peterborough to ‘cycle’ 100 miles a day.

Thanks to everyone who took part or donated. Duo Velo are also supporting our challenge event Lap of Anglia.

Now in its fourth year, it has raised over £30,000 for EAAA so far. This year’s gruelling cycling challenge starts on August 10 and 50 riders have signed up.

Visit www.lapofanglia.co.uk for more information.

When a team from Rossis Leisure in North Walsham entered our Only The Brave challenge they wanted to train on obstacles as close to the real thing as possible. So Norfolk farmer, and former EAAA patient, Tim Papworth offered the use of his land and even built them a special course to practice on. It was a great way to prepare for the event itself.

Cambridge half marathon

Four supporters took up EAAA Gold Bond places to run in the Cambridge Half Marathon this year raising over £1,100 between them.

Our thanks to Josh Darley, Dan Pilcher and Clay Latham who all finished in under 1’30 and to Eva Wilkes (pictured) who said the uplifting crowds spurred her on to her time of 1’36.

Thinking of doing an extreme fundraiser?

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

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How to Help Us DEEDS OF VARIATION EXPLAINED In our last issue we featured the generous donation to EAAA from Gaye Batey who had made a Deed of Variation to her mother’s will. Gaye’s parents Dixon and Phyllis had been staunch supporters of EAAA during their lives and she wanted to reflect this following their deaths.

Making a Deed of Variation need not be a complicated process and can help to distribute the estate of the deceased in a more inheritance tax efficient way. We asked our supporters at Heritage Wills (see back page) who have generously made EAAA their charity of the year to explain what’s involved.

WHAT IS A DEED OF VARIATION? A Deed of Variation, sometimes called an Instrument of Variation, enables the beneficiaries of a will to alter the distribution of the estate, for example to give money to another family member or a charity.

WHY MAKE A DEED OF VARIATION? There are many reasons why beneficiaries may want to make such changes but among the most common are to save inheritance tax, to gift to someone who has been left out or not adequately provided for or to resolve uncertainty about the will.

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WHO CAN MAKE A DEED OF VARIATION? Any beneficiary of a will can make a Deed of Variation but all the beneficiaries who will be affected by it have to agree to it. If minors (children) are among the affected beneficiaries who may be worse off as a result, then consent has to be given by a court.

WHEN CAN A DEED OF VARIATION BE USED? For the purposes of reducing inheritance tax or capital gains tax the Deed of Variation must be completed within two years of the date of the death. Once a Deed of Variation has been used on an asset, a second one may not be used for the same asset although other assets may also be the subject of a variation.

HOW CAN A DEED OF VARIATION HELP REDUCE INHERITANCE TAX? If the assets in a will pass to someone who may face an inheritance tax bill themselves, then a Deed of Variation can be used to make a donation to charity or gift the deceased’s assets to the children or grandchildren of the beneficiary. In this case it is deemed that it is the deceased who has made the gift not the original beneficiary.

However it must be remembered in estate planning that while this is an

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how to help us There are many ways in which you can support us, please help by ticking the boxes which interest you and completing your contact details. Then simply return the form to: FREEPOST EAAA Boost your donation by 25p of Gift Aid for every £1 you donate Gift Aid is reclaimed by the charity from the tax you pay for the current tax year. Your address is needed to identify you as a current UK taxpayer.

In order to Gift Aid your donation you must tick the box below: I want to Gift Aid my donation of £ ................................... and any donations I make in the future or have made in the past 4 years to East Anglian Air Ambulance (charity no. 1083876).

I am a UK taxpayer and understand that if I pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all my donations in that tax year it is my responsibility to pay any difference.

effective way of changing a will after death at the moment, it could be changed by future legislation.

DO I NEED TO TAKE LEGAL ADVICE TO MAKE A DEED OF VARIATION? EAAA would recommend doing so, but there is no legal requirement for this. A Deed of Variation does not have to be a formal document or deed – the Government publishes a document, IOV2, which is a checklist of the legal requirements involved.

Legacy gifts left to EAAA in the wills of supporters have made a life-changing difference to hundreds of people across East Anglia who have been helped by our service. One in four of the patients we help would not receive that critical care, were it not for the people who have chosen to remember EAAA in their will. EAAA recommends seeking legal advice when making or changing a will but if you would like to discuss any aspect of leaving a legacy to EAAA please contact Jess Down on 01603 269320.

We also have a section about gifts in wills on our website.

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