Anglia Lift Off issue 44 Autumn 2016

Issue 44 Autumn 2016 | Her Majesty The Queen’s Visit Special Edition

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LiftOff HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN VISITS EAAA – SPECIAL ISSUE THANK YOU Teen meets his lifesaver

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Anglia

LiftOff ISSUE 44 AUTUMN 2016

Contents Airgun fright for teenager

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Prize draw winners

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Recent missions

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New medical kit bags

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Our volunteers’ volunteer

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EAAA hosts 999 Open Day

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The Queen visits EAAA

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EAAA-rly Christmas Fairs

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Lottery prizes

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Take on a challenge

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Andrew’s skydive fundraiser

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Couple’s legacy gift

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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 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 As you read this, we’ll be heading into autumn after a truly wonderful summer here at EAAA. Of course I’m not just talking about our Royal visit, about which you can read more on the centre pages of this issue – although that was a fantastic day – but all the other events that people have worked so hard to make happen this summer. Our supporters and volunteers are the beating heart of this Charity. The time and effort that so many put into fundraising activities, as well as the actual donations given so generously, enable our crews to continue saving lives.

After such a busy summer it is always difficult to try to single out particular events because for every one that we mention, there are dozens and dozens that we can’t highlight here. However, a few that I have been especially involved with were the Norfolk Polo Festival which was a spectacular two days and our memorial motorcycle ride out around Suffolk, Ride 2 Remember. The Norfolk Super Hero Challenge was another great day and you’ll find pictures from some of these and more inside these pages. If you supported any of these this year do please look out for the dates for next year’s events too.

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Cover picture: Her Majesty The Queen

by Keith Hepple (see page 15)

Meanwhile, our annual meetings will be held in November in each of the four counties. If you would like to attend, or to find out more, please contact us at info@eaaa.org.uk, or call on 01223 403600.

When we sent out our last issue of Anglia Lift Off we included our Christmas catalogue and order form.

As I write this we have already had around 650 orders placed, which is a tremendous response. Thank you if you have placed an early order. If you’d like to know more about our Christmas merchandise, including how to help support EAAA through your Christmas cards and gifts please see page 6. I have to say that since supermarkets introduced the charge for plastic bags I’ve found our EAAA jute shopping bags a perfect replacement so why not ‘bag’ one in good time to visit the shops this Christmas – or indeed our EAAA-rly Christmas Fairs in King’s Lynn and elsewhere, full details on page 20.

With all this talk about giving gifts for Christmas or other occasions. I’d also like to mention a very special legacy gift that EAAA received recently. You can read all about it on page 30, where we reflect on the generosity of Charles and Violet Burwood who remembered us in their will. On the same pages you’ll find a helpful form that you can cut out and send back to us if you’d like us to send you information about how to help us in a particular way, such as leaving a legacy or becoming a volunteer.

I really appreciate your time in reading

The time and effort that so many put into fundraising activities, as well as the actual donations given so generously, enable our crews to continue saving lives

about our lifesaving work, whether this is the first time you have seen Anglia Lift Off or you have supported us for some time. Don’t forget that you can read this issue and previous editions on our website and if you’d prefer to do that in future then please let us know that you no longer wish to receive a paper copy in the post. Email lottery@eaaa.org.uk with your details, including if you can your supporter number on the mailing sheet if you received this in the post and we will send you an email with the link to it when the next edition is available.

Thank you for supporting East Anglian Air Ambulance. Together we save lives.

Joanna Dew Director of Fundraising

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Daniel airlifted after airgun accident A Norfolk teenager who was left fighting for his life after an accident with an air rifle has visited EAAA’s base to meet one of the clinicians who treated him. Daniel Warr, who was 15 at the time of incident, was outside his home in Downham Market shooting air rifles with a friend, Nathan.

His mum, dad and sister were inside the house just a few feet away from where they were shooting. Daniel held out a bottle and told Nathan to shoot it out of his hand. But unfortunately for Daniel, things didn’t go as planned and a pellet went straight into Daniel’s chest.

Daniel made his way back into the house and said he didn’t feel very well – but being something of a joker it took a few seconds for his mum to realise that he was being serious and something wasn’t right. She asked what had happened and Nathan explained Daniel had been shot. All that was visible when Daniel pulled up his top was a tiny hole where the pellet had entered. Daniel blacked out on the lounge floor and remembers nothing after that point.

The ambulance was called and because of the nature of his injury the air

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ambulance was also tasked. The land paramedics arrived first and assessed Daniel before the air ambulance landed.

Daniel was slipping in and out of consciousness.

The crew on the air ambulance that day were Doctor Antonio Bellini and Critical-Care Paramedic Rod Wells.

When they arrived Daniel was still conscious, but in shock and agitated.

Not long after that Daniel went into cardiac arrest. His heart stopped as he lay on the living room floor.

The crew had been trialling a new piece of equipment on the aircraft, a small handheld ultrasound, which they were able to use to see what was going on with Daniel’s heart and lungs. There was blood collecting in his chest and Dr Bellini performed a thoracostomy, which involves making an incision into the chest to release the pressure on his heart. The procedure was successful and meant his heart could start beating again.

Dr Bellini called ahead to Addenbrooke’s where they then flew Daniel so that the hospital was prepared to receive him. Daniel was only in Addenbrooke’s for a few hours to be stabilised before he was taken to Papworth Hospital for heart surgery. It was not until the next day when Daniel was brought round that his family allowed themselves to believe he would

The procedure was successful and meant his heart could start beating again

be OK. His relatives had been told to prepare for the worst as he was taken to Addenbrooke’s.

This summer Daniel took his GCSEs and is now looking forward to going on to college to study computer science.

There are no longer air rifles at Daniel’s house, but Daniel occasionally pursues his hobby through organised instruction at a rifle range.

Recently Daniel and his family visited the base and were shown the helicopter by Rod Wells. Daniel said: “I didn’t really know much about the air ambulance before my accident, but it was a real honour to meet someone who helped to save my life and it was so good to be able to say thank you.”

Daniel spent just a week in Papworth and a couple of weeks recovering at home before he went back to school.

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NEWS JustGiving awards A number of EAAA supporters have been nominated in the JustGiving Awards, which will take place in November. By the time Anglia Lift Off is published the charity fundraising website will have revealed the shortlisted nominees open to a public vote, which will run throughout September and October.

If you know someone who has used JustGiving to raise funds for us do check on the site to see if they are on the shortlist.

Nominations were still open as we went to press but among the EAAA supporters who’d been nominated were London Marathon runners Steve Nicols and Diane Smith, Wanda Ryan and Fal’s Flyers who took part in the MK Colour Obstacle Rush and Elton Guillory who has raised over £7,000 in memory of his daughter Emma.

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First prize winner Mavis Chapman

Summer Draw winners Thanks to the generosity of those who bought tickets, the EAAA Summer Draw has raised in excess of £150,000. The winner of the £3,000 first prize was Mavis Chapman from Biggleswade, Bedfordshire and news of how she will spend her prize is on page 23.

Meanwhile, the winners of the other prizes were: £1,000 – Mrs C. Wilby, New Buckenham, Norfolk and £500 – Mrs V. Smith, Soham, Cambs. Prizes of £50 went to: Mrs V. Usher, Eaton Socon, Cambs; Miss D. Farrow, Cambridge; Ms S. Mason, Hellesdon, Ms G. Reynolds, Norwich, Mrs A. Higgins, Long Stratton and Mr W. Grant, Rackheath all in Norfolk; Mrs C. Webb, Layham, Mr P. Maplestone, Ipswich, Mrs S. Buckley, Reydon and Mrs R. Dixon, Rickinghall all in Suffolk.

Christmas gifts to help EAAA Our Christmas cards and merchandise are proving very popular this year but there is still time to get an order in if you’d like to help us in this way.

We have a selection of cards available at £3.50 per pack of 10, as well as gifts to suit everyone. Our pocket diaries make a great stocking-filler and are a handy back up to an electronic calendar.

Or for younger members of the family our emergency transporter with helicopter and rapid response car priced at just £5 is sure to be a hit, together with our die-cast model aircraft at £4.50. Details of all these items together with how to order, can be found on our website.

Giving membership of our lottery also makes a great present for someone over the age of 16. The £1 per week entry could net them one of 18 weekly prizes including the £1,000 jackpot or even considerably more with our accumulator prize. Full details about purchasing lottery membership are on page 25.

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. 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: Tanya Hough‎ Two years ago today you helped our little boy who at 6 months old was burnt after pulling over a teapot. You will never realise how grateful we are that he received such quick treatment and is now a bouncing 2 year old without any signs that he went through this ordeal! @McCarthyNetball We are proud to announce that our tournament raised £1,280 for the East Anglian Air Ambulance and N&N Cardiology Unit. Thank you everyone!

Pure Pure’s Ian Walters completed the #NorfolkSuperheroChallenge and so far, have raised £515 for East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity! @TheHunnyBell It was great to have Briston Vintage Tractor run @TheHunnyBell today raising money for @EastAngliAirAmb Hughes Highlights from Friday, the final day of the Hughes Charity Bike Ride for East Anglian Air Ambulance Charity. The guys successfully complete their 500+ mile trip that saw them pass through more than 30 locations in 4 separate counties! A great amount of money has been raised to date, Big thank you for everybody’s support and well done to the riders on their accomplishment @BurwellPrimary Well done Year 4. £835 raised for East Anglian Air Ambulance and 40 miles walked. We are very proud of you all.

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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 April and June, despite the lighter evenings, we flew 40 missions after dark, more than double compared to the same period last year. We also saw our first month (June) where we were called to more than 200 missions. In total our two aircraft and rapid response vehicles were tasked 579 times. Anglia One’s crew attended to 164 patients and Anglia Two’s 217, with 89 of the total number being airlifted to hospital. Of the others, the vast majority (158) were taken to hospital by land ambulance with the EAAA crew accompanying them to assist their ambulance service colleagues. The type of incident we were called to most frequently was a road traffic collision with 109 people who’d been injured in this way receiving our help.

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Supporter Marcus Hickling took what he described as a ‘never to be repeated’ photo of the air ambulance lifting off from Cromer. The crew had been tasked to a man who’d got into difficulties while swimming. A number of people went to his aid including two off-duty paramedics who worked closely with ambulance service colleagues, the RNLI and Coastguard along with the air ambulance clinicians before the man was flown to hospital in Norwich.

The night time crew of Anglia Two flew to the aid of a man suffering a cardiac arrest on the north Suffolk coast, reaching him in just 16 minutes. He was anaesthetised then given enhanced life-support for the flight to hospital in Norwich.

A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a collision with another vehicle in Ipswich. Anglia One flew to his aid and the clinicians escorted the patient to the local hospital by road.

The helicopter met them at the hospital where the patient had been stabilised, he was then transferred by air to Addenbrooke’s.

A man in his thirties suffered serious burns during a fire at an industrial estate in Bedfordshire. The crew of Anglia Two treated him and another man at the scene before the more seriously injured of the two was flown to hospital under a general anaesthetic with enhanced A & E level care.

The crew of Anglia Two were called to assist at an incident in Luton where a car had overturned. They assisted the other emergency services to remove the patient, a woman in her sixties and gave her pain relief and an assessment at the scene before she was taken to hospital by road.

The night time crew aboard Anglia Two were tasked to a man in his eighties in Cambridgeshire who had suffered a cardiac arrest. He received emergency treatment at the scene before being flown to hospital.

A cyclist in his eighties was treated by the crew of Anglia One after suffering a fall from his bike. The helicopter landed in a garden close to the incident and Dr Peter Temesvari and CCP Tim Daniels accompanied him to hospital by road to assist their ambulance colleagues with treatment en-route.

The Anglia One crew of Dr Peter Temesvari and CCP Rod Wells attended a man who had fallen through a roof at a Norfolk industrial estate.

After treatment at the scene the air ambulance clinicians travelled with the patient in the land ambulance, to continue monitoring and assessing him on the way to hospital.

Four people were injured in a multi-vehicle road accident in the Cambridgeshire Fens. One of them suffered serious injuries and was treated at the scene by the Anglia Two crew, before being airlifted to Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

EAAA doctor Jeremy Mauger captured this picture as Anglia One departed from the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. The Coastguard helicopter was already on the helipad when our crew arrived having airlifted a patient who’d been taken seriously ill in a remote area near King’s Lynn, which was only accessible by 4x4 vehicles.

A young woman was injured on a trampoline in Norwich. Anglia One’s CCP Rod Wells drove to the incident in the rapid response vehicle to assist the crew of the land ambulance at the scene, who then took the patient to hospital.

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Delivering Excellence The medical crews working out of our Norwich and Cambridge bases strive to deliver the best possible care in the air. We regularly review our working practices, looking to make improvements wherever we can. This summer, we’ve seen the results of two detailed pieces of work behind the scenes come to fruition, which we believe will improve still further the level of care our doctors and critical-care paramedics bring to the scene of an emergency.

New kit bags for EAAA clinicians In June we launched our new medical kit bags, which will be carried on both Anglia One and Anglia Two – and also on the Charity’s Rapid Response Vehicles (RRV).

The process of researching and implementing a new system to carry all the medical equipment required by the EAAA clinical team has taken over 18 months. A working group, consisting of senior and longstanding members of the clinical team – including Professor Tim Harris and Dr Neil Berry and CCPs Gary Steward and Jemma Varela, has worked collaboratively to create a more efficient and effective system of equipment carriage.

EAAA crews carry a huge amount of equipment to the scene in order to be able to treat a large number of different medical emergencies. It is therefore vital

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that all equipment is easily accessible.

The new bags have been specially designed using colour coding and individual compartments to hold the different elements of clinical kit and controlled drugs. Kit includes equipment to anaesthetise patients, place arterial lines, surgical airway management, iSTAT machine, an ultrasound machine and suction.

Over the last few months, EAAA clinicians have taken part in extensive training on the new system to ensure a smooth and efficient transition to the new bags. This training has involved a series of trauma moulage scenarios and memorization techniques.

Critical-Care Paramedic Jemma Varela said: “An enormous amount of work has gone into producing these new kit bags.

Every single piece of kit that we carry has been considered and stored in the most practical place.”

Clinical advice service brought in-house Like all air ambulance services our clinicians in the field sometimes need to seek the advice of a more senior consultant. Up until now we have used a London-based company, EMSC, to provide consultants for clinical advice and support.

However we have recently finalised our new advice service which we will run from within EAAA, replacing the service from EMSC. To do this our four senior consultants have agreed to become permanent and directly employed members of

staff for one day a week on shift each plus on-call duties, to provide support to duty clinicians. Their title for this work is PHEM Consultant for EAAA. The fifth member of the team is Marcel Rigaud who is our only full time EAAA Consultant and who works between our two bases.

The four senior consultants are Pam Chrispin, Medical Director for West Suffolk Hospital, and Chairman of Suffolk Accident Rescue Service (SARS); Jeremy Mauger, Consultant Anaesthetist at West Suffolk Hospital and SARS volunteer; Victor Inyang, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and Neil Berry, Consultant Anaesthetist at Ipswich Hospital. These new roles will play an important part in our aim to give the best possible pre-hospital emergency care.

PHEM Consultants Jeremy Mauger (L) and Neil Berry pictured with colleague Jemma Varela

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Make a Difference VOLUNTEER FOCUS:

CLAIRE WALPOLE

If you’ve wondered about volunteering for a charity, you might imagine it involves helping to run a stall at events, taking part in a bucket collection or perhaps ticket checking and assisting those who are attending a concert, ball or other special occasion.

Indeed without volunteers helping with those tasks we wouldn’t be able to do nearly as much fundraising as we do to keep our lifesaving service flying. But volunteering opportunities are much greater than many imagine. As well as the ‘traditional’ roles that our wonderful volunteers help us with, we are lucky to have a number of people who help as volunteers ‘behind the scenes’ in our offices rather than out and about. Roles like this frequently come up and it’s worth getting in touch (see next page) if this might appeal to you.

Claire Walpole who lives near our South Cambridgeshire office in Melbourn is one such volunteer who helps in the office every week, co-ordinating our other volunteer-led events and dealing with all the administration for them. Area Fundraising Manager Barbara McGee said: “Claire has quickly become an essential part of the team and is always willing to help where she can.”

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How did you get involved with EAAA? “I wanted to put something back into society, but I also wanted to be in an environment where I’d be working with other people. I looked on the Do It website which lists volunteering opportunities and saw the EAAA role advertised there. It was perfect as it was close to home, meaning I didn’t have to travel into the centre of Cambridge and I could fit my hours around the school day too. I was invited to have an interview and soon afterwards I was very pleased to have been accepted for the role.”

What do you do?

“I liaise with all the other volunteers who support the South Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk fundraising team. I organise a rota so that when we have an event coming up I can make sure that we have enough people there to cover everything that needs doing. The team in the office have made me so welcome and I’m also getting to know a lot of the volunteers too, some of whom were surprised to learn that this is a voluntary role.”

What makes it rewarding for you?

“First of all I am helping such a worthwhile charity, that I hadn’t known much about, other than seeing the helicopter fly over my house occasionally. Also, I was made redundant from my last job and it can feel lonely not working, having been used to going to an office. Now I feel I am putting the skills I had in the workplace to good use for the Charity.”

Would you recommend it?

“I’d certainly recommend volunteering generally as I had previously volunteered in a café for another charity. But volunteering in an office is a little bit different. Although you are not at the forefront of fundraising events you’re still playing an important part in them. Plus for someone who wants to keep their work skills current it’s ideal. If I go back to paid employment in the future, this experience in an office environment can only be beneficial.”

I feel I am putting the skills I had in the workplace to good use for the Charity

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).

Current volunteering opportunities also feature on our website.

Do you live in Brandon, Mildenhall or Haverhill and have a few hours to spare now and again?

We need people to help us in these areas with occasional events and store collections. Our Ipswich fundraising team would also like to hear from anyone who can offer some spare time to help with events and collections.

Please visit our website or email us for details:

www.eaaa.org.uk

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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).

The EAAA Emergency Services Open Day at Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, in June was enjoyed by over 1,000 people who helped raise over £1,200. Our fundraising team were joined by Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue (CamSAR), Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue, SERV blood bikes, East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST), Cardea First Responders, and NHS Blood and Transplant with displays showcasing the work they do in the community.

The Anglia Two crew flew in from Cambridge and were able to stay for a couple of hours, before being called out on a mission, allowing supporters to see the helicopter up close and find out where their donations go.

Area Fundraising Manager, Chris Donaldson said: “It was great to share the day with our friends in the emergency services and show our wonderful supporters how we all work together to serve the local community.”

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A record number of people attended this year’s annual Norfolk Polo Festival in June at Langley Abbey, near Norwich. This fundraiser for EAAA, has donated in the region of £20,000. Fundraising officer Sophie Emmanuel said: “Even the rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of everyone who was there over the weekend. The polo was spectacular and the generosity from those who attended was humbling. Our thanks go to Chris and Rebecca Townsend for their support in hosting this.”

Newmarket Heath was the venue for a 6k charity run organised by Newmarket Joggers in May, together with a fun run for children. The event raised £2,000 for EAAA and our fundraisers on the night received further donations from a bucket collection and a cake stall.

Scouts and Guides from Bedfordshire helped raise more than £1,200 when they joined a giant sleepover at The Mall shopping centre in Luton. Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue service joined forces with EAAA to give training in CPR, First Aid and Fire Safety during the event and the youngsters also made a huge collage of a helicopter before settling down in their sleeping bags. A number of local firms including Lush and MBC Badges sponsored items for the goody bags that all the children took home with them.

Villagers in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, threw a party for the whole village to celebrate The Queen’s 90th birthday and raised over £320 for EAAA. Around 220 bikers on a variety of machines completed a 75 mile route around Suffolk for Ride2Remember in June to raise funds. Fundraising Manager for Suffolk, Sophie Mathew, said: “The day went without a hitch and the atmosphere was astounding. Motortechniks and Adventure Bike shop were both very supportive. Tesco Stowmarket provided refreshments for all of the hard working volunteers. Suffolk Advanced Motorcyclists helped plan the route and marshalled on the day. Stonham Barns kindly allowed us to use the venue for free.

Kersey Freight, who are long-time supporters of EAAA, provided the trailer for bands to perform on.” Half way along the route, participants were offered the chance to remember loved ones at Aldeburgh Parish Church. A beautiful prayer tree was created, along with paper butterflies that people could take with them.

Thank you ...

Emneth Primary School, near Wisbech has raised almost £800 through a variety of fundraising activities after choosing EAAA as its charity of the year for 2015/16.

Service personnel from RAF Henlow in Bedfordshire raised cash for EAAA by holding a Charity Car Wash day in June.

The Blundeston Classic Bike Rally supported EAAA for a third year and raised £700 – almost double the amount raised in previous years.

Vincents Garage in Diss held a Father’s Day car treasure hunt with auction, BBQ and band and raised a whopping £1,270.

Halesworth charity golf day has supported EAAA for 15 years and this year donated over £13,500. Meanwhile Lions Club of Harleston also gave another generous donation from their golf day.

Norfolk Youth Combination League have raised over £1,000 through fundraising and collections at their matches last season.

Bidwells in Cambridge donated nearly £2,000 from their Tiffins Ball.

Newmarket and Thurlow Pony Club’s disco raised £1,000.

We’re grateful to the Aveva Group in Cambridge who made a very generous donation of £3,000.

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October EAAA Gift Fair

Kesgrave, Suffolk Once again Milsoms Kesgrave Hall is hosting this wonderful event with nearly 50 stalls, in the stunning Hangar. This is the chance to find a range of exclusive gifts, many of which are not available on the high street. Admission is £5 and it’s open between 9am and 3pm.

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Paws with a cause charity dog walk Suffolk

We are very grateful to the Hope-Cobbold family at Glemham Hall near Woodbridge for allowing us to use their wonderful park for this event. There will be three routes of approximately one, three or five miles for dogs and owners of all ages and abilities. Visit our website for details of how to register.

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Stamperama, Flitwick Bedfordshire

This hugely popular rubber stamp and papercraft card making show returns to The Rufus Centre in Flitwick, thanks to our friends and supporters at Stamp Addicts. Doors open at 10am and admission is £2. Refreshments will be available.

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

November

EAAA-rly Christmas Gift Fairs x 3

Following the success of our first EAAA-rly Christmas Gift Fair last year, this month we bring you not one but three. Each will have around 20 to 30 stalls offering a unique range of Christmas gifts as well as our own EAAA Christmas merchandise and diaries. You’ll also find our bottle tombola and may even meet a special visitor for this time of year.

Find us at Knight’s Hill Hotel, King’s Lynn on Saturday 12, The Racing Centre, Newmarket Saturday 19 and Holiday Inn, Peterborough (West) on Sunday 20.

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Cambridge Rock Choir Comberton Cambs

Help us Raise the Roof with the Cambridge Rock Choir who are a group of more than 40 amateur contemporary singers promising an evening of great entertainment featuring pop, Motown and chart favourites. The concert takes place at Comberton Village College and tickets are £10 for adults and £5 for under-16s. There will be a licensed bar and tickets are available via our South Cambridgeshire office or visit our website for details.

Winter in the woods Kelling Heath Holiday Park, Norfolk

This holiday park near Holt has made EAAA their charity of the year and will be holding a special event with an Elf Trail through a winter-themed woodland and a chance to meet Santa Claus. Enjoy the carol singers, a mince pie and even meet Rudolph. Contact our Norfolk fundraising team for full details.

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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: May 06 Mrs P. Ribbons

Sudbury, Suffolk

May 13 Mr A. McCoan

Cawston, Norfolk

May 20 Mrs R. Abrehart

Colchester, Essex

May 27 Mr S. Pearce

Woolverstone, Suffolk

Jun 03 Mrs P. Jarvis

Lowestoft, Suffolk

Jun 10 Miss J. Gibson

Holt, Norfolk

Jun 17 Mrs B. De Asha

Felixstowe, Suffolk

Jun 24 Mr T. Cripps

Peterborough

Jul 01

Mr A. Bodmer

Lowestoft, Suffolk

Jul 08

Mrs S. Wallis

Swaffham, Norfolk

Jul 15

Mr & Mrs Crissell

Ipswich

Jul 22

Mrs P. Wix

King’s Lynn

Jul 29

Mr & Mrs Thompson Saxmundham, Suffolk

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The Accumulator Prize Since our last issue the accumulator prize has been won twice and remarkably both lucky winners lived in the King’s Lynn area. On May 27 Mrs A. Tucker won £5,000 and on June 17 Mr L. Reed won £1,500. Between then and the end of July we had had no further winners. You can see how much the accumulator is at currently by visiting the lottery section of our website.

New scratchcard available Our latest scratchcard game has just been issued, with prizes ranging from £1 to £1,000 to be won.

Cards cost £1 each and can be purchased from any of our offices and a number of retail outlets including: Amy’s Sweet Shop, Cromer; Newsklip, Fakenham, Lakenheath News, The Bungay Cafe and Dereham Newsagents as well as many other stores in the region. We are always keen to hear from a business or club who might be interested in selling our scratchcards so please contact us at lottery@eaaa.org.uk if you’d like to find out more. The lottery office will also sell tickets to individuals with a minimum order of 10.

Summer raffle draw Our summer raffle draw this year raised more than £150,000 and we are very grateful to all who bought tickets to support it. A full list of winners can be found on page 6 and also on our website.

As soon as we’d sent out the prizes we were touched to hear from our £3,000 jackpot winner Mavis Chapman from Biggleswade, who emailed to tell us of her delight. As a supporter of the EAAA lottery for nearly 10 years Mavis said it was the first time she had ever won anything.

Mavis added: “I am over the moon, I will use this money towards a holiday which we have not had for many years.”

Thank goodness the air ambulance was available because otherwise he might not have made it

Although Mavis had been a long term supporter of the charity, two years ago the value of the organisation’s work was brought home to her first hand when her

son Barry suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle accident.

Barry, who is still undergoing treatment for some of the injuries he sustained, was a keen competitor in motorbike racing at circuits around the country including Brands Hatch and Snetterton.

He remembers nothing about the accident, from which he was airlifted to Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

Mavis said: “As well as a serious shoulder injury, he had a collapsed lung and broken ribs. Thank goodness the air ambulance was available because otherwise he might not have made it.”

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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 at eaaa.org.uk 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

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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.

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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.

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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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Challenge Events Only The Brave 2017 Our first ever obstacle course mud challenge, Only The Brave, was held, with the kind support of the Elveden Estate, in the spring of this year and was a massive success, with places sold out long in advance. More than 1,200 participants helped to raise over £110,000.

We’ve had great feedback from those who took part and are working to make the 2017 event even better. There will be a five or ten mile course with more obstacles and even more mud.

Book your place early because we fully anticipate this event to sell out fast.

Full details can be found on our website.

There will be opportunities for corporate sponsorship with a range of publicity benefits and team building opportunities. If you’d like to find out more about sponsoring the event please email holly.lambert@eaaa.org.uk

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Norfolk’s Super Heroes The Norfolk Superhero Challenge celebrated its10th anniversary this summer and made EAAA its beneficiary charity. The one-day event involves a gruelling mix of running, cycling, kayaking and swimming a total of 58 miles.

The event is well on its way to raising over £70,000, which will go towards lifesaving paediatric breathing equipment known as BabyPacs that will be used in the Charity’s two helicopters and two rapid response vehicles. Jess Lapping, the event organiser said: “We’re incredibly proud to support such a worthy cause. Everyone’s positivity was infectious and it made the spirit of the day truly amazing.”

Revving up for a challenge EAAA is delighted to be one of the charities supported by The Norfolk 300 which takes place on Sunday September 25. With three route options, 300, 200, which also includes a treasure hunt for teams and 100 miles, this epic motorbike rally allows you to take in all the glorious sights Norfolk has to offer. In addition, there will be the opportunity to win a Limited Edition 60th Anniversary Yamaha XSR 900. Raffle tickets cost just £5 each and are available from Tinklers Motorcycles or directly from the event website (where you can also register) www.norfolk300.org.uk.

But if racing around a track to raise funds has more appeal then why not get a team together for an endurance go karting race at Wildtracks, near Newmarket.

Teams of four can take part in the event on September 23. EAAA is Wildtracks charity of the year. Full details of the event can be found at www.wildtracksltd.co.uk

Virgin London Marathon 2017 Could you run 26.2 miles to help save someone’s life? The Virgin London Marathon will take place on April 23 and we’re looking for runners to be part of the EAAA team.

Whether you’d like to find out about our charity places, for which we ask for a minimum sponsorship level of £2,500 or you have a place but would like to raise as much money as you can, then please get in touch. We’ll support you along the way and make sure you have a great time on race day. Please email vlmevents@eaaa.org.uk for more information.

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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.

Doctor’s channel swim

A Norfolk born doctor now living in Australia has raised over £1,300 for EAAA by swimming the English Channel. Julie Isbill, an established long distance swimmer, took on the challenge at the end of June. She crossed from Dover to France in 13 hours and 21 minutes. Her swim was documented on Facebook, where in a video interview as soon as she got out of the water she said she was ‘exhausted, chilly but so happy.’

Skydivers’ support

The National Vintage Tractor and Engine Club in East Anglia has been a generous supporter of EAAA, but this year committee member Andrew Bennett undertook some fundraising of his own with a tandem skydive.

Despite being scared of heights and never having been in a plane Andrew, who raised £700, said he was quite sad that it was all over so quickly. He added: “I found myself looking down at the fluffy clouds free falling at 120mph to 8,000 feet in less than 45 seconds, it was such an amazing feeling. After an absolutely incredible fall with the parachute open I had an awesome view of what was on the ground and in a flash it was time to lift my legs and prepare for the landing.”

We’re also grateful to a number of other recent skydivers including father and daughter Peter and Sonia Gregory who raised over £525 and Zoe PatmanWallis who raised Visit www.eaaa.org.uk nearly or call 0845 066 9999 £700.

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Endurance walkers A number of EAAA supporters have raised funds by tackling longdistances walks of up to 100km or 60 miles.

Rob Wise, from Cavendish, Suffolk took on the challenge of walking 60 miles in 24 hours as part of the Suffolk Walking Festival. He raised £230 and said: “It was a great experience - fantastic wildlife, especially the birds and gorgeous views. And, aside from walking on popped blisters on the balls of my feet for the last 40 miles, it was a breeze!”

Meanwhile three other supporters all took part in the London 2 Cambridge Challenge which offers challenge walks of different distances. Between them they have raised over £2,500.

Neil Wilson took on the 50km challenge and completed it in 11 hours and 8 minutes and Kerrie Hurley and Lucy Crowden-Naylor (pictured) both took on the 100km challenge. Kerrie completed the walk in 23 hours, 54 seconds and Lucy in 17 hours, 11 minutes and 13 seconds and was the 14th fastest female, describing it as ‘a once in a life time experience.’

Extreme Thanks

A group of friends from Bedfordshire will be cycling from London to Paris in September in memory of their friend Michael Bennett. Sponsor them at: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ team/sundaycyclinggang Staff, customers and suppliers of Kent Blaxill undertook a 120 mile long distance bike ride touring the Essex and Suffolk countryside at the beginning of July. The 60 cyclists raised over £7,000 to be shared between two charities.

Jeremy Bedford achieved a longheld ambition when he took part in a race at the Puckeridge Point to Point event near Cambridge. In doing so he also raised over £1,600 for EAAA. Hoddesdon Tri Club recently donated £100 raised at their Juniors’ event.

Thank Hughes

In our last issue we featured a team of staff from Hughes Electrical who were planning a charity bike ride for EAAA. The team of three (sadly one member had to withdraw from the ride after the first day) were met in King’s Lynn as they completed the ride

by EAAA Area Fundraising Manager Chris Donaldson who described their efforts as ‘an amazing example of corporate support.’ The cyclists have raised almost £9,000.

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How to Help Us

Glyn (end L) and Sandra (end R) Jordan meeting crew members Richard Anderson, Rod Wells and Zoe Smeed.

LEGACY GIFT WILL HELP SAVE LIVES Friends of a couple who had left a generous legacy gift to EAAA were invited to our Norwich headquarters recently to find out more about how the donation would be used.

Glyn and Sandra Jordan (pictured here with the crew of Anglia One) had been appointed executors of the wills of their friends Violet and Charles Burwood who had lived in Harleston, Norfolk. Charles, who was known as Chas, had been keen to support EAAA because he considered it a very worthwhile charity. The couple did not have children and so chose to leave part of their estate to EAAA.

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The friendship between the two couples had begun more than 30 years ago.

Chas was a keen fisherman and would give trout he had caught to Glyn, who, during the shooting season, would often provide his friends with some game.

EAAA Legacy Officer Jess Down said: “We are so grateful that Mr Burwood chose to support the Charity in this way. The legacy of more than £215,000 will help us to make a life changing difference to patients in their hour of greatest need. Gifts in wills fund the critical care given to one in four of the patients we treat.”

Mr Jordan said they very much enjoyed the opportunity to find out more about the work of EAAA. He added: “Chas

✃ We are so grateful that Mr Burwood chose to support the Charity in this way

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

always wanted to leave money to the air ambulance and it was a very informative and interesting visit for us to meet the crew and see the helicopter.”

Jess added: “A gift in a will can make a very big difference to our work, whatever the amount. Of course it’s very important when making a will to think about closest family and friends first. However after those arrangements have been made, if there is to also be a donation to charity we hope some may consider EAAA as a cause to support.”

There are two different ways in which to leave a legacy to a beneficiary of a will.

A pecuniary bequest is a specific amount and a residuary bequest is a percentage of whatever is left over once all other elements of the estate have been dealt with. If you’d like to find out more we have a comprehensive section of our website, which includes a guide to making or updating a will.

If you have decided to mention EAAA in your will and would like to let us know about your decision we would be very happy to hear from you. We never ask for any details or amounts and we wouldn’t expect anyone to share such information with us before their nearest and dearest.

But if it is something you have done or are considering and would like to know how we use legacy gifts please contact Jess Down on 01603 485174 or email jess.down@eaaa.org.uk

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