Charities
Help for Heroes (H4H) was founded by Bryn and Emma Parry after a profoundly moving visit to Selly Oak Hospital in the summer of 2007. Bryn and Emma met some extraordinarily brave young people who had been badly wounded and they just wanted to do something to help. "It’s about the blokes, our men and women of the Armed Forces. It’s about Derek, a rugby player who has lost both his legs, it’s about Carl whose jaw is wired up so he has been drinking through a straw. It’s about Richard who was handed a mobile phone as he lay on the stretcher so he could say goodbye to his wife. It’s about Ben, it’s about Steven and Andy and Mark, it’s about them all. They are just blokes but they are our blokes; they are our heroes. We want to help our heroes."
The East Anglian Air Ambulance is a lifesaving charity covering the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. We receive no Government funding so are entirely dependant on fundraisers, donations and the generosity of the public. We have to raise over £3 million a year to continue our service, flying 365 days a year, with an average of four to five missions per day. Beacuse our crews can get to patients fast and provide advanced medical attention we can be the difference between complete recovery and long term injury, life and death. Road traffic accidents account for over 50% of the incidents we're called to. Due to the speed of the helicopters it takes no more than 13 minutes to the nearest A&E department within the region. It's your support that enables us to save lives.
Please note Virgin Money Giving isn't responsible for the content fundraisers post on their pages, but if you see something you feel is offensive or inappropriate, please let us know and we'll look into it.
Sponsored Walk
Some of the Doctors and Staff at the Drayton & St Faiths Medical Practice and Sttff from the Drayton Pharmacy are participating in a 10 mile sponosored walk on Saturday 22nd May, raising money for three charities:
- East Anglian Air Ambulance
- Help for Heroes
- A Local Alzheimers Support Group
Thank you very much for your donation.
Recent donors
|
Wayne £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 24.05.10 |
|
Andrew Fish £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 29.04.10 My donation is obviously dependant on Sarah making the full distance, the furthest I think her legs have taken her ;-) I just hope the stitches hold!! |
|
Sarah Steeples £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 28.04.10 I'll get the ball rolling, shall I?! |
