Sainsbury’s are currently asking shoppers to nominate their favourite local Charity in a bid to becoming the stores’ Charity partner of the year. With your help, we will have a chance of being shortlisted and hopefully selected. To help, simply head along to your local Sainsbury’s store and complete one of their nomination leaflets. We will let you know any results as soon as we do!
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Vote for Air Ambulance in Sainsbury’s
May 30, 2011
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Palmers raise over £6,500
May 30, 2011
SALES of pints of Palmers premium ales have boosted the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance flying fund by more than £6,500.The Bridport brewery donates 5p from the sale of Palmers 200 to the life-saving charity, and this year, the amount raised is £6599.37. This brings the running total of Palmers’ support for the Air Ambulance to more than £20,000 over the past few years.
Air Ambulance representatives today [Monday 9 May] paid a flying visit to the brewery to collect a cheque from Palmers’ Managing Director John Palmer. (more…)
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Shiatsu for Air Ambulance
May 30, 2011
Shiatsu Practitioners from the Midlands to the South-West are getting together to raise money for a number of Air Ambulance Charities. The Shiatsu Roadshow will be visiting 7 counties in total and will be at the Winchester Arms in Taunton, Somerset on Saturday 2nd July between 11 am and 5 pm. For more information, take a look at the poster, or call Sue on 0771 995 4837Alternatively visit: www.shiatsuatwork.co.uk
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Air Ambulance Cookbook to be launched at Bath and West Show
May 27, 2011
A Charity cookbook to raise money for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is being launched at the Royal Bath & West Show by rural insurance firm Cornish Mutual.The ‘Come Together, Eat Together’ cookbook featuring more than 30 favourite recipes from cooking enthusiasts, families and well-known local chefs from across the Westcountry will be on sale from Wednesday 1 to Saturday 4 June.
Available to buy from the Cornish Mutual and Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance stands, the book will be on sale at the price of £5.00 on all four days of the show. All proceeds go directly to the South West Air Ambulances and the book is also on-sale online at www.eattogether.co.uk (more…)
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‘A perfect evening’ in memory of Sam
May 26, 2011
Family and friends of a young Shepton Mallet father who tragically died two years ago have held a fundraising evening in his memory.Sam died in January 2009 after a freak hailstorm hit the car he was driving, sending it crashing off the A361 road between Pilton and East Compton and into a tree.
His wife Faye, who was eight months pregnant, suffered a ruptured placenta as well as other injuries, and their daughter Bethan had an injured foot. Faye was flown by air ambulance to hospital and the vital minutes that were saved have been credited with saving both her life and that of her son Isaac, who was safely delivered at hospital shortly after. (more…)
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From Home to Rome
May 17, 2011
Russ, Adam and John Lennon, recently set off on an epic cycle ride from Bournemouth to Rome in aid of the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. Annette Plaistow-Trapaud (DSAA fund-raising co-ordinator) and Bill Sivewright (Chief Executive Officer) were thrilled to be asked to send them off, along with many of their friends and family. The weather was awful; it was blowing a gale and pouring with rain! At least they had the hope of the good weather to come.From Bournemouth Pier, they headed to Boscombe and towards Portsmouth harbour to catch the ferry to France. They seem to be having a great time and their spirits are high.
Below are a few quotes from the daily blog. This is updated regularly so you can keep up-to-date with their adventure. Just visit: www.hometorome.co.uk (more…)
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Tom recovers from broken legs to cycle for Air Ambulance
May 11, 2011
A year after learning to walk again following a serious skiing accident, Tom Cadbury is taking part in one of the Westcountry’s most challenging cycle races to raise funds for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance (DSAA).Tom, aged 32, lives in Lilliput, Poole, and is a physiotherapist at Broadstone Physiotherapy and Poole Hospital. He broke both his legs in January of last year while skiing in Switzerland, and it was several months before he was able to walk again.
Tom’s rehabilitation included three months in a wheelchair and four weeks on crutches before he began cycling to rebuild his strength. Now, Tom and three friends have entered as a team in the Tour of Wessex Cyclosportive, a 329-mile race over three days through Somerset, Dorset, and Wiltshire. (more…)
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Royal Wedding Tea Party
May 11, 2011
The Minehead Townswomen’s Guild celebrated the Royal Wedding of William and Kate at the Catholic Church Hall and Garden on Tuesday, 3rd May by dressing up and wearing hats (as if for the real thing!) for a tea party and presentation of a cheque for £280 (raised earlier in the year) to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.
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Charity auction in memory of Sam Norris
May 10, 2011
On January 25th 2009, Sam Norris was tragically killed in a road accident. His wife Faye who was heavily pregnant at the time was airlifted by the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance to the Royal United Hospital in Bath with serious injuries. She underwent an emergency Caesarean to successfully deliver a baby boy. The couple’s two-year-old daughter, Beth, suffered an injury to her ankle. Sam would have been celebrating his 30th birthday this year. His family and friends are organizing a Charity Auction in his memory, which is taking place on Saturday 21st May at the Glastonbury Festival Site in Somerset.
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Air Ambulance completes 8,000 missions
May 4, 2011
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance (DSAA) has completed its 8,000th mission since its launch in March, 2000.
The milestone call-out was to take an 18-month-old burns victim from Shaftesbury to Salisbury District Hospital, which has a specialist burns unit. (more…)
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