Thank you for looking at our fundraising page for the West Norfolk community first responder group.

“Community first responders are professional volunteers across the east of England who attend life threatening 999 calls in their local area. They are often first on scene prior to the ambulances arrival and able to provide vital life-saving care until the ambulance crews arrive.”

We are a group of potentially life-saving volunteers trained by the East of England Ambulance Service and supported by the East of England Ambulance Service Charity. We have created this page to raise vital donations from generous people like you.

Not only do our remarkable volunteers give up their free time to attend life threatening 999 calls, but they also dedicate time to their community to arrange CPR and automated external defibrillator (AED) awareness training, hold recruitment events, community education talks and fundraising endeavours – all to continuously raise scheme awareness and to keep the group active in providing vital emergency support in the local community.

Here’s some information from the charity which may support your decision to help our cause:

As the East of England Ambulance Service Charity, we rely heavily on donations to support volunteers, staff, patients, and the local communities within the East of England in ways above and beyond that which NHS funding can ordinarily provide. Together, we make a difference to support those who help us most in our time of medical need.

Today we would like to tell you how you can help your local community by donating to your community first responders (CFR).

These incredible volunteers give up their time to support others 24/7 365 days a year and here’s why your donation today could really make a difference.

• Your support may help fund CFR enhanced training and additional medical support equipment for the volunteers including more kit bags, specialised NMA phones (used to allocate, give information to, and map the volunteers to 999 calls) and additional volunteer uniform.

• Funding could help them to recruit more volunteers through awareness days and at events which in turn will help provide more local cover for 999 medical emergency calls within your area.

• Donations may enable them to deliver free public awareness training to their communities through the EEAST Heart scheme, which teaches the public essential life-saving skills (CPR and AED usage) so they can respond quickly and appropriately in an emergency.

• Funds may provide realistic training aids to prepare the professional volunteers for real life-scenarios, our volunteers are given as much information as the person who calls 999 can provide, but they never really know what emergency situation they are walking into until they are on scene. Practicing for lots of different scenarios helps make our amazing volunteers the professional community responder volunteers that support your area today.

Your donation will make a real difference to our NHS heroes, without support like yours these initiatives would not be possible.

If you have been inspired and would like to know more about becoming a lifesaving volunteer CFR for East of England Ambulance Service please contact CFR@eastamb.nhs.uk or visit www.eastamb.nhs.uk

Thank you for anything you can give to help the West Norfolk community first responders. R293