We are sure you have all seen the terrible scenes in India in this awful phase of the pandemic. We are keen to do everything we can to help those in need, and have in mind our community within the College who have friends and family in India and the subcontinent who may be suffering as a result. Various staff members have been fortunate to visit the Indian subcontinent and hold it in great affection. We are supporting The British Asian Trust, a Prince of Wales charity.

The British Asian Trust’s ‘Oxygen For India’ Covid-19 emergency appeal is raising funds for oxygen concentrators, and together with local partners in India, will rapidly deploy them to the hospitals and patients that need them most.

In a recent BBC report, a ICU doctor in Delhi summed up the situation, “There are no beds, no oxygen. If oxygen runs out, there is no leeway for patients, they will die”

Hitan Mehta, Executive Director of The British Asian Trust says:“We have seen the terrible impact of the pandemic worldwide but the devastation in India currently is one of the worst points of the last 12 months. The astronomical numbers of Covid-19 cases and deaths in India are frightening and we fear there is still a peak to come. What we can do now is provide essential support as quickly as possible to help those most in need. Our ‘Oxygen for India’ emergency appeal has been set up to provide vital supplies and equipment to save lives. We simply cannot stand by and do nothing.”

The Brampton Charitable Trust has donated £10,000 and, with your help, aims to raise a further £10,000.This £20,000 would help provide high flow oxygen concentrators for over 13,000 of the most seriously ill - giving so many more people a chance of surviving this current crisis.

A donation of £50 will provide oxygen for 40 patients struggling to breathe, £450 will provide low-flow oxygen concentrator to help 900 patients and an £830 donation will provide high-flow oxygen concentrator to help 550 of the most seriously ill patients.

The terrible impact of Covid over the past 14 months shows we are all interconnected and interdependent. We are keen to do everything we can to help those in need and save lives. Please donate generously.

Pam and Bernard Canetti