Local businesses encouraged to jump out of a plane for Magpas

When Cambridgeshire based business woman and driving school owner Sue Papworth made the decision to support Magpas, little did her pupils know she’d be encouraging them to jump out of a plane - and she’s inviting local companies to do the same!

Sue says she’d like to give something back to her local community, “I wanted to support a charity with direct links to my own goals and aims of reducing the number of deaths and serious injuries in my region. Magpas Helimedix save lives by the road side, in the home or wherever the emergency call out takes them in the East of England”.

Sue is organising a sponsored Sky Dive at UK Parachuting (Sibson) near Peterborough on the weekend of 25^th and 26th June. She’s looking for other businesses to join her, by jumping out of a perfectly serviceable aeroplane in an effort to help Magpas - The Emergency Medical Charity, so it can continue to do essential lifesaving work in Cambridgeshire and beyond. So far, to name a few, Jacqui Kemp from wellbeing company Cerentas and Kathryn Fletcher from Business for Breakfast Cambridgeshire have signed up.. Will you?

If you have the bottle to do a sky dive with Sue, or you’d be prepared to support and sponsor her sky dive, please contact her on (07703) 355 722 or at toadsschoolofdriving@btinternet.com. Or you can contact Antonia Brickell at Magpas on (01480) 371 056 for more details.

Please support YOUR lifesavers!

PHOTO CAPTION: Sue Papworth from Toad’s School of Driving jumping out of the Magpas and Police helicopter - on the Ground!

ADDITIONAL NOTES

**Picture the scene; it’s dark, it’s cold and you’re trapped in your car. Your injuries are so severe you need specialist medical care. Thankfully, you’re in the East of England where Magpas provides the UK’s only dedicated night time air ambulance with our highly trained doctors and paramedics, working together to save your life. We have over fifty highly qualified medical professionals, who volunteer their time to work with Magpas. We get there by car or by helicopter, we'll get there anyway we can!

**What you might not realise is the NHS does not provide this service; Magpas - The Emergency Medical Charity does. So wherever you need us in the Eastern Region you can rely on us to be there for you, night and day.

**We’ve been saving lives for the past 40 years and have come to the rescue for over 50,000 people. Now we need your help. Our doctors, paramedics, our emergency land vehicle, our helicopter, drugs and medical equipment cost just over £1,500 for a day and night shift.  Magpas Helimedix are dedicated to saving lives but they can only continue to do so, with the public’s continued support.

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