WI Notes
ALISON HORSELY, Fund Raiser and Co-odinator, gave us an excellent talk on the
East Anglian Air Ambulance Service at the WI February meeting.
Anglia One is a helicopter adapted as an ambulance that exists to provide an air-ambulance service for the people of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. It has a top speed of 132 mph and can transport patients to hospital within minutes. As well as the pilot, there would be two highly skilled paramedics on board, or a doctor and a paramedic, and all the necessary equipment to save lives.
The ambulance receives no government funding so relies on sponsorship and voluntary contributions. No money has been forthcoming from the National Lottery, so they run their own lottery.
In future, it is hoped they can raise enough money to have a larger helicopter so that when they have to pick up a child there would be enough room to take a parent as well.
On 21st March, the WI will hold its AGM followed by a Beetle Drive.