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Your support saves lives 24/7
East Anglian Air Ambulance King’s Lynn Fundraising Group, by Trevor Dane, EAAA Volunteer
ast Anglian Air
Ambulance (EAAA) is
Eone of 21 Air Ambulance
charities in the UK. They
collectively complete more than
45,000 taskings per year (an
average of 126 taskings per day)
to treat people with life-
threatening injuries and medical
emergencies. These taskings are
undertaken by the charities’
pilots, doctors, critical care
paramedics, and are possible
thanks to kind donations and
support from the public.
EAAA provides 24/7, 365 days
a year life-saving treatment and
care, by air and road, in Norfolk,
Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and
Bedfordshire and sometimes
beyond. The charity now treats an
average of six people every day. Anglia One, Helicopter at Helimed House Norwich Airport
number of local volunteers, training courses available for the 03450 669 999
including myself, came together community, as well as EAAA and Website: www.eaaa.org.uk
to raise awareness of EAAA in King’s Lynn Fundraising Group Email: info@eaaa.org.uk
the area by way of finding and news and updates. Charity number: 1083876
attending local events to King’s Lynn Fundraising Group:
represent and fundraise in aid of Contact us: trevordane104@gmail.com
EAAA. In May 2024, KLFG EAAA general enquiries. tfaye.100@gmail.com.
attended their first fundraising
event, and we are now looking
forward to completing our first
EAAA Helimed House Norwich full year of fundraising in May
Airport 2025. Regular fundraising is very
The charity has two important to enable the specialist
operational bases: Helimed doctors, paramedics and pilots to
House, our Norwich bring the emergency department
headquarters, at Norwich Airport with advanced skills, equipment
is home to the Anglia One and medicine directly to the
(Norwich) helicopter and critical patient’s side in the fastest time
care cars. The Anglia Two possible to give everyone the best
(Cambridge) helicopter and possible chance of surviving and
critical care cars are based at recovering from a life –
Cambridge (Marshalls) Airport. threatening medical or trauma
The critical care crews from both emergency.
bases cover an area of 5,326 KLFG continues to welcome
square miles. The charity is new opportunities for support for
tasked an average of eight times EAAA. We can also support
a day to medical emergencies in community groups in their
our region. fundraising for EAAA by
EAAA is independent of the providing them with a local
NHS and receives no regular connection, as well as to the
Government funding. Each wider charity.
tasking, on average, costs £4,250 Contributing to Town and
and is funded almost entirely by Around magazine offers the
generous donations from the chance to raise the profile and
public, community support and awareness of EAAA in King’s
fundraising. Lynn and West Norfolk. In future
It is important to raise issues of Town and Around
awareness in the community as it magazine, I will explain more
is very much at the heart of what about EAAA charity, how it
we do. In late 2023, The EAAA started, how to support us, the
King’s Lynn Fundraising Group distinctive yellow helicopters,
(KLFG) was formed. A small equipment, and CPR and AED