On Friday 27th and Saturday 28th we held recruitment days at Booths supermarket. These were a great success. As well as gaining 9 potential new First Responders, we signed up 21 people for HeartStart first aid courses and collected £615 in donations. This money will enable us to buy another defibrillator for the area. We would like to thank everyone for their generosity.
The Knutsford Guardian covered the event. You can read their article here.
The campaign to save our service has been successful.
Following a meeting between the Central & Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust, North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) and other interested parties, agreement has been reached that will mean the formation of a new higher level of volunteer responder. NWAS has published the following Press Release:
“NWAS is pleased to announce that Knutsford is also in the running to become a pilot for a new increased level of training. Over time it is hoped that many Knutsford responders will take up additional training that will enable them to respond at a higher level and therefore provide even more benefit to their local community. Until the new scheme is finalised and implemented, existing Knutsford CFRs will continue to provide their current level of service."
Kevin Mackway-Jones, Medical Director for NWAS said: “A steering group chaired by the Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT Chief Executive and attended by senior NWAS representatives together with CFR Scheme Co-ordinators and CFR members has been established to set out the future plans of CFR schemes and all other community developments. This has identified Knutsford as a potential pilot area for a greatly enhanced service. It is anticipated that this type of service will greatly benefit local communities and will assist the Trust and its NHS and emergency service partners in their delivery of quality patient care and experience.”
The Knutsford First Responder Trust is delighted with the outcome of the campaign and will work closely with NWAS to ensure that standards do not drop within the Knutsford and other Cheshire areas.
The members of the Trust would like to thank everyone for their support.
It is hoped that support will continue with more volunteers joining to implement the proposed enhanced service.
North West Ambulance Service announced changes to downgrade the service provided by the Knutsford First Responders. We launched a campaign to protect our service.
An anonymous donation of £600 was received. We are truly grateful to the donor. This money has been ear-marked for a new defibrillator.
First Responders held an Awareness Event over 2 days at Booths supermarket, Knutsford. Over £1000 was raised through generous donations by members of the public. Several people signed up for the HeartStart courses.
There will be another Awareness Event at Booths supermarket, Knutsford on 27/28 November 2009.
A defibrillator was installed at the Park Gate pub, Over Peover. The money had been raised by a sponsored runner in the Tatton Park 10k run and was matched by Barclays Bank plc.
On the 8th June 2007, Knutsford Community First Responder Trust became a registered charity. Our Charity Number is 1119568.