We remain ever optimistic that the group will expand and our two possible new recruits could start training as soon as August if all goes well.  The great thing is that the training could be close to home, not all the way to Stoke, if the local responder groups can get enough trainees together – so come on anyone who might be thinking about becoming a first responder.

We start the list of thanks for donations with an apology to Victor and Edith Fearns for getting their name wrong in the last report when thanking them for their Golden Wedding Anniversary donation, sorry about that.  Quarnford Parish Council have made two very generous donations to the group totalling £450 and the collecting boxes, thank you to everyone who puts their change into them, are a remarkable source of income – The Paddock Tea Rooms at the Roaches, £91 – Flash Stores, £29.71 – Longnor Wood Caravan Park, £49.57 – The New Inn at Flash, £10.58 – The Greyhound at Warslow, £21.17 and Longnor Village Shop, £24.87 – brilliant.  Thank you to Mark Rogers for donating his £10 prize to us for returning the Hollinsclough Questionnaire and we also thank the friends and family of the late Roy Wood from Elkstones for their wonderful donation of £681.50 in his memory.

The group belongs to the community and is kept running by your generosity and the time and effort given by the volunteers who respond to as many medical emergencies as possible.  We are all doing our bit for the community one way or another.  Thank you.

KEEP WELL and KEEP SAFE