The support from the community has been one of the main driving forces that has kept us going, in every sense of the word and donations are very gratefully received since the last newsletter from; new recruit  Alice Johnson and her family who had a very successful ‘Pampered Chef’ evening at the Cheshire Cheese, Longnor and raised £656.35, there were some wonderful cakes on sale and an excellent raffle, a big thank you to all of the local people and businesses who donated so many prizes, Warslow Village Hall have given us £150, the Elkstonians carol singing raised £105, Pam Nadin and Joyce Port had a stall at Longnor Christmas sale and made a tremendous £340 for us, a Christmas donation of £25 from Ewart and Pauline Hall from Newtown, the odd change you all put in the collecting boxes mounts up, thank you, a last count up from Trevor at Longnor Village Stores £11.99, Longnor Post Office £21.46, The Packhorse at Crowdecote £29.50, The Greyhound Inn at Warslow£8.33, The Butchers Arms at Reapsmoor £27.79, The Three Horseshoes at Blackshaw Moor £15.25, The New Inn at Flash £30.32, Flash Bar Stores £33.52 and the Kidd’s at Longnor Village Stores £14.12.  Thank you everyone for keeping the group running and building up the new vehicle fund.

For any information about the group or if you would like to train to become a First Responder please contactus – thanks.

There are plans in the pipeline for a fundraising event at the Greyhound Inn in Warslow. Probable date is March 14th – full details to follow, so keep checking back…..

From the collecting Tins :

Three horseshoes Blackshaw moor £15.25
Greyhound Inn Warslow £8.33
Buthchers Arms £27.79
New Inn Flash £30.32
Flash Bar stores £33.52

Very well done everybody please keep up the good work.

Have a brilliant Christmas and a happy & healthy New Year.

The group recently enjoyed a joint training session with the Longnor Fire Brigade on dealing with a trapped casualty needing to be cut out of a vehicle.  It was a very interesting and informative evening showing new techniques that make the process safer for all concerned and quicker for the casualty.  It’s hoped to have another session in the New Year.

Donations to the group since the last news letter are very gratefully received from, Louise Storer who raised £180 with the annual Longnor Duck Race, Sue Storer and the Longnor Well Dressing Team who gave us the Well donations of £41.63, Theresa Riley who held an exhibition of coins and raised £51.50, Edwin Bellfield of Leek who gave us £30 in memory of his wife Edith, a donation of £5 from a lady who saved her 5p coins for us and Trevor at Longnor Village Stores had £53.15 in the collecting box, that box does better than any!  Thank you all very much.  We are going to have to buy lots of new uniforms!

Merry Christmas and a Safe, Happy and Healthy New Year

For any information about fundraising or if you would like to train to become a First Responder please contact us.

Since the last news letter in July we have very gratefully received a donation of £350 from Erica and Charlotte Taylor, Charlotte was the retiring Warslow Gala Queen and over her year, with Erica’s help, raised money for our group and the Air Ambulance.  Well done and thank you.  Also from Warslow, Joe and Pam Critchlow gave us £220 following a 65th birthday, again many thanks.  The collecting boxes at the Greyhound, Warslow and the Hartington Cheese Shop gave us £15.68 and £14.76 respectively, thank you.

The new vehicle fund is building slowly but the old vehicle has required some major surgery recently.  Hopefully is now fit again to go into the winter and we will all keep trying to build up that fund.

KEEP WELL and KEEP SAFE

For any information about fundraising or if you would like to train to become a First Responder please contact us. Thanks.

More news about recent recruits coming soon!

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

Its two months since thanking people for their wonderful support and so there’s quite a list; The High Peak Livestock Society gave us another donation of £265.25 taking the total to an amazing £1130.29, Victor and Edith Mellor from Newtown gave us £100 after celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary, Michela Griffith raised £141.60 from the sale of her lovely Longnor calendar, The Kirk family celebrated 30 years at The Three Horseshoes, Blackshaw, with a charity night including a raffle and auction and gave us a monster cheque for £1000 and finally we are very grateful to the friends and family of Arch Allen of Longnor for £350 in his memory. Thank you all very much indeed, we are on course for our new vehicle in about two years time.

This month donations have been very gratefully received from, Mr George Grindon of Fernyknowl, Sheen, £202.50 from his birthday bash, Longnor Post Office, £15.26, Longnor Village Stores, £16.48.  The final proper cheque, not the giant presentation one, from the High Peak Livestock Society as reported last month, came to an amazing £865.04.  Thank you all very much.