Could you save a life?
26.08.09: David Wilson Retirement Homes support the group raising money through a local raffle and afternoon tea event.
01.08.09: The Waitrose 'Community Matters' Scheme helps the group raise funds to provide much needed equipment to support the local community.
21.07.09: The group receive a generous donation of £500 from Wantage and Grove Lions completing the costs for the purchase of a 4th kit.
The Wantage Community First Responder Scheme is a local group set up by South Central Ambulance Service to provide emergency care within the community. The group currently consists of 6 members trained by the Ambulance Service to respond to medical emergencies before the arrival of an emergency ambulance.
The volunteers are dispatched to an incident if they are identified as the nearest available source by South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust’s Communication Centre. An ambulance is always dispatched at the same time in order to ensure further patient assessment and treatment is received. However, for this to continue it is essential to ensure that the local community are aware of the scheme and support the services of the group wherever possible.
This Web Site explains how we work and the training required - both initial and ongoing. It explains who we are and how we operate. It explains how we are funded and what you could do to help us either through funding or publicity. It has a News section keeping you up-to-date with group fundraising and upcoming events. And finally, if you think that you would like to know more, with a view to joining or through sponsorship, please feel free to contact us.
News - Many thanks!
Thanks to two very generous donations the group are now in the process of purchasing their fourth kit for the community. Crown Packaging kindly donated £700 to the group and the remaining costs required to purchase the much needed kit was kindly donated by the Wantage and Grove Lions as a sum of £500.
Further thanks go out to David Wilson Retirement Homes who hosted a raffle for the Wantage First Responders on 12th August.
The group provide first class event cover for the Grove Grand Event on 30th August, working together to support the charity of Helen & Douglas House.
The team are continually aiming to recruit volunteers and all money raised provides the group with the necessary equipment required to support the local community.