Information provided by Stephanie Jones.
On the 28th July 2012 my very brave and wonderful daughter Katie Jones of Drove Road, Biggleswade did a tandum skydive at the North London Parachute Centre just outside Chatteris , to raise funds for the East Anglian Air Ambulance. She chose this charity after recent events have led the this precious service being needed twice in Biggleswade for a couple of local children.
This life saving charity is NOT government funded and relies totally on fundraising and donations, on average they fly five life saving missions a day. By air, the nearest A&E department is no more than 13 minutes away from any part of the region , These minutes can be the difference between life and death during the critical "golden " hour after an accident.
Aircrafts Anglia One and Anglia Two provide 365 days a year emergency services to Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Its costs £300,000 per month to run both the helicopters.
Katie is 18 and she has funded the jump and photographic evidence of nearly £300 from her own pocket so 100% of donations is going to the charity . There are not many teenagers willing to help others out like this ......So far she has raised £505 plus £84.75 in gift aid
It's not too late to donate, if anyone wishes to do so they can via there mobile phone to KATJ95 and the £amount they wish to donate to 70070 or go to Katie's fund raising page and donate as much or as little as you wish
Katie is already planning her next charity fund raising mission.
I am so very proud and amazed at my daughter for doing this.
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The East Anglian Air Ambulance web site is at :
They also have a facebook page at:
They run a lottery which we joined some while ago and we won £100 within a matter of weeks - Janet & Richard Mason.
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