IF YOU DO IT THROUGH "easyfundraising.org.uk" YOU CAN SAVE MONEY
AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THE ASBF AT THE SAME TIME
Choose from over 2000 of the UK's best-known retailers including many popular names such as Amazon, Next, Argos, John Lewis and HMV, and when you shop using the links on the easyfundraising.org.uk site up to 15% from every purchase you make is donated to the cause you choose to nominate (which of course we hope will be the ASBF)
It doesn't cost a penny extra to shop and raise funds for the ASBF and as many retailers now give extra discounts when you buy online, you can even save money!
Have a look at the site now by clicking on the logo above, nominate the ASBF as your chosen charity then put easyfundraising.org.uk in your favourites.
Part of Easy Fundraising is is "easysearch.org.uk" which is a search engine which pays your nominated charity every time you make a search. It costs you nothing but if you nominate the ASBF as your charity it will bring in much needed funds.
Click on the logo below to find out more
MOBILE ROTA
The Ambulance Services Benevolent Fund is pleased to announce a new partnership with MobileRota,
aiding fundraising for the Charity.
MobileRota offers a fantastic new service for the shift worker, providing shift rotas direct to your
mobile phone. It allows you to view your rota on your mobile phone, making it easy to see future shift
patterns, including bank holidays, for up to two years in advance. The system itself is easy to use,
and shifts can be colour coded to reflect different shifts or watches, making it ideal for ambulance
service personnel. You can also view your rota via your MobileRota account on any PC, and you do
not need to subscribe to receive this service.
It is completely free to try and if you choose to subscribe it is just £4.99 for the year, and
for every
sign-up, MobileRota will donate 10% to any of their five nominated charities, one of
which is The Ambulance Services Benevolent Fund. Plus, after you sign-up there is a discount
for multiple subscribers. For example, your partner or family members may also want your rota
on their mobile phone and they can receive this at a discounted rate once you are signed up.
For further information on the scheme, or to subscribe, please click on the logo below
and make sure you select The Ambulance Services Benevolent Fund as your nominated charity!
ARE YOU A MODEL COLLECTOR?
NEW LIMITED EDITION 1:50 SCALE MODEL AMBULANCES
The models are die cast and are at 1.50th scale and at the moment are currently available in the livery of
The London Ambulance Service the Surrey Ambulance Service and the South East Coast Ambulance Service.
These are models and not toys and are a Limited Edition
These models are available through the ASBF at a cost of £38-75 each including PP
The model maker has undertaken to make a donation to the ASBF in respect of each model sold.
If you would like to purchase one or more of these models please e mail: www.enquiries@asbf.co.uk
FUND RAISING NEWS
We are delighted to be able to report that a number of great fund raising activities are currently being undertaken
by ambulance service personnel in different parts of the country to raise funds for the ASBF.
WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT
Tom Davies from Hereford (West Midlands Ambulance Service) is going to row across the Atlantic
Gareth Hulin, Roy Tanner, David Staplehurst and Luke Wight of the South East Coast Ambulance Service will be driving
three motor cycles and a four x four to the Gambia where the vehicles and a quantity of medical equipment
will be handed over for use by ambulance personnel in the Gambia enabling them to get to and treat
people in the remote areas of the country.
"BELLS, TWO TONES & SIRENS "
Bells, Two Tones and Sirens, written by Gordon Enstone, is a personal insight, into the day-to-day operations of the
Ambulance Service. From the start of basic training in 1964, through to the Paramedic Ambulance Service of the 1990’s.
From murders and suicides, to delivering babies; Major incidents involving train & plane crashes to serious accidents
on the roads and motorways of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. It also describes the humorous side of the
job as well as some of the politics in running one of the Emergency services. This book describes a long and
dedicated career spanning 34 years, and takes a look at what Ambulance and Paramedic personnel deal
with frequently in their daily working lives.
Gordon is a Trustee of the ASBF and will be donating some of the money received for the purchase of the book to the
Benevolent Fund. Why not buy a good read and support the fund at the same time.
Click on the image of the book below.
Les Pringle joined the Birmingham Metropolitan Ambulance Service in 1977 and retired recently from
West Midlands
Ambulance Service where he was a Paramedic. His first book, "Blue Lights and Long Nights"
quickly sold out
its first print run. He is now writing the sequel. Filled with warmth and humour, Blue Lights and
Long Nights takes us back to a time when lonely old ladies could call 999 and have a cup of tea waiting
when the drivers turned up for a chat; when learning to drive the ambulance meant going out for one test
drive and managing not to hit a pedestrian; and every day brought a glimpse into other people's lives.
From
dosshouses to domestics, from a mother’s grief to high-rise drug dens, Les Pringle brings us all of human
life, and death, at its best and at its worst.
Gripping, poignant and darkly funny, Blue Lights and Long Nights
is an affectionate, warm-hearted look at a world gone by.
Click on the image below to see how you can get a copy of this book
The ASBF thanks the following companies for their generous sponsorship towards the making of our very first
promotional film. This is a vital part of an ASBF strategic programme aimed at promoting the work and fund
raising needs of the Charity, which is ‘ Caring for the Carers’.
Without their support these programmes would not have been possible. The logos of the companies act as
links to their web sites - why not pay them a visit and see if you can support them by
sourcing items that you need from them.
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