Golf club’s year of support for Air Ambulance

A year of fund-raising by golf club members has ended with the presentation of a £6,300 cheque to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance (DSAA).

The money was raised by members of Chedington Court Golf Club, which spans the Somerset-Dorset border to the east of Crewkerne. 

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance fund-raising co-ordinator Annette Plaistow-Trapaud said: “I was delighted to receive this cheque from Chedington Court Golf Club, which reflects an incredible amount of hard work put in by members to organise many different fund-raising activities.
 
“We have to find the entire cost of keeping the Air Ambulance flying ourselves because we do not receive any Government or Lottery funding, so we simply could not operate without the support of people like Chedington Court Golf Club.

“It costs £3,800 a day to keep the helicopter in the air and we are so grateful that so many people are prepared to support our life-saving work in this way and by making donations and taking part in our £1 weekly lottery.”

The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance will officially be 10-years-old in March, and is hoping 2010 will be a record fund-raising year to commemorate the milestone.

The 10th birthday will be celebrated with an anniversary event at the Charity’s Henstridge airbase on June 12.

The Air Ambulance has attended nearly 7,000 missions since its launch in March, 2000, many of them life-saving.

More information about the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance can be found by visiting www.dorsetandsomersetairambulance.org.uk or by emailing info@dorsetandsomersetairambulance.org.uk or calling 01823 669604.