Beeline: Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance Magazine, Spring 2016

how you can help
Come and join in!
As summer approaches, we are looking for people to get involved in fundraising
016 seems to be flying by and it won’t be
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long before we are into the summer season.
We’ve already got a number of events and
talks booked into our diary, which are keeping our
fundraising and volunteer teams extremely busy.
When it comes to fundraising, it would appear that
there is never a ‘down time’. That’s probably because
our supporters are constantly thinking up new and
innovative ways of raising funds to enable our crew to
carry out their amazing work. You can read about some
of these within this edition of the magazine.
Remember, if you are holding an event or raising
funds for the Charity, please be sure to let us know.
This enables us to support you in your quest, whether
by providing fundraising merchandise, promoting
your event on our website calendar, sending along
a representative or simply by providing advice and
guidance.
We have a fantastic team of volunteers who
represent the Charity at events, service our collection
boxes held at over 2,000 outlets across the two counties,
attend cheque presentations on our behalf and carry
out talks to a variety of clubs and groups. Between June
and December last year, 207 supporter-led events were
held in aid of the Charity – which is 34 more than the
previous year – and 69 talks were presented by our
team over the same period. We simply could not do this
without the help of our volunteers, so a very big thank
you from us all.
On the subject of volunteers; we are currently
looking for people to help us in the Bournemouth,
Poole and Dorchester areas by attending events or
giving talks. We are looking for people with excellent
communication skills, who are numerate and have the
ability to talk to groups with confidence. Full training
will be provided. If you feel you could donate your time,
(it doesn’t have to be on a regular basis), please call us
on: 01823 669604 or email: info@dsairambulance.org.uk
Our supporters are often looking at the different ways
to get involved. Our website is a great place to start to
find out more. There are a number of initiatives already
in place that are easy to implement and our fundraising
pack gives you some really great ideas, together with
hints and tips.
In addition to these, there are also a number of
initiatives that give a donation to Dorset and Somerset
Air Ambulance when you purchase, sell or recycle
products.
Easy fundraising
One way you can help is by signing up to Easy
Fundraising and logging in whenever you buy online.
44 01823 669604 | www.dsairambulance.org.uk