Two charities for 2017
11th April 2017

EUROCELL is adopting two charities for 2017 – one national and one local, for itself and its staff with the company is aiming to to augment approved employee efforts with corporate contributions.

The charities are the Starlight Children’s Foundation and the Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance (DLRAA).

Starlight seeks to brighten the lives of seriously and terminally ill children by ‘wish granting’ and by providing fun, entertainment and distraction for children in every children’s hospital ward and hospice throughout the United Kingdom.

Starlight’s year-round programme helps over 500,000 hospitalised children every year.

The DLRAA is Eurocell’s local airborne paramedic service. Its two regional air ambulances fly across Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and also provide cover for its sister service, the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance.

These two helicopters provide a rapid response to trauma and medical emergencies over an area of 3850 square miles covering many of the UK’s major road networks including the M1, M6, M69 and M42. With an average response of 13 minutes, between them they attend, on average, six missions a day.

Mark Kelly, Eurocell CEO, said: “We are in uncertain times and, in days like these, charities cannot rely on the largesse of the public in their usual way – and we imagine every penny will be most welcome, not least by those assisted and cared for both by Starlight and the DLRAA”.

Collette Richardson, Fundraising Manager for DLRAA, added: ‘’This fantastic support from Eurocell is a huge boost for us. It costs us £1700 to fly every lifesaving mission and we rely on the public to keep our services going so being chosen as Eurocell ‘s charity of the year is really great news”.

http://www.starlight.org.uk
https://theairambulanceservice.org.uk
www.eurocell.co.uk