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Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Lottery Celebrate 40,000 Milestone!

The Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Flight for Life Lottery is now more popular than ever, reaching the highest number of members in its 13 year history! A record breaking 40,000 people in Essex and Herts are now playing their part to keep the Air Ambulance operational, and saving lives across the County.

The record breaking draw took place at the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Fundraising Office on 6th July. The exact total number of players in the Lottery draw was 40,320.

Janice Flower, Lottery Manager for Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust, said: “We are all very excited to have reached a phenomenal 40,000 membership! What a fantastic achievement for the Charity! More and more people in Essex and Herts are choosing to play the Flight for Life Lottery and our tireless canvassers are doing a great job in recruiting new members every week. I want to encourage all supporters of the Charity to sign up now, not only to stand a chance of winning a life-changing jackpot prize but to also help raise vital funds for the life-saving helicopter. I would like to personally thank all of our loyal current Lottery members for their continued support; we can’t fly without you!”

The Flight for Life Lottery is a major source of income for the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance. Since January 1998 it has raised more than £9.9 million for the Charity.  Over 11,200 people have been lottery prize winners and more than £1.4 million has been paid out in prize money to these lucky winners.

Joining the Flight for Life Lottery and supporting your Air Ambulance is easy! Not only do you stand a chance of winning a life-changing sum of money, but you can also help save lives by keeping the Air Ambulance flying.
 

About the Air Ambulance service

• The Air Ambulance is built for speed, and designed to reach the scene of an incident quickly as well as reaching remote and inaccessible areas. Clinicians and life-saving support equipment can be rushed to the scene within minutes.

• No funding is received from the National Lottery. We rely on the generosity and goodwill of people and businesses, and on fundraising initiatives such as the Flight for Life Lottery.

• It costs in the region of £380,000 per month to cover all charitable costs and aircraft operations for both Essex and Herts Air Ambulances.

• Increasing traffic, extreme sports, diverse weather … all of these issues and more contribute to one simple fact. The Air Ambulance is an essential emergency service.
  
  

  Meet the Canvassers!
  
  
  Week commencing 30th January 2012 the canvassers are targeting the following areas:
   
  Essex - Wickford, Grays, Chelmsford, Colchester and Harlow.
  Herts - Buntingford, Datchworth, Royston & Watford.

     
Daren Budd                                                   John Freedland                             Nicky Terris
                    

          
                     Teresa Quinney               Derek Murphy                              Mich Craven

  Steve Foster                            Gary Atkinson                        

                                                        EHAAT Canvassers

                  
          
            Lin Kennett ID: EH002             Craig Glanville: EH007 

Ed Fagan ID: EH004                  Peter Colton ID: EH005      Jason Rosenfeld ID: EH006

EHAAT canvassing areas for week commencing 30th January 2012.

EH002 – Lin Kennett: West Mersea , Mile End Colchester and West Bergholt
EH004 - Ed Fagan: Watford, Rickmansworth and Chorleywood
EH005 - Peter Colton: Watford, Rickmansworth and Chorleywood
EH006 – Jason Rosenfeld: Southend and surrounding areas. 
EH007 - Craig Glanville: Southend and surrounding areas. 
 

A Statement about the Children’s Air Ambulance

We have recently been made aware by supporters and the police that canvassers from the Children’s Air Ambulance have been calling on homes in our area. Whilst we acknowledge that the Children’s Air Ambulance is a registered charity, we wish to draw to the attention of our supporters the following points:

• The Children’s Air Ambulance is in no way connected to the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust.
• Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust employs canvassers to promote the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust Flight for Life Lottery Ltd but they do not ask for cash at the door.
• All our canvassers wear Essex Air Ambulance or Herts Air Ambulance branded clothing and carry ID badges.
• Our canvassers only ask people to sign up to the Flight for Life Lottery by Direct Debit and do not ask people to part with their cash.
   

Anyone that gets a visit from a canvasser is reminded to ask for I.D. If you are still not sure please contact the Lottery Team in the first instance on 0845 2417 688 for clarification.