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British Red Cross – Northamptonshire Branch

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The British Red Cross aims to be the leading voluntary provider of emergency help to those people in most need, anywhere in the world.

People who are vulnerable often lack the essentials of life, like close family or friends, access to public transport and financial resources. So when these people face a sudden crisis, there is often nowhere they can turn for help. That’s where the British Red Cross and its volunteers enter the picture.

Our volunteers work in local communities, helping people to make essential journeys to the doctors or hospital, lending equipment such as wheelchairs following an injury or illness. Providing First Aid treatment at public events, caring for someone in their own home if the usual carer is unavailable or providing support for people whose house has been damaged because of a fire, to name a few.

In order for us to continue this vital work of caring for people in crisis, we must raise the funds ourselves, and it is because of this we are asking for your help and support.

Red Cross Week (6th _ 12th May 2001) is the most important fundraising period of each year for us. Events and collections of all kinds take place throughout Britain to support the work of British Red Cross services.

In Northamptonshire we rely on many collectors to help us, but in a number of villages we haven’t anyone for this year. We are looking for volunteers to help by organising and co-ordinating the fundraising activities in each area of five or six villages. The aim is to ensure at least one event or collection takes place in Red Cross Week in each village. This could be for example, a house to house collection, coffee morning, barbecue, street collection or putting counter top trays in the- local post office, shop or public house.

Each ‘Village Area Co-ordinator’ will need to make contacts, write or talk with anyone interested, and help with any ordering and delivery of the materials required. Northamptonshire Branch Fundraising Department will help by providing any posters or other publicity materials required by the co-ordinators.

If you would like more information about how you can help, or would be interested in finding out about our services, please contact us on [phone number removed].

With your help we can support thousands of vulnerable people by being “The Certain Sign of Hope in Crisis”.

John Roberts – Rector [phone number removed]

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