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New Keep Fit Classes at Madeley Village Hall Daytime classes to be held shortly at Madeley Village Hall. If there are any ladies and gents who would like to keep fit and active in retirement, please come and join in the fun. Anyone over the age of 55 is very welcome - it is a fun & enjoyable session. Madeley & District Community First Response Team As it has been a year now since we became fully operational, in April 2007, we thought we would give you an insight into what has been happening recently. So far this year, up to the end of April 2008, we have responded to 57 ‘treble nine’ emergency calls. Our aim is to arrive there before the ambulance or paramedic and provide emergency treatment, stabilize the patient until they do arrive, and then hand over to them. The areas we cover are the parishes of Madeley, Betley and Keele, but we are on occasion tasked by the Ambulance Service to nearby areas such as Baldwin’s Gate and Woore. We are all volunteers and in full time employment and give up our spare time to be ‘on call’, for which we receive no remuneration. Unfortunately, as we are few in number, we cannot provide cover 24/7, as much as we would like to. Also, Responder groups do not receive any funding and have to be fully self supporting financially. This means that a lot of our time has to be given to fund raising activities: as an example, one of our Responders, who lives in Keele, is undertaking a sponsored 135 mile cycle ride on 26-30th May to raise funds for us. Luckily for us, our response vehicle has been donated by Britannia Building Society and the Rotary Clubs of Audley and Newcastle, for which we are very grateful. However, we have to find the costs for the day to day running of the enterprise. This is either fund raising by the Responders or kind donations from the public. Sometimes these costs are frighteningly high; for example, when Staffordshire Ambulance Service was merged into the West Midlands Ambulance Service, the new Service decided that each Responder should be trained in driving while on blue lights. The training costs about £400.00 per person and has to be raised by each Responder group! We are now a registered charity, number 1119828, and so you can look us up on the Charities Commission website. If you would like to contact us for any more information or any details, our address is: Madeley First Response Team, PO Box 445, Brookside, Crewe CW3 9WT, or visit our web site at: www.madeley-cfr.org, which also has e-mail contact details, or phone our Chairman & Co-ordinator, Andy, on 07876 568191, or Secretary, Jo, on: jobarratt@orange.net Doctors Surgery Madeley and Baldwins Gate Practice. Moss Lane - Tel: +44 (0)1782 750274 - For repeat prescriptions - +44 (0)1782 750790 Moss Lane Surgery Dispensary. Mon. - Fri. 9 am. - 12 noon. 3.30 - 5.30 pm. (Thurs. 4 - 5.30 pm.) Tel. +44 (0)1782 750790. Volunteers required to deliver the Madeley Surgery Newsletter to homes in the Madeley and Baldwins Gate area. Help required in the kitchen at the Wednesday morning cafe. Food hygiene training will be given. Volunteer drivers for the elderly or housebound, to hospital or clinics or friends. On an occasional basis. A mileage allowance is paid. Chemists Newcastle Road - Tel./Fax +44 (0)1782 752255 Open Mon - Fri. 09:00 - 18:00 Sat. 09:00 - 13:00 Closed for lunch 13:00 - 14:00
Within 50 metres and opposite the Police Station in Newcastle Road. Madeley Manor Nursing Home Heighley Castle Way. Heighley Castle Way. |
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