A TOP prize of £3,000 is on offer in Wiltshire Air Ambulance’s Grand Christmas Draw.
The annual raffle raises much needed funds for the charity’s lifesaving helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS). Last year it raised just under £40,000.
Rebecca de la Bedoyere, Senior Fundraising Manager at Wiltshire Air Ambulance, said, “Our Grand Christmas Draw is a vital source of funds in helping us to raise the £3.25 million a year we need to keep flying and saving lives. Not only are people who take part raising funds for us, they also have a chance to win £3,000.
“It’s thanks to people supporting and raising funds for us that we can be there for patients when they need us most. One of the innovations we introduced last year was to carry blood on board the aircraft and Rapid Response Vehicle, enab-ling our Critical Care Paramedics and Doctors to give pre-hospital blood transfusions to seriously ill and injured patients. In the first year of carrying blood our crews gave blood transfusions, on average, to three patients per month.”
The Grand Christmas Draw tickets cost £1 each and there are ten tickets per book. As well as the £3,000 top prize, the second prize is £500, the third prize is £100 and there are five consolation prizes of £50. Plus for those who enter before 30th November 2016, they will be entered into a special Early Bird draw to win a £100 Marks & Spencer voucher.
To obtain Grand Christmas Draw tickets please call Wiltshire Air Ambulance’s charity team on 01380 739453. Players must be aged 16 or over. All entries for the draw must be received by Monday 2nd January 2017 with the draw taking place on 9th January 2017.
