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THE MAYOR OF WORTHING’S CHARITIES

QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL HOME

In this our 90th Anniversary year, the Queen Alexandra Hospital Home continues to build on our reputation for excellent nursing and rehabilitation care of our ex-Service men and women, who we help to live as actively and independently as possible, in a caring, friendly environment they can think of as their home.

Whether their physical disability is a result of conflict, peace-keeping missions, or an injury or illness sustained since leaving HM Armed Forces, all former Service personnel of any age and from any part of the country are welcome for both long term residential and short term respite care.

QAHH was founded in 1919, primarily to cope with the casualties in the First World War. Now, 90 years on, our high quality care continues to underpin the value we place on these remarkable people who have served our country at some of the most difficult times.

QAHH provides an individually tailored Care Programme to meet the specific needs of each resident. Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing, counseling, chapel and chaplaincy service, IT facilities, landscaped gardens, day trips and outings all forms the basis of life at the Hospital Home and encourages rehabilitation, self-development and independence.

Contact: Community Fundraising, The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home for Ex-Servicemen and Women, Boundary Road, Worthing, BN114LJ Telephone: 01903 218444 Fax: 01903 219151 email: www.qahh.org.uk
Registered Charity No. 1072334

WORTHING & DISTRICT ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY

The Alzheimer’s Society in Worthing is based in Stone Lane and was started twenty years ago. It is part of the national organisation although is responsible for its own finances obtained in part from statutory organisations and also from fundraising which sustains a number of the projects. Although the area covered from Stone Lane is from Portslade to Littlehampton the majority of our work centres around Worthing. From the centre there operates a Home Support Service, the Centre Club, which offers day care to those with early onset dementia and a Alz Café which runs bi-monthly as an evening activity for those with early onset dementia and their carers. Also run from the centre are Carers Support Groups, an Information Centre and an Advocate who also offers training to groups interested in dementia.

Contact: Colin Carpenter, Branch Manager, Worthing & District Alzheimer’s Society, 27 Stone Lane, Worthing, BN13 2BA Tel No. 01903 267902, Fax 01903 693715 email: colin.carpenter@alzheimersworthing.co.uk
Registered Charity No. 296645

SUSSEX AIR AMBULANCE

The Sussex Air Ambulance, launched in June 2007, is based at Dunsfold Park, on the Sussex, Surrey border and is now flying, fast, direct and unhindered at over 150 miles per hour to reach the whole of the county within a matter of minutes. It has a highly trained doctor and critical care paramedic on board, who can treat and assess the patient at the scene of the incident and then transport them to the nearest major hospital or specialist unit, in a fraction of the time taken by a land ambulance. It costs £1.7 million a year, or £4,650 a day, to operate the service. The charity relies almost entirely on public donations to keep it flying, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and give all us peace of mind should we ever need it. During 2009 the crew flew 694 missions across Sussex and Surrey and saved lives by saving time.

The Trust has two helicopters, one based at Marden in Kent and the other based at Dunsfold on the Sussex/Surrey border serving Sussex and Surrey.

Contact: Delaine Shearman, County Fundraiser, Sussex Air Ambulance, Wheelbarrow Park Estate, Pattenden Lane, Marden, Sussex TN12 9QJ. Telephone: 01622 833833 Website: www.sussexairambulance.co.uk
Registered Charity no. 1021367 - The Sussex Air Ambulance is a division of the Kent Air Ambulance

RNLI

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is the charity that saves lives at sea.

It provides, on call, a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service to 100 nautical miles out from the coast of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. It also provides a seasonal lifeguard service on beaches in the east, south and south west of England, and south Wales. The RNLI is independent from Government and continues to rely on voluntary contributions and legacies for its income.

Shoreham's lifeboat station urgently needs updating. It is classified by the RNLI as a key lifeboat station and the demands on it continue to increase, which is why we need your help. Soon, Shoreham will receive a new, faster Tamar class all-weather lifeboat – but a first class, modern station is needed to help launch it. £1M will go towards a high quality station and next generation lifeboat.
But why is the money really needed?

Because more and more people are using the busy stretch of sea between Brighton Marina and Littlehampton for work, travel and leisure. The Shoreham crew regularly brings home commercial fishing boats fouled in their nets or rescues yachts with engine failure. he station saves the lives of people who would otherwise drown. The crew regularly brings in kite surfers tangled in their rigs or with dislocated shoulders or because local volunteer men and women – who deserve the best facilities we can give them - are prepared to risk their lives to save others?

The Shoreham Harbour appeal aims to raise £1M towards the cost of the lifeboat and the new station.

Contact: Louanne Purdy, Area Manager Fundraising, Kennet House, River Road, Uckfield, TN22 1SL.
Telephone no. 01825 761466 email: lpurdy@rnli.org.uk
Registered charity no. 209603

Please make any donations payable to the "Mayor's Charity Fund". Receipts will be sent on request. Raffle prizes small or large always welcome.

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