EMB Staff soar to new heights

Three adventurous staff from EMB Ltd will take to the skies on 11th September 2010 for a tandem skydive in aid of the Air Ambulance.

The Air Ambulance is this year's chosen charity for EMB Ltd – the organisation responsible for delivering local access to the regional Business Link service and the skydive is just one of a range of fundraising activities organised by staff. With the skydive, Performance Team Administrator Naomi Harrison, Contract Support Manager Stuart Lockley and Quality Assurance Administrator Karen Wilmott want to raise at least £1,500 for the Air Ambulance which relies solely on donations. 

Karen says, "Against the advice of the people who care for us, we’ve committed ourselves to jumping out of a plane at 14,000ft and plummeting towards the ground at 120 mph ... for the sheer heck of it and for a good cause! We’ve set ourselves a huge personal challenge to raise at least £1,500 and hope that we can gather as much support as possible to encourage us to  take that step off the plane into thin air! "

The Sky's the Limit for EMB fundraisers

Karen says the group wanted to do something that would test them and at the same time help to support the Air Ambulance. 

"They provide an invaluable service to the East Midlands and we or someone we know may have already benefited from the service or may need them one day." Karen continues, "We’re not taking this lightly and wouldn’t be doing this crazy thing unless we felt so strongly about the cause…"

If the target is beaten then team member Stuart has promised to skydive topless for the event at Langar Airfield in Nottinghamshire.  "We really hope to beat the target and any amount helps, however small," says Karen.  "Please donate whatever you can afford because if really could help save a life!"

"The greatest game on earth"

Update 12/07/2010

We are pleased to announce the winners for the World Cup 2010 are:

• 1st Spain – Mel Jones £70
• 2nd Holland – Luis Mendes £30
• 3rd Germany – Joanne Botting £10
• Air Ambulance Charity - £50 Well done to all our winners

A very big ‘Thank You’ to all that participated!

Algeria (Phil Watson) - Argentina (Andrew Stannard) - Australia (Christine Moorley)
Brazil (Neil Farish) - Cameroon (Sat Khabra) - Chile (Sean Read) - Cote d’Ivoire (Rachel Rivers)
Denmark (Karen Willmot) - England (Sue Cartright) - France (Jan Swain) - Germany (Jo Richardson)
Ghana (Leigh Walker) - Greece (Carole Barr) - Honduras (Sue Richardson) - Italy (Becky Irwin)
Japan (Stephen Smith) - Mexico (David Polkey) - Netherlands (Lewis Mendes) - North Korea (Peter) New Zealand (Mike Sharp) - Nigeria (Caroline Boucher) - Paraguay (Kate White)
Portugal (Leigh Walker) - Serbia (Glynis Sanderson) - Slovakia (Andy Nappin) - Slovenia (Kelly Lawrence) - South Africa (Niki Harris) - South Korea (Hannah Ferguson) - Spain (Mel Jones)
Switzerland (Stephen Ash) - United States (Naomi)- Uruguay (Stuart Lockley)

The world cup is on its way to South Africa for 2010. To raise some money for the Air Ambulance, EMB are hosting a World Cup competition.

It is £5 to enter (a little more than usual, but as it's a one off).

* Prizes *

1st prize = £70
2nd prize = £30
3rd prize = £10

£50 will be donated to the Air Ambulance.

Team names will be drawn randomly out of a hat. As there are only 32 teams, the competition will run on a first come first serve basis. All entrees have to be in by the 28th May.

If you are interested, please contact reception for a ticket

Dress Down Days

£1 per person (Office Based staff only)
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