The £1,000 award from Ecclesiastical will be used towards the replacement cost of two of the team's specialist stretchers. These stretchers are used by the team to carry casualties long distances across difficult terrain to ambulances, and to winch injured people into rescue helicopters. They have to be lightweight but extremely strong to cope with the difficult working environment they are used in and the severe stresses they are placed under. The existing stretchers have been used for many years but are now reaching the end of their working lives.
The team is called out over 70 times a year and its stretchers are used in more than half of these incidents. Around 100 people per year will be helped by the Movement for Good award, and potentially several lives per year will be saved by their use.
