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Help for Health article in HU17.net

Fascinating article on HU17.net “Lazenby Fund Aids Beverley Community Lift With New Purchase”

Launch of the Lazenby Fund And How It Has Helped Beverley Community Lift

A new charitable fund aimed at helping to support the health and well-being of people living in the East Riding of Yorkshire has been launched by Help for Health.

Lynda Emily Lazenby, the fund’s benefactor, was from a large philanthropic family and lived all her life in the rural villages of the East Riding. Mrs Lazenby, whose husband had a local haulage business, was always keen to support medical related activity and had a particular interest in helping support people whose care needs could not be met through the NHS. 

Pilot Project to Tackle Loneliness, funded by Help for Health

To hear about the Pilot Project to Tackle Loneliness, funded by Help for Health, listen to Hull Kingston Radio 107.4 FM on Tuesday morning 2^nd May 2017 about 11 a.m.  Malcolm Scott and John Oliphant will present the project. 

Easter 2017

The Trustees of Help for Health wish all our local charities a happy Easter and remind you that applications to go before our next meeting need to be received by the 16^th May 2017.

Yorkshire Air Ambulance

One of the charities that Help for Health has supported in the last year, the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service has in the last 9 months flown 345 missions in East Yorkshire alone.  Overall missions have seen an 18% increase over the same period in the previous year (Q1-3) as more incidents are requiring a Doctor and or Advanced Trauma Paramedics at scene to give life-saving emergency pre-hospital care to the injured.