This was mentioned on BBC Wales News tonight, how a little girl was treated in time to save her after a heart attack. However it was touch and go as the WAA had to use an ambulance car because the funds do not stretch to providing night time cover by helicopter. I live in west Wales and very often we see the red WAA helicopter flying over and around our part of the world, usually picking up tourists who have come to grief. Although the item said that the WAA needs to up its income to £8 million to provide 24 hour cover, it didn't say how much money it needed to reach that figure. I looked up their website and currently they raise £6.5 million p.a. so that means they only need a further £1.5 million to achieve their target.
Now I know it is frankly disgusting that a critical service such as this has to rely on charity in the first place (shame on you W.A.G.) but £1.5 million equates to about 50p p.a. per head of population in Wales. The BBC missed an opportunity there to give a plug for this charity.
If every CCFC and SCFC season ticket holder (20,000 folk?) gave £7 a month that would do it (and more, with Gift Aid). I realise that probably quite a few already donate (I do) but it would be great if even a fair proportion of the fan base did so, the publicity that that would generate would surely stimulate others in the community to do the same.
