It is great fun vying for the title
and we shall certainly try again next year. Congratulations and grateful
thanks to everyone involved in making it happen
Daro Cane Furniture
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The Northampton Dragon Boat Festival is organised by the:
Rotary Clubs of Northampton
To find out more about Rotary, its aims, objectives and activities
and opportunities, visit
The Main beneficiaries of the 2008 Northampton
Dragon Boat Festival are:
Northamptonshire Teaching Primary Care Trust manages Cynthia
Spencer Hospice which is part of the NHS.
The Hospice currently serves a population in excess of 300,000
people and is a purpose-built 20-bedded unit, designed to the
highest standards for patient care. The team of specialist doctors,
nurses and therapists based at the Hospice provide a comprehensive
service for mainly cancer patients, and their families, for whom
cure may no longer be possible.
The hospice is mainly funded by the NHS. However, to maintain
our exceptional quality of care, we have to raise an extra £650,000
a year through charitable donations and fund raising activities.
Money raised this way is used to employ staff for the benefit of
patients and to make the their stay as comfortable as possible. Our
care is focused on the 'whole person' incorporating the physical,
psychological and spiritual needs of patients. We ensure that the
patient's quality of life is maintained by working in partnership
with family and carers. Our primary concern is to respect our
patient's dignity and choice in a friendly and supportive
environment.
The Warwickshire and Northamptonshire
Air Ambulance
The Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) was
established in October 2003 to provide an emergency medical service
for the heart of England including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire
and Milton Keynes. Prior to this, the region had relied on older,
slower aircraft with limited space for onboard patient treatment.
The new service shifted the emphasis from transporting casualties to
hospital, to recognising the need to get senior Doctors and
Consultants to the scene of incidents as quickly as possible,
providing lifesaving treatment and medication at the scene and
en-route to hospital.
The service has 12 Doctors, 12 Paramedics & 3 Pilots which
service a population of around 1.1 million people. Based at Coventry
Airport, in the three years it has been operating, it has flown over
5500 missions. With an ever-increasing callout rate of between 120
and 150 callouts per month, the WNAA is the busiest air ambulance in
the UK.
The Main event sponsor of the 2009
Northampton Dragon Boat Festival is:
To be announced
Background information and contact details will be provided here
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