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teams take on fundraising events and challenges, is also seeking to identify the 200 Allied soldiers who Edith Cavell helped to escape. The initiative also seeks to promote nursing/military careers to all.
Every year, on October 12, Cavell Nurses’ Trust holds a wreath-laying memorial service at the Edith Cavell statue in St Martin’s Place, London.
In 2012, the event coincided with the launch of the charity’s Centenary Appeal which aims to raise £1 million by October 2015.
The Princess Royal is President of the appeal, which aims to substantially increase the number of beneficiaries it supports through grant giving and welfare support by the time of the 100th anniversary of Cavell’s death.
A number of fundraising activities have also been planned, including a 25 mile cycle ride in June, participation in the London Health Walk on July 4, and in 2015, a group campaign to climb Mount Edith Cavell in the Canadian Rockies.
The Trust is looking for 100 intrepid ambassadors, including nurses and army personnel, to scale the 3,363 metre peak, each of whom will take part in two special training courses and receive a certificate of achievement on completion of the climb.
An additional focus is an on-going online campaign for Edith Cavell’s face to be included on a new £2 commemorative coin.
Jasmin Rana
Events and Individual Giving Partnerships Manager Cavell Nurses’ Trust
Text CAVELL to donate £3 on 70300
website: www.cavellnursestrust.org
Facebook: cavellnurses.trust | Twitter: @CavellTrust Registered Charity 210571, SC041453
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BACCN Military Region Wins Region of the Year for Second Year
The 28th British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN) National Conference was held in Southport in September 2013. As with previous year’s the BACCN Military Region Committee was there in force and this year the Committee delivered three sessions on the programme.
As many critical care nurses may be aware the BACCN Military Region Committee has developed a one day trauma critical care skills workshop. At conference an overview of the workshop and feedback from evaluations was given by Maj Chris Carter (Chair). The Committee also delivered two practical workshop sessions on the management of catastrophic haemorrhage and the trauma critical care skills workshop. During these sessions the Military Region conducted a raffle in aid of the British Legion Poppy Appeal and raised over £100.
At the Gala dinner the Military Region were presented with the ‘Region of the Year’ award for the second year. The judges recognised it was a busy year for the team. This included a 30% increase in membership, delivery of a variety of clinically relevant study events for nurses as well as raising the profile of military critical care nursing.
The Committee has already started planning for this year’s conference which will be held in Cardiff on 8-9
Delegates practice trauma skills with the use of Actors from Amputees-In-Action
September 2014. The theme will be ‘Developing a Leading Edge in Critical Care’ and will include a critical care management and leadership strand. For more on the BACCN and National Conference can be found at www. baccn.org.uk
C Carter Maj QARANC Chair BACCN Military Region
L Jordan Capt QARANC Membership BACCN Military Region
Members of the BACCN Military Region and delegates attending the Trauma Skills Workshop
Beneficiary case study:
Mrs E devoted much of her life to helping others through her work as a healthcare assistant and later as a volunteer.
So when she approached Cavell Nurses’ Trust for help, the charity was only too happy to be able to offer her the support she needed during difficult times.
Mrs E, now 83, became a nursing auxiliary after leaving the forces in 1945. She loved her role and later spent ten years at a hospice, making patients comfortable in their final days.
She later took up a position with a local clinic and then, after retiring, became a volunteer for the Soldiers, Sailors, Air Force Association (SSAFA), visiting patients on the wards.
She and her husband divorced when their children were young, and as part of the settlement, he agreed to pay the service charge for her home, a ground floor private flat.
Unfortunately when her husband retired this support stopped and Mrs E, who lives in the West Midlands, feared she would have to sell her home.
She was put in touch with Cavell Nurses’ Trust through SSAFA and the Trust awarded her a single grant towards the current service charge bill together with a regular grant, which has been in place since 2000.
Mrs E, who is partially sighted and has diabetes, said she was overwhelmed with the support she has received. She said: “Being independent is very important to me so I’m very appreciative of Cavell Nurses’ Trust as without its support it would be difficult to do some of the things that I do such as meeting friends for a coffee.
“I think that if people are kind to you it’s important to try and repay that kindness in one way or another so I have offered to be an Ambassador for Cavell Nurses’ Trust.”