Aylesham & Rural Community Heart

🎃🎃🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃🎃🎃

An absolutely HUGE well done to all of those who entered the best decorated house competition! There were so many of you and who all made an amazing effort 👻

2024 best decorated house goes to:

🏆1st Place - Ian Walford, Aylesham. (See pictures)
⭐ 2nd Place - Jane Hemingway, Eythorne.
🧡 3rd Place - Carol young, Eythorne.

One of the team will be in contact with you to arrange delivery of your prizes ☠️⚰️

🎃Last year, millions of pumpkins met a grisly end, chucked in the bin - flesh, guts and all.

As Halloween approaches, don’t forget, there are plenty of delicious ways to , check out Hubbub’s recipe book at www.hubbub.org.uk/eat-your-pumpkin

🎃 Halloween Safety 🎃

Here's a few tips to keep you & your little ones safe this Halloween ☠️

🔥 Use glow sticks or battery operated candles in replacement of real flames - costumes are NOT fire proof!

🎃 trick or treat at houses with Halloween decorations.

🛑 DO NOT enter peoples houses.

🍭 DO NOT eat any sweets/food with tampered packaging or that are homemade.

✋ Remember stranger danger! If your gut instinct tells you something isn't right, then it probably isn't.

You can ring 101 to report any concerns to the non-emergency police line OR 999 if you believe someone is in danger.

A little tip to help keep those tiny fingers away from burning 🎇

Don't forget if anyone does sustain a burn take these simple steps:

💍 Remove all jewellery and clothing from the affected area
💦 Run the burn under COOL water for at least 20 minutes.
✋ Cover the burn in strips of clim film, DO NOT wrap.
📞 Call 111 or 999 for advice

Back by popular demand!

Best decorated house - Halloween Competition 🎃

£5.00 per entry - All funds go towards the AED scheme 🚑

Entry date closes on 24th October 2024.

Judging takes place - 30th October 2024 6.00pm-8.00pm

Open to all houses in Aylesham, Adisham, Snowdown, Woolage, Nonington, Elvington & Eythorne.

1st, 2nd & 3rd prizes available 🏆

Enter online: www.ticketsource.co.uk/arch

Or in person at 11 Oakside Road, Aylesham CT33DE

Another successful Save A Life workshop at St Peters Church Coffee morning - was so lovely to see everyone get involved, even the littlest members of the group ❤️

Don't forget you can learn how to save a life at our FREE Save A Life Workshops that run throughout the year at various locations and times!

We cover:

💔 CPR & AEDs use
🤢 Choking
🔥 Burns
🩸 Catastrophic hemorrhage control
💦 Drowning

Are you a sports team looking for sponsorship or a youth club looking for new equipment? Channels & Choices has just launched the "Channels & Choices Community Grant Fund"!

We recognise the importance of community and the immensely important role that local groups and clubs play in bringing our community together and providing opportunities for children and young people in our local area.

Channels & Choices are offering several community grants, up to £1,000 each, which are available to local community youth groups or clubs. Applications are welcomed from organisations and groups based within the Southeast Kent, who are seeking a grant to support activities that will benefit children and young people within the Southeast Kent area.

Bids for our first Channels & Choices Grants Scheme will be accepted from Monday 13th October, and successful applicants will be notified in November 2024. To be eligible for a grant, an organisation must be not-for-profit and based in Southeast Kent.

If you know a club or an organisation who would benefit from "Channels & Choices Community Grant Fund" or you are interested in accessing our community grants, please tag your organisation, share our post and start by commenting to tell us a little about your organisation and how you would like to use our funding in the comments below.

🚒 Today is National Burn Awareness Day! 🚒

If someone suffers a burn, remember to:

💍Remove all jewellery and clothing from the affected area.
💧 Run cool water over the burn for 20 minutes.
✋ Cover the burn by loosely applying clim film in strips.
📞 Call 999 or 111 for further advice

These simple steps can make a huge difference in reducing the severity of the burn before medical help arrives.

This is why it is so vitally important to keep our AED scheme maintained & place more AEDs within the new build areas of Aylesham!

Don't forget you can learn how to save a life at our FREE workshops that take place throughout the year 💚🚑

🚑💬 Earlier this week, BBC Radio Kent visited our Ashford Make Ready Centre to chat with paramedic, Jessica Conroy about the chain of survival and why starting CPR immediately can be life-saving for someone in cardiac arrest. 💓

Jess recently visited Romney Sands Holiday Park near Ashford, where their amazing team successfully resuscitated a patient before crews arrived - all thanks to quick CPR and early defibrillation. ⚡ Jess was eager to share this uplifting story! 🙌

✨ Click here to hear more about Jess' reunion with the team at Romney Sands holiday park: https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/colleagues-praise-holiday-park-heroes-for-their-early-cpr/

Does anyone in Aylesham work for UK power networks?

We are looking to place an AED case on one of the substation buildings in Aylesham, we have contacted customer services several times but yet to have any response.

Any help would be much appreciated ❤️

X-ray is closed in Dover this weekend - other local x-ray units are:

K&C hospital - 24hours
Royal victoria hospital Folkestone
Deal hospital

You can check the times as each local urgent treatment centre via the waitless app found on the play store 🩵

Happy emergency service day!

We are extremely fortunate to have members of the emergency services as part of the ARCH team 🚑💚🚁

AED scheme update:

As you may or may not know - the Aylesham AED scheme was initially set up by Aylesham4Aylesham in 2019.

For the past 5 years members of the ARCH team have personally maintained the scheme on behalf of A4A.

On the 31st August 2024- all funds relating to the AED scheme held by A4A were used to purchase equipment. Then the AED scheme was officially signed over to Aylesham & Rural Community Heart, ceasing any involvement from A4A relating to the scheme.

Therefore, we kindly ask that any donations made to the AED scheme are made to ARCHs go fund me page and no longer the A4A go fund me ❤️

KCC have granted ARCH £500 towards an AED cabinet in the new build area of Aylesham - we are now aiming to raise £1000 to purchase the AED!

Don't forget you can learn how to use an AED & perform CPR at our FREE Save a life workshops.

https://gofund.me/14abc702

‼️‼️ If you are a local business who has contacted us about sponsoring Santa Sleigh 2024 - we can only accept payment for the sponsorship up until 1st September.

Unfortunately after this date you will no longer be able to Sponsor Santa Sleigh as all advertisements will be sent off to the printers 🎅🤶🎄 ‼️‼️

🔔 Calling all small local businesses 🔔

This is the perfect opportunity to get your advertisement out in the local community!

The Track Santa Team are looking for local businesses to sponsor us for Christmas 2024!!

Did you know that on average it costs over £800 to produce Santa Sleigh every year? Over the last 5 years we have had some amazing businesses sponsor us, meaning more of your donations go towards life saving equipment 💔🚨

We are seeking multiple sponsors this year to make Santa Sleigh bigger & better than ever before ✨✨

For just £200 sponsorship we can ensure:

❄️ Your business is placed in 3000 goodie bags distributed throughout Aylesham, Adisham, Snowdown, Woolage, Elvington, Eythorne and Nonington!
🎄 Advertisement on all of our social media platforms which reaches 1000's of people in the local area.
🔔 Your business logo will placed in all publications related to Santa Sleigh.
🛷 Your logo will be placed on the float which carries the sleigh.
❤️ We will only accept one sponsorship from each trade to ensure your sponsorship is unique to us.

🎅🤶 Sponsorship must be paid by the 1st September as this is when marketing materials are sent off to the printers 🎅🤶

(We currently cannot accept sponsorship from any Sweets/craft companies, Joinery/Carpentry companies, Event Companies, Vehicle Dent Repair companies, fitness companies, flooring companies or Roofing Companies)

If you are a business interested in sponsoring us please message Aylesham & Rural Community Heart OR email [email protected]

‼️‼️Last Chance for any local businesses to sponsor Santa Sleigh 2024‼️

We cannot accept sponsorship after the 1st September 🤶🎅

Email: [email protected] if you are interested or pop us a message Aylesham & Rural Community Aylesham & Rural Community Heart ❤️

🔔 Calling all small local businesses 🔔

This is the perfect opportunity to get your advertisement out in the local community!

The Track Santa Team are looking for local businesses to sponsor us for Christmas 2024!!

Did you know that on average it costs over £800 to produce Santa Sleigh every year? Over the last 5 years we have had some amazing businesses sponsor us, meaning more of your donations go towards life saving equipment 💔🚨

We are seeking multiple sponsors this year to make Santa Sleigh bigger & better than ever before ✨✨

For just £200 sponsorship we can ensure:

❄️ Your business is placed in 3000 goodie bags distributed throughout Aylesham, Adisham, Snowdown, Woolage, Elvington, Eythorne and Nonington!
🎄 Advertisement on all of our social media platforms which reaches 1000's of people in the local area.
🔔 Your business logo will placed in all publications related to Santa Sleigh.
🛷 Your logo will be placed on the float which carries the sleigh.
❤️ We will only accept one sponsorship from each trade to ensure your sponsorship is unique to us.

🎅🤶 Sponsorship must be paid by the 1st September as this is when marketing materials are sent off to the printers 🎅🤶

(We currently cannot accept sponsorship from any Sweets/craft companies, Joinery/Carpentry companies, Event Companies, Vehicle Dent Repair companies, fitness companies, flooring companies or Roofing Companies)

If you are a business interested in sponsoring us please message Aylesham & Rural Community Heart OR email [email protected]

🔔 Calling all small local businesses 🔔

This is the perfect opportunity to get your advertisement out in the local community!

The Track Santa Team are looking for local businesses to sponsor us for Christmas 2024!!

Did you know that on average it costs over £800 to produce Santa Sleigh every year? Over the last 5 years we have had some amazing businesses sponsor us, meaning more of your donations go towards life saving equipment 💔🚨

We are seeking multiple sponsors this year to make Santa Sleigh bigger & better than ever before ✨✨

For just £200 sponsorship we can ensure:

❄️ Your business is placed in 3000 goodie bags distributed throughout Aylesham, Adisham, Snowdown, Woolage, Elvington, Eythorne and Nonington!
🎄 Advertisement on all of our social media platforms which reaches 1000's of people in the local area.
🔔 Your business logo will placed in all publications related to Santa Sleigh.
🛷 Your logo will be placed on the float which carries the sleigh.
❤️ We will only accept one sponsorship from each trade to ensure your sponsorship is unique to us.

🎅🤶 Sponsorship must be paid by the 1st September as this is when marketing materials are sent off to the printers 🎅🤶

(We currently cannot accept sponsorship from any Sweets/craft companies, Joinery/Carpentry companies, Event Companies, Vehicle Dent Repair companies, fitness companies, flooring companies or Roofing Companies)

If you are a business interested in sponsoring us please message Aylesham & Rural Community Heart OR email [email protected]