News
Guest Alfa Romeo supports Life Saving Charity
Guest Motors have agreed to provide Fastaid with the use of a new Alfa 147. The car will be signed with the Fastaid logo and used for both emergencies calls and local events. Dave Monk chair of Fastaid... More...
Training Day
The FastAid CFR's have recently had a training day at Meridan Community Centre to further enhance their knowledge to enable them to assist crews even more. Emma Wilkins (Community Responder Manager)... More...
CFRs raise profile at Knowle fun run
A dedicated group of Community First Responders, complete with stretcher and manikin, helped to raise awareness at a Knowle Fun Run at the weekend. The FastAid runners, who are CFRs for the Solihull... More...
Gardening Group Raises Money For Fastaid
A group of gardeners aged from six to 94 have raised more than £2,000 for the County Air Ambulance charity and for FastAid. The Thornbridge Avenue Allotments group have raised £2,260 so far after nominating... More...
FPOS Intermediate Training
This weekend saw the culmination of the latest IHCD First Person on Scene (FPOS) Intermediate training course. Nineteen of Fastaid’s CFRs completed the course over two weekends updating their clinical... More...
Fastaids boost from Rotarians
A charity which provides life-saving care has been given a cash boost by Solihull Rotarians. Fastaid Community First Responders have been presented with £1,250 from the Solihull Rotary Club, as well... More...
Healthcare commission report on CFRs
The healthcare commission has just completed a national review of the role of Community First Responders across the country. Some of the key findings of the report: - The number of emergency calls... More...
Christmas minor injuries clinic
West Midlands Ambulance Service is setting up a temporary festive clinic to deal with minor injuries among revellers in Birmingham City Centre over the weekends before Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.... More...
Lottery Grant Awarded
The Solihull community first responder group, FastAid, receivesd £9,065 from the National Lottery's Awards for All to buy additional defibrillators. The group is part of the West Midlands Ambulance Service's... More...
Every minute is vital by Lorely Burt MP
If you or any member of your family ever suffers from a heart attack or stroke and needs fast medical help to save your life, you may owe your survival to one of the trained Community First Responders... More...
Fast response from Pauline
A big-hearted runner put her best foot forward and raised hundreds for charity recently. Pauline Walker from Knowle completed the Dorridge half marathon for the Fastaid Community First Responder scheme,... More...
Birmingham And Black Country Volunteers Awarded
A prestigious champagne reception and awards ceremony has been held to recognise the excellent and significant contribution which volunteers across Birmingham and the Black Country have made to West Midlands... More...