Carlisle & District Community First Responders

09/07/2025

Hot Weather Alert ⚠️
Things are heating up! Temperatures are expected to soar across the North West from tomorrow through to Monday. 🔆
Please take extra steps to stay well:
Stay hydrated
Wear sunscreen
Find shade
Carry your medication/inhaler
Check on elderly relatives/neighbours
Use 111.nhs.uk if you need urgent medical advice, but it's not life-threatening.
Enjoy the sunshine, but take care out there! 🌞

05/07/2025

03/06/2025

18/05/2025

A great day at Bitts Park Show and Tell event included our first experience of a fox doing CPR thanks to the very clever Olga from Carlisle United Football Club.
Love Carlisle
North West Ambulance Charity
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

18/05/2025

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/carlislecfr?utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL

Link for Bitts Park event

Iʼm raising money to raise money for team equipment, to support community education and to fundraise for community access defibrillators.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

18/05/2025

All set up at Bitts Park for the Show and Tell event. Come down between 12-4 and see some great organisations and groups including ourselves and have a go at CPR and using an AED.

12/05/2025

We will be attending the Carlisle Matters Show and Tell event this Sunday. Please pop down and learn about our team along with all the other great organisations attending this event.

03/04/2025

1ST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH = SPEAKERS EVENING.

Join us tonight as we host Cumbria first responders!

Delivering very useful information on CPR, Defibrillators and what to do in a first aid scenario...come along and listen (and learn) for free. Starting from 730pm all are welcome at Cumwhinton Village Community Hall. Refreshments available.

20/02/2025

I am very proud to see the AED dedicated to John Cruse being fitted to the wall on the Botcherby Community Centre in Carlisle.

A huge thank you to the donation by North West Ambulance Charity , the people who have donated towards and our team to make this happen. Also to the Centre for accepting it and becoming guardians to look after for years to come.

John would have been lost for words to see the dedication in his name but this is a fitting tribute to a true gentleman.

This will be available for community to use to help save a life when needed.

06/02/2025

Community first responder (CFR) volunteer fact-checker.
Our CFRs use a responder app on their phone to respond to 999 calls
CFRs may be offered 999 calls within a set radius of where they are, the radius will move with them, so they don’t have to stay at home.
CFRs have been helping us respond to emergencies for nearly 30 years
CFRs don’t have to have a clinical background or qualification. We will train them.
You can find out more by searching ‘become an NWAS volunteer’ online.

11/01/2025

We are looking to install a public access automated external defibrillator in memory of our Team Leader who we sadly lost in 2024.

John Cruse was a loving husband and a true gentleman who would do anything to help anyone.

As well as a volunteer for NWAS as a Community First Responder John also volunteered for blood bikes Cumbria and other organisations.

As a team we are looking to install an AED in his local community in Carlisle which will be available 24/7 to be used to help save a life as part of the chain of survival.

We feel this is a fitting tribute to John and one he would have been very proud of.

Please share and donate using the link below to help the community

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Blood Bikes Cumbria
UK Community First Responders (CFR)
Wigton and District Community First Responder Group
Appleby & District Community First Responder Group

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/stephen-fitzpatrick-1?utm_term=ayAb5ZRzv&utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL

11/01/2025

If you are struggling or feeling low this January, here’s a reminder of some important numbers that could help you:
Samaritans - Call: 116 123 - 24/7
Text Shout to 85258 - 24/7
CALM - Call: 0800 58 58 58 - web chat 5pm to midnight every day
PAPYRUS Hopeline247 - Call: 0800 068 4141 or text: 88247 - 24/7
Mind Infoline – Call: 0300 123 3393 - 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (except for bank holidays)
If someone’s life is at immediate risk, for example, they have seriously injured themselves or taken an overdose - call 999 or go to A&E.