Haverhill First Responders

04/04/2026

🚨UPDATE: DEFIB FOUND 🚨

Through everyone’s efforts we’ve located the defib and it is back in place and operational. Thank you for sharing, we couldn’t have done it without you! 🥰

‼️Missing Defibrillator – Strasbourg Square (Chippy’s CPAD) ‼️

We urgently need your help.

The defibrillator from the Chippy’s CPAD unit in Strasbourg Square, Haverhill has been removed following instruction from an ambulance call handler sometime between 25th–29th March, and we are currently unable to locate it.⚠️

If you know where it is, have seen it, or were involved in the incident where it was used, please get in touch as soon as possible.

📞 07796 199741
📞 07867 606804

This is a vital, life-saving piece of equipment and needs to be returned to its cabinet so it’s available for the next emergency.

Please share this post to help us reach as many people as possible; your help could save a life.

Thank you,
Haverhill Community First Responders



Chippy's
Haverhill Town Council

UPDATE 04/04/26: There was a call where the control room suggested to get the defib, but it was returned unused early hours of 26th March.

Somewhere between early hours 26th March to the end of day 29th March the defib has been removed without control or our knowledge.

01/04/2026

Another fantastic community event!

We had Stan, Sydney, Carole and Pete out in the community teaching youngsters the basics of first aid, proving you're never too young to start!

We have a busy calendar of upcoming community events, so if you see us please be sure to say hello.

In addition we have Steve on call today and Brad on call tonight and tomorrow.

27/03/2026

🙏Thank you, Kedington Butchers!🙏(www.kedingtonbutchers.co.uk)

The Haverhill Community First Responders would like to say a huge thank you for the ongoing support from Kedington Butchers, for all their years of support of our volunteer responders and for fundraising over £7000 milestone for local causes, of which we are one 🥰.

Haverhill First Responder Team Leader, Steve Bryant said:

"Kedington Butchers has been a magnificent supporter of our First Responder group for many years and have raised over £7,000 for local causes thanks to their very generous customers. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Paul Morris and his fabulous team of butchers as well as the local community for their support."

🚑Our team responds to life-threatening 999 calls in Haverhill and the surrounding villages including Kedington, Hundon, Thurlow, Steeple Bumpstead and other surrounding villages, often arriving before the ambulance to begin life-saving care.

‼️Support from local organisations like Kedington Butchers helps ensure we have the equipment and training needed to respond when someone in our community needs help most.

💸 Every pound raised is used to helps us locally to maintain and replace vital equipment. Funds raised by the group help cover things such as:

• Equipping and maintaining response bags
• New and replacement responder uniform and protective equipment
• Maintaining public access defibrillators in Haverhill and surrounding villages
• New sets of defibrillator pads (we have had several deployments recently)
• Replacement defibrillator batteries
• CPR training manikins for free-of-charge public courses
• Training defibrillators for free-of-charge public courses
Thank you for helping us keep Haverhill and the surrounding villages safer.

If any organisation, company or individual would like to support the work of the Haverhill Community First Responders, we would be delighted to hear from you. We run entirely on the generosity of the local community.

Bradley Wright
First Responder & Community Engagement
bradley.wright@eastamb.nhs.uk

Haverhill Town Council Kedington, Suffolk, UK East of England Ambulance Service Charity

21/03/2026

It was great to meet the learners at WS Training SLC, and provide AED and CPR training and demos.

If you have a local club or group that would like us to visit for a talk, a demo or a full training session then please get in touch today.

Haverhill Town Council

17/03/2026

In February we treated 17 patients that had the highest classification of medical emergency (Category 1 & 2), in and around Haverhill.

We arrive ahead of the ambulance to provide life-saving early care.

Do something brilliant today and join or donate to our fantastic team of volunteers.

You too could save a life.

Haverhill Town Council
Little Thurlow Parish Council

06/03/2026

Thank you, Little Thurlow Parish Council.

The Haverhill Community First Responders would like to say a huge thank you to Little Thurlow Parish Council for a generous donation in support of our volunteer responders.

Our team responds to life-threatening 999 calls in Haverhill and the surrounding villages including Thurlow, often arriving before the ambulance to begin life-saving care. Support from local organisations like Thurlow Parish Council helps ensure we have the equipment and training needed to respond when someone in our community needs help most.

Every pound raised is used to helps us locally to maintain and replace vital equipment. Funds raised by the group help cover things such as:

• Equipping and maintaining response bags
• New and replacement responder uniform and protective equipment
• Maintaining public access defibrillators in Haverhill and surrounding villages
• New sets of defibrillator pads (we have had several deployments recently)
• Replacement defibrillator batteries
• CPR training manikins for free-of-charge public courses
• Training defibrillators for free-of-charge public courses

Thank you for helping us keep Haverhill and the surrounding villages safer.

If any organisation, company or individual would like to support the work of the Haverhill Community First Responders, we would be delighted to hear from you. We run entirely on the generosity of the local community.

Bradley Wright
First Responder & Community Engagement
bradley.wright@eastamb.nhs.uk

24/02/2026

Hi.

My name is Stan Pridmore, I am the recruitment officer for HAVERHILL COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS (CFRs)

Due to training and management changes within the Ambulance Service, STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS (CFRs) have joined forces with the Haverhill CFRs for training and admin purposes.

This does not mean that that STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD CFRs will be closing, quite the opposite.

The group will stay the same, but with the added benefits of being able to draw on the Haverhill training facilities and resources, which will help the village in strengthening the group, and improving response times.

With only three responders in the village, it means that coverage is very sparse, we are planning to recruit 4 or 5 more people to become CFRs in your village.

If you have some free time and are looking for a voluntary role in your community, or you are retired or coming up to retirement and seeking an interesting project to get involved with, then speak to us - Haverhill Community First Responders on behalf of Steeple Bumstead CFRs. We are currently seeking volunteers just like YOU to become responders or to help with fundraising and promoting your group.

All training is free, and you will be trained by paramedics from East of England Ambulance Service to a very high standard. First Responder Training is undertaken as blended learning; face to face with online learning (this is a full response course, not a first aid course).

If you are interested in helping your group with admin, or in becoming a First Responder where you will make a difference to people with medical emergencies, then please contact/message us via our page: Haverhill Community First Responders or email stanley.pridmore@eastamb.nhs.uk

Call now to connect with business.

14/02/2026

❤️What a perfect way for our First Responders to show how much they love and care for the residents of Haverhill this Valentines Day.❤️

We had the team complete their annual life saving assessments today.

First Responders keep current with regular training events, and this assessment qualifies us to continue redponding to emergencies in Haverhill✨

04/02/2026

Our January by numbers:

⏰ 201 volunteer hours on call.
🚑 16 patients treated ahead of ambulance crew arrival
👩‍⚕️ 1 new responder qualified
👩‍🎓 60+ members of the public received CPR/AED training

An amazing effort by the team, helping to keep Haverhill safe!

✨Haverhill First Responders are entirely funded by charitable funds. If you can donate either financially or with your time, or know a company that can partner with us, then please get in touch - it is only through local generosity we can stay equipped and ready to respond and save lives.

02/02/2026

🚨New Haverhill Responder 🚨

Please join us in congratulating Sydney on completing Responder Training. Now qualified, Sydney will join our regular on call patterns giving essential cover in Haverhill and the surrounding area.

✨”Becoming a Community first responder is something I’ve wanted to do for a number of years and since I started working for EEAST.

The whole process from applying to completing my training was very smooth. I can’t praise my teachers on my course enough! They were so thorough and helpful, making sure we were trained to the best standard and in turn able to provide the highest standard of care to the community.

Being a CFR is hugely rewarding and being a part of such a wonderful team really makes me proud.”✨

Welcome to the team!

👨‍🎓Course photo includes Sydney and other newly qualified CFRs volunteering all over East Anglia.

👀 If you are interested in becoming a CFR get in touch now to take the opportunity and make a difference to the community!

31/01/2026

Before we share our January stats and figures we can share what we achieved in 2025:

⏰1316 hours on call time volunteered

🚑 Over 200 patients treated for time critical, life threatening, emergencies.

🗺️ Responses in Haverhill, Kedington, The Camps, Thurlow, Hundon and Horseheath.

We start 2026 with more responders trained and on call, and with others due to complete training soon, so hope to see a big increase in these figures!

✨As we grow, to upskill our responders and equip them, we are looking for corporate partnerships. If your work place has a community champion or can donate to support us please pass our details on today!✨