THE Bude Community First Responders Team are delighted to have raised enough funding to purchase two new community responder vehicles.

Thanks to the support received from local businesses and individuals the two, highly visible sponsored vehicles will soon be out and about helping the team in their day to day duties.

Jamie Sprake, Bude responder liaison officer, said on behalf of the Bude Community First Responders Team: “We are pleased to announce, following on from all the kind and generous support from our amazing community, the people, the local charities and businesses in Bude and the surrounding areas, we have been able to raise enough funds to purchase two new Community First Responder Vehicles. This is a major benefit to us as responders and to the community we serve by being highly visible. Please give us a wave or come over for a chat if you ever see us out and about.

“We would like to thank the following: The League of Friends of Stratton Hospital, Tree Fella Bude, Dame Wash’a’load, Crystal Clear Services Bude, Sørwest, Muscle Maintenance by Alison Stroudley, Bude Self Storage, Bude & North Cornwall Golf Club, Morrisons, Co-op Food Bude, Cognition Learning, All the P’s Market and Tea Garden, Advance Tyre Specialists Ltd — Holsworthy, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, South Western Ambulance Charity, Bristol Street Motors, Bristol Street Motors, The Write Stuff Tuition and Blanchminster Trust.”

Sponsorship information will be added onto the new cars soon.

Jamie added: “Thank you to those who made a donation in return for a personal inscription on the car.”

For £20, people still have the chance to have a name inscription on the new cars. To donate visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bude-community-first-responders-2022-appeal