BRIDPORT: Ale drinkers boost air ambulance coffers

Palmers Brewery, Bridport, has been able to boost the county’s Air Ambulance coffers by £14,647 over the past two years by putting aside 5p from the sale of every pint of its Palmers 200 ale.

The premium ale was brewed for the first time in March 1994 to celebrate 200 years of the firm’s brewing in the town.

Beer guru Roger Protz said it was a a finely balanced blend of malt, hops and quenching citric fruitiness.

Cleeves Palmer, from Palmers Brewery, said: “I am extremely passionate about supporting the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. It’s a local charity which anyone could need at any time and we are delighted to be able to help them.”

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance fund-raising co-ordinator Annette Plaistow-Trapaud said they were hugely grateful to Palmers Brewery and all the other people who help them raise the £1.4 million a year needed to keep the helicopter flying.

“We pride ourselves on having an outstanding air ambulance emergency service and this is only achieved through constant support from the public as we receive no government or lottery funding,” she said.

“Palmers Brewery and their respective pubs that support us should be very proud of their contribution.”

The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance will be celebrating its 10th birthday on June 12th with a special event at its airbase in Henstridge.

The air ambulance has attended over 7,000 missions since its launch in March, 2000, many of them life-saving.

For more information about the air ambulance visit www.dorsetandsomersetairambulance.org.uk, email info@dorsetandsomersetairambulance.org.uk or call 01823 669604.

PICTURE: (from left) Palmers Brewery sales executives Ellie Prowse and Jacky Follett, Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance fund-raising co-ordinator Annette Plaistow-Trapaud, DSAA paramedic John Penny, Palmers Brewery sales and marketing director Cleeves Palmer, DSAA paramedic Andy Ransom, and Palmers Brewery sales executive Kevin Haines

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