11 May Essex & Herts Air Ambulance receives donation from the family of Tavis Spencer-Aitkens
Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) and East Anglian’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) have received donations of £1,000 from the family of Tavis Spencer-Aitkens, who was murdered in Ipswich in June 2018.
Tavis’s mother Sharon Box says they want to help two charities that mean a lot to the family and whose fundraising has been hit during the Covid-19 lockdown.
She explained, “A team from EHAAT was despatched to help Tavis. Sadly, despite their best efforts they were unable to save him but it has always been a comfort to know that they did everything possible.
“EACH is a very special charity close to where we live which does some amazing work, and like the air ambulance its fundraising has been badly hit recently because of the lockdown.
“Our fundraising group Tavslife, which includes Sinade Brown, Stacey Read and Dana Gobbold, has raised this money over the last eighteen months or so with a series of events including a disco, sports days in our local park and raffles with the help of our local community. With so much negativity in the world, we thought it would be a good time to be doing something positive.”
Natasha Robertson, Fundraising Manager at EHAAT, said: “Our crews are despatched to the most critically ill and injured patients. Sadly, as in this case, they are not able to save everyone they attend.
“We are deeply touched that Tavis’s family have chosen to honour his memory with this donation and would like to thank them from the bottom of our hearts.”
