Whitehaven community first responders

24/06/2026

Please vote for Whitehaven and District Community First Responders - Charity number 1151331 for us a chance to win £5000 to keep us helping our community in their times of need.

https://movementforgood.com/draws/special/community?cn=1151331&fbclid=IwdGRjcASpKGRjbGNrBKkoX2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHnrpdxFNIFXFfxs_vp1inm77Eki4AJdidqHzC1rF7k8vDHM1PjgGZGCRjExr_aem_FbOi95Uj3lEpEydjMaZzOg

18/06/2025

Great training night last night down at Whitehaven AFC, massive thanks to them for letting us use their clubhouse and ground and thanks to the teams training who observed from a distance and those who came to see what we were doing.

Our scenario was cardiac arrest in the public with us running it from a member of the public collapsing and a 999 call being made, bystanders starting CPR with CFRS attending and taking over until the ambulance arrived, it including working with the crew and the public and the CFRs seeing it through to doing the handover with the ambulance crew.

Another huge thankyou to North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust for assisting and supporting. We had members from St Bees & Egremont, Keswick and Wigton in attandance last night.

We are available to attend fun days/festivals/community days to bring along our training equipment and show basic life support techniques and raise awareness of what is that CFRs do.

30/03/2025

Fantastic training night on Thursday with multi-team attendance. We had some fantastic role players and as always a massive thanks to Whitehaven AFC for the use of their function room and club space for the scenarios.

Heres to the next one 😁

11/01/2025

Please everybody share and support this event, its supportung a very worth while cause.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-morleys-to-save-lifes?attribution_id=sl:c2648e29-362a-4e9c-9381-889aa42e80b6&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

22/03/2024

You can now see live waiting times for our A&E departments in Carlisle and Whitehaven and our Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs) in Keswick and Penrith.

🚨 ncic.nhs.uk/locations/emergency-care-hub

We are trialling sharing our live waiting times with the hope that this information helps set people’s expectations when you are waiting to be seen.

We also hope it will raise awareness of our UTCs which have significantly shorter waiting times than our A&E departments, and are the best places to go if you need medical attention but it is not life-threatening.

They are now live on our website and the information includes: How many people are currently in the department, the average waiting time to see a doctor/nurse after initial assessment and how many people have arrived in the last hour.

No matter how busy our A&E departments are, the most seriously ill and injured patients will always be seen first and as quickly as possible. Regardless of our waiting times, if it is an emergency please call 999. For non urgent issues you should go to 111.nhs.uk, go to a UTC, contact your GP or go to your local pharmacy.

07/01/2024

We would like to wish our community a Happy New Year. The team have been busy over the last few weeks and continue to be. We could not do it without support from members of the public and our team who give their own time being on duty and responding to urgent calls. Please, if you can donate follow the link below. Thank you.

Help us fund kit bags to keep us in the community. - JustGiving

13/01/2023

After the very kind soles did the New Years Day dip to fundraise for us (still awaiting a final amount) and so far have raised over £600, we were asked alot if we had a just giving page. So we have been working had to put this together. It is linked to the page at the top but here is our Just giving page link.

All donations are greatly appreciated and keeps us helping you in your time of need.

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/WhitehavenCFRs

Help us fund kit bags to keep us in the community. - JustGiving

01/01/2023

Happy new year from all our team.
Today's the day a few of our team will be joining Whitehaven RUFC 'fat lads dip' and Whitehaven RUFC Youth - Sharks who have kindly chosen us to donate any money raised today. A big thank you!
Donations can be given down at the event as a bucket will be around or give us a message for further instructions on how to donate.

The whitehaven RUFC members (players of all levels and community) are this year taking to the cold sea for a dip to raise some money and support for our team. Thank you so much! If you would like to donate then buckets will be around on the day or you can message us privately and we can pass on relevent details. Stay safe, Happy New year and best wishes. From Whitehaven community first responders

28/12/2022

The team and Whitehaven Sharks are doing the New Years Dip to donate to our group follow the link

Help me spread the word about WHITEHAVEN AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS. Together we can make a difference.

27/12/2022

The whitehaven RUFC members (players of all levels and community) are this year taking to the cold sea for a dip to raise some money and support for our team. Thank you so much! If you would like to donate then buckets will be around on the day or you can message us privately and we can pass on relevent details. Stay safe, Happy New year and best wishes. From Whitehaven community first responders