£10,000 grant funding received through crematorium’s metal recycling scheme

Glynn Valley Crematorium have donated £10,000 of grant funding to Cornwall Air Ambulance, which was raised through their metal recycling scheme.

The scheme sees metals that survive the cremation process recycled, with the express consent of bereaved families. Materials can include titanium orthopaedic implants such as hips and joints, and all the profits from the initiative are donated to charity.

The vital funding, which was applied for through the Crematorium & Memorial Group, will go towards ensuring the crew can continue to provide pre-hospital emergency care to those who are critically ill or injured.

Karen Stewart, Business Leader at Glynn Valley Crematorium, said: “We are delighted to help fund the Air Ambulance’s life-saving activities and their appeal to fund a second helicopter. My team and I recently had the pleasure of visiting the charity’s headquarters to receive a tour of the facilities and learn more about their services that help provide vital medical care to those in need. It was a really interesting opportunity to meet the crew, and we could immediately recognise the challenges they now face and why they need a second helicopter.”

With the £2.85million Heli2 Appeal target nearing the halfway mark, the donation will make a huge difference in helping to bring a second lifesaving AW169 helicopter to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Debbie Henshaw, Head of Strategic Giving at Cornwall Air Ambulance, added: “It was our pleasure to host a visit from Karen and her team at Glynn Valley Crematorium. I was also delighted to be able to apply for and secure funding from the Crematorium and Memorial Group. We are so grateful to the bereaved families, and to Karen and her team, for helping the charity. To be granted £10,000 is an incredible support and takes us another massive step closer to bringing a second helicopter to serve the people in and visiting our beautiful county of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.”

You can support Cornwall Air Ambulance and the Heli2 Appeal here.