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Bar Lane, Waddington Lincoln 01522 721970 Give Us Time In July 2017 our welcome opportunity to The evening concluded with daughter Sophie was forget all our worries of a very generous auction diagnosed with stage treatment and the general raising around £40,000 on busy day to day life between the night thanks to likes D retinoblastoma Station Commander’s treatment days. of one of the charity’s (eye cancer) ambassadors SBS veteran On my return to work after and TVs ‘SAS, Who dares, to support us through the break, I was asked if I wins’ Ant Middleton these sometimes difficult Foreword... s devastating as would appear as a guest donating a day of training times. If you know anyone this news was, speaker at a ‘Give Us Time’ in the style of his TV show that can donate their holiday of many of the Waddington A legacy of under her prognosis fundraising event. This which sold for £8000. Gp Capt Tom Burke A accommodation for just 2 events that were RAF100 investment in our buildings was and still is good. would turn out to be quite MA BSc RAF weeks out of the year Speak branded – the baton relay, is firmly in his sights (and Sophie underwent six a high-profile event. The I cannot thank ‘Give us to your unit’s welfare staff You only get two years as STEM engagement, sports those of the Air Force Board months of chemotherapy Right Honourable Dr Liam Time’ enough for what about ‘Give Us Time’ or visit a Station Commander, so fixtures and social events. who met here the following along with laser therapy Fox opened the nights event they do and what they www.giveustime.org.uk I’m half-way through as All were delivered brilliantly. month). Waddington bid for and cryotherapy. The detailing the importance have done for us. Also, the Commanding Officer of On the national stage, I £15M of new infra work this Chemo ended just before and sacrifices made by the RAF Benevolent Fund and SAC(T) Ken Dowling RAF Waddington. could not have been prouder year and a similar amount Christmas 2017 and spouses and families of the welfare team at RAF STIM Eng, JEWOSC, AWC when all of our flypast next – much of this from was very successful, but military personnel. Lady Waddington who continue RAF Waddington elements appeared perfectly the Quality of Life ‘pot’. We she still receives laser Kitty Spencer followed with have to admit it was a on time over the Palace. also spent over £1M on and cryotherapy every the justification for why this bit strange 12 months Improvement Event told us Knowing that Waddington fixing things that broke this 3-4 weeks. charity is important and ago to see my face on ‘little and often’ face to face I had not taken anything year. It will take time for discussion was preferred. how it plays a vital role in the various boards around away from delivering our all of this spending to be The welfare staff at RAF helping military families in the Station. That, and I have held forums for all Operational output to make felt everywhere and ‘ugly’ Waddington have been need. Lady Kitty Spencer occasionally driving a car ranks and civilian staff this this happen was down parts of the Station will a tremendous help then introduced me onto with a flag on the bonnet has year and the concerns are to seriously impressive linger, but on the whole I throughout and are still the stage to give a talk as a now become ‘new normal.’ fairly uniform across the planning, teamwork and a feel we are turning a corner doing an amazing job beneficiary of the charity. When I look at what my camp – we definitely need to bit of luck here and there. in our Estate Development with regards to helping My talk turned somewhat predecessor, Gp Capt Al, do better at ‘myth-busting’ Planning. A new gym, pool, me obtain RAFBF grants emotional, but I think the wrote in this magazine as he and being clearer on why In September, we hosted main gate, SLAM blocks, to help towards the message went out as to left this time last year, it is things are as they are. The our new Air Officer Rehab centre, Med Centre, expensive overnight stays how important donating a true to say that there is a lot Comms CI event also told us Commanding, AVM Harv nursery, HIVE and married at Birmingham Children’s couple of weeks per year more continuity than change no one actually reads Insight Smyth, on the occasion quarters will not pop up Hospital and putting really helps a military family.